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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9781572521919 Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, NTSC ISBN: 1572521910 Label: Winstar Languages: Manufacturer: Winstar Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Winstar Release Date: December 16, 2001 Running Time: 360 minutes Studio: Winstar Theatrical Release Date: June 21, 1987 Average Rating:
 Rating: - NarratorI am always curious about the narrators of series because they can make or break a documentary. Oddly, the DVD does not credit the narrator Will Lyman, who has done such a good job for this and other series with China as the subject (like on Frontline). Peter Coyote ("The Pacific Century") and Will Lyman add a lot of value to their Asia documentaries. Rating:  - More excellent information here..!For more information on Chinese history over the past 80 years, I encourage everyone to this website: http://www.theepochtimes.com/jiuping.asp and read its articles entitled, "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party". The information is very in-depth and goes steps further in exposing the CCP during its bloody rise to power and its current efforts to maintain absolute control. I would highly recommend checking it out.. All the materials are FREE and they even have free audio book format mp3's Read More Rating: - Absolutely compellingWithout any histrionics, without any overt agenda, without any fancy graphics or flashy effects, this six-hour series provides a totally absorbing, very moving portrait of China in the 20th century. The interview subjects are extraordinarily candid, and the archival footage is fascinating. Truly first rate. Rating: - Monumental doucumentary. Sweeping in scope and detail.This documentary is excellently produced and I can easily watch all 6-hours of it in one sitting. It is just that compelling and fascinating to see the history of China over the last century unfold and come to life in expert testimony and primary footage of the actual events that took place, even all the way back to a speech given by Sun Yat-Sen. 6 hours is long, and at the same time, it is a very short space to compress a full century of history into. However, this film does it superbly. ... Read More Rating: - Great, but not quite 5 starsThis is an excellent and exhaustive documentary. The perfect primer for learning the social topography of our increasingly important neighbors to the East. But it's not a complete masterpiece. It relies primarily on archival footage. And though many of these films are rare, they are almost entirely gleaned from propaganda films. The directors fill in the gaps through interviews, some quite striking for youthful appearence of the elderly intervewees. It is remarkable for the way it ... Read More |
