Is Zhang Yimou China’s Leni Riefenstahl, or an artist who has turned mass spectacle ritual into a modern art form? Haiyan Lee delves into this question [1], and others, at The China Beat.
China: Olympics as mass ritual, rite of passage, or just one big party?
· Written by John Kennedy
Categories: East Asia, China, Arts & Culture, Film, Governance, Ideas, Olympics