After finishing the film To Live and brushing up on my CCH (Communist China History), I got a feel for what life was like during the cultural revolution and under the command of Chairman Mao until the command of Deng. Maybe it's because I'm a sensitive guy or perhaps because it actually was sad, but I honestly felt really touched by this movie. But enough of that mumbo jumbo gypsy talk, what this movie actually showed was the evolution of modern China through the eyes of a common Chinese man. We see how Mao Zedong (a shall we say, fundamental communist) took power and launched his 5 year plan, his cultural revolution, and his 1962 SEM (socialist education movement) all while being backed by the minister of defense Lin Biao. We also saw his wacky one ranked army equipped with the very high-tech red notebook.
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| Who needs ranks when I have my handy dandy notebook? |
The movie also quite cleverly established the groom as a red guard and showed the tragedies of an untrained work force (especially in hospitals) in modern China. If my explanation hasn't bored all your interest in the movie away, I recommend you either buy/rent it or get a Peruvian Pirate to illegally download it for you. Either way, you should watch the movie.
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