The Black Cannon Incident
A vital 5th Generation work launched throughout the 2nd stage of Deng Xiaoping's social and also financial reforms, this robust social witticism fantastically shows the clash between the increasing class of quick commercial modernizers and also old Event staffs with a major Cultural Revolution hangover. The film narrates the Kafkaesque predicament of a bumbling manufacturing facility translator who is thought of commercial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. (The "black cannon" of the title refers to the missing out on chess piece the hapless hero is attempting to locate.) Positioned under examination as well as reassigned to a less delicate department yet never educated of the factor for his demotion, he requests to obtain his job back, stimulating a significantly obtuse as well as hilarious collection of Party conferences, set in a conference room right out of German Expressionism.
Released: 1985-01-01