Mao's Eyes Would've Popped Out
Part mockumentary but motivated by true events - this liberal, stream of consciousness telling of Mao's life is hilarious...and would be frowned on by billions of Chinese. Worth watching - especially for Chinese history buffs. Sprinkled with animation - this is Mao as you've never seen him.
Great study of this cult of personality
An excellent documentary. The director brings a tremendous amount of rich primary source material to the screen with an original and entertaining perspective, uncovering the relationship between Mao's political and policy acheivements with Mao's colorful life story, marked by some of his comedically bizarre traits.
Great Teaching Tool Created by a Teacher-Turned-Filmmaker
Some of my students LOVED this madcap documentary which is partially hokey mockumentary, partially serious and a tiny bit academic. It is the perfect introduction to one of the most controversial figures in world history. Is Mao a savior that should be deified or an evil tyrant? The film reexamines the Cultural Revolution, corrects misconceptions about Mao and explains WHY he is viewed as both a hero and a villain using funny little cartoon clips (imagine rather drab Mad-Libs-style cartoons) that depict interesting and shocking (and sometimes vulgar) little tidbits about Mao's life as well as old footage from some Russian archives. Made by a teacher who has spent years teaching about Mao in his classroom making him an expert at telling Mao's story cleverly highlighting aspects young students will find especially fascinating, weird, funny, incredible or confusing.
Strangely entertaining (and for some hilariously funny)for a documentary about what is normally such a serious...
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