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I subscribed PEN-L a week ago
and was requested to give a self-introduction to all PEN-Lers.I have a lot to
say about myself and about the topics that you are talking,but I am not good at
writing.Fortunately,Louis Proyect's review about "Not One Less"[cf.PEN-L16668 of
Ken Hanly's Re:Not One Less]has solved my problem.
Like Zhang Huike and Wei
Minzhi,I am from a remote village(much more remote than that of
Zhang's).Fortunately again,I became the ONE from the hundreds and came
into Peking University(one of the most famous universities in China)20 years
ago,which means I will be an "urbanman" when I graduate.
I think the reviewer has well
understood the movie in details,but I don't yet agree with his conclusion--" as
long as directors like Zhang Yimou are given a platform in China, there is
evidence that the revolutionary spirit has not been vanquished."--"the
revolutionary spirit"has never been vanquished in China,but it has extinguished
itself whether directors like Zhang Yimou are given a platform or not.In other
words,"the revolutionary spirit" has nothing to do with directors like Zhang.I
think Zhang Huike and Wei Minzhi and I and someone else are still keen on
socialism, but I am very skeptical of revolution\Soviet\Planning economic
institutions as the appropriate way to reach it.
Anyway,a movie is just a movie and a
socialist has lots of things to do before the real socialism(not the bloody
planning economy) comes.By the way,Wei Minzhi wants to become an actress
now.Is this from her "class instinct"?
--
Shilei
Economics Department
National School of
Administration
Beijing,100089
People's Republic of China
email:[EMAIL PROTECTED];shilei0wxy@mail.east.net.cn
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