RED Sorghum
(Hong gao liang)
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People's Republic of China, 1988
Director: Zhang Yimou
Production: Xi An Film Studio; color, 35mm; running time: 91 minutes. Filmed 1987; released 1988.
Producer: Li Changqing; screenplay: Chen Jianyu, Zhu Wei, Mo Yen; photography: Gu Changwei; editor: Du Yuan; art director: Yang Gang; music director: Zhao Jiping.
Cast: Gong Li (My Grandma); Jing Wen (My Grandpa); Liu Ji (Father, as child); Teng Rijun (Uncle Luohan); Ji Chunhua (Bandit); Qian Ming; Zhai Chunhua.
Awards: Golden Bear Award, Berlin Film Festival, 1988; New York Film Festival Best Film Award, 1988.
Publications
Articles:
Kauffmann, Stanley, "Red Sorghum" (review), in New Republic, 17 October 1988.
Klawans, Stuart, "Zhang Yimou: Local Hero," in Film Comment, September-October 1995.
Ye, Tan, "From the Fifth to the Sixth Generation" (interview), in Film Quarterly, Winter 1999.
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