I first saw "Red Sorghum" at an on-campus theatre on the University of New Mexico in the early 1990s. I was astounded by the quality of the writing, direction, acting, and especially cinematography. This film was made before China started becoming more business-like. I was still a lot more party-line communist then. So we see scenes that totally uphold "happy" socialists ideals. For all practical purposes, it was "red-washed." However, this does bring a delightful atmosphere to the film that show an agrarian sorghum winery in which all work together but have their own idiosyncratic personalities that come through. The main characters are funny to powerful throughout the film and when it is time for business, business gets done.