| This study discusses the development of the New Chinese Cinema from an historical/critical perspective. During China's New Era from 1979 to 1989, the rise and fall of the New Chinese Cinema paralleled the swing of China's political pendulum, from freedom of expression to repression.;The work explores the efforts of China's new filmmakers to boost China's image abroad. At the same time, it examines censorship standards imposed on the film industry by those in power, both during Mao's era and Deng's era.;The study suggests that the performance of the New Chinese Cinema exemplifies the significant role filmmakers in China, as well as in other authoritarian regimes, can play in encouraging and achieving freedom of expression. |
