From the Sight and Sound archive
Loosening the knot: on the set of Zhang Yimou’s To Live
In frozen Changchun, Tony Rayns visited Zhang Yimou as he shot the last scenes of his film To Live. The director spoke with Rayns about laughter as a form of resilience and the state of filmmaking in China. From our May 1994 issue.
By Tony Rayns
Loosening the knot: on the set of Zhang Yimou’s To Live