Zhang yimou

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…gaze" I show that the accusations, in fact, 'reflect back' on the Chinese authorities and other moralistic critics such as Dai Qing. She is criticising Zhang's inaccurate use of the red lantern. Showing that this 'inaccuracies argument' has also been brought forward by critics of Neil Jordan's Michael Collins it is argued that film-makers such as Zhang use their rights as visual artists to alter facts in order to make a comment on today's politics.