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Mao by Mao

1977

28m

5.0

5.0/10

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Overview

A film-détournement biography of Mao Tse-tung in which the life of the recently deceased Great Helmsman is told in his own words, using quotes culled from various Red Guard publications. The rise to power of the film's namesake appears as the inevitable outcome of a dialectical logical. Or so the voice-over might lead one to believe. If the usual practice of détourned films is for the soundtrack to undermine the image, here the reverse occasionally takes place. The images critique Mao's words. They show that which, even in the official visual record of the times, the narrative elides. The film is dedicated to Li Yhi Zhe, the nominal author of a famous Democracy Wall critique of the Maoist state.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

Les Films des Iles INA

Production Countries

France

Spoken Languages

English

Quick Facts

Original Title	Mao par Lui-même
Release Date	May 1, 1977
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0263713

Cast

Mao Zedong

Himself

Key Crew

René Viénet

Director

Wu Xing-ming

Director

Francis Deron

Director

Helène Vager

Producer

Charles-Henri Favrod

Producer

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