【新唐人2012年3月24日訊】中國首部禁演電影《武訓傳》日前開始發行正版 DVD。《武訓傳》在上世紀50年代公映時大受歡迎，後來因遭毛澤東點名批評而掀起政治風波，導演和演員被批，影片被禁演。因為複雜的歷史背景，DVD發行商在封面標明:「供研究所用」。
《武訓傳》是由當時的留美知名導演孫瑜自編自導，講的是「武訓行乞辦義學」的故事。3月15號網上傳出《武訓傳》解禁併發行、銷售正版DVD的消息。
原《陝西電視臺》記者馬曉明指出，這部電影早就應該被解禁了。
馬曉明：「作為一種文藝形式，一種人民的傳播形式，應該允許各種各樣的題材，各種各樣的觀點來表達和伸張，致於這個題材宣揚的是還是非，在我們全社會有多少作用，它的價值觀有多少，應該由社會的檢驗來作出評判，由全社會看了這部電影的觀眾來評判。」
《武訓傳》DVD發行以來，熱銷數百套，中國最大網路綜合商城「亞馬遜」19號已斷貨。
而電影講述的是，男主角武訓7歲喪父，隨母行乞。武訓20歲因喪母向鄉紳要求支薪不成，反被痛毆。武訓有感吃虧受欺負是因為沒有文化，此後30年以行乞、賣藝等方式籌集善款興建學校，讓窮人家孩子讀書。
1951年《武訓傳》首次公映就獲得巨大反響，上海各大影院連續播放幾個月不下檔，但當年的5月20號，中共喉舌《人民日報》發表了毛澤東修改審定的《應當重視電影〈武訓傳〉的討論》，指稱《武訓傳》背後用意，是在引出即將大規模進行的「知識份子思想改造」。
7月23號，《人民日報》公布江青派出調查組到山東訪問後寫出的《武訓歷史調查記》，指稱武訓是一個「大流氓、大債主和大地主」，對於《武訓傳》的討論演變成了全國性的批判。1966年大陸開始了「文化大革命」，「紅衛兵」掘開武訓的墳墓，焚屍街頭。
大陸作家鐵流表示，武訓行乞籌款建學校與毛澤東宣揚的階級鬥爭格格不入，被當作劉少奇一樣，進行批鬥。
大陸作家鐵流：「文化大革命就說劉少奇是投降主義，把那個武訓比作劉少奇，要打倒劉少奇，說是修正主義。所以，那個武訓向地方乞錢辦學校，就是不要階級鬥爭，不要階級立場，這個道理。」
馬曉明指出，毛澤東極力宣揚鬥爭哲學，凡是他認為非階級鬥爭理論觀點的人，都會對他進行殘酷打壓，而電影業是「文革」時期遭受殘酷迫害的領域之一。
馬曉明：「那個時候許多的電影只要毛澤東發表一個批評的言論，特別是江青進行一下點評，那馬上就決定你的生死，不但決定這部影片的生死，包括參與這部影片攝製人員都會招來橫禍，230－251許多演員，導演，編劇，甚至審查過的官員都受到了非常慘無人道的對待，有很多都已經被逼死了，被打死了。」
1980年開始，民間傳出為武訓平反的聲音﹔但直到1985年，《人民日報》才提出，對《武訓傳》的批判非常片面、極端和粗暴﹔1986年國務院辦公廳下發了《關於為武訓恢復名譽問題的批復》，算是給武訓「平了反」。不過電影仍一直被禁播。
馬曉明：「《武訓傳》的這個過程，它被禁演，遭批判的過程，它是這個中共文化法西斯主義的一種表現，到現在爲止這種嚴格的文化和思想控制仍然沒有改變。」
馬曉明還指出，中共現在仍然有非常嚴格的電影審查制度，有些僅僅是說了實話，反映了真實情況的影片，都會遭到禁演。
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The Life of Wu Xun Uncensored, Official DVD Incites Reflection
China』s first banned movie The Life of Wu Xun,
was recently released on DVD.
The Life of Wu Xun was widely popular during the 1950s;
later, due to criticism from Mao Zedong which caused a political storm,
the director and actors were criticized and
the movie was banned.
Due to this complex historical background, the cover of the
DVD says “For Research Purposes Only.”
“Life of Wu Xun” was written and directed by director Sun Yu
who was in the U.S at the time and
tells the story of Wu Xun who spent years collecting money
as a beggar to eventually found a free school for children.
On March 15, it was rumored on the internet that
the ban on “Life of Wu Xun” had been lifted.
Former Shanxi TV reporter Ma Xiaoming pointed out that,
the ban on this movie should have been lifted long ago.
Ma Xiaoming tells us, “As an art form, a way of communication,
various themes should be allowed, to be expressed in a variety of ways,
as to whether the theme is good or bad,
it』s possible effect on society, the values it may show,
society at large should be left to decide on these issues,
a work should be judged by it』s audiences.”
Since the release of the “Life of Wu Xun” DVD,
hundreds of copies have been sold.
Amazon China was already out of stock by March 19th.
The movie tells the story of Wu Xun, who lost his father at
the age of 7 and became a beggar with his mother.
After his mother died when he was 20 years old,
he went to the gentry seeking money for the funeral, but was badly beaten.
Wu Xun thought his suffering was due to his own lack of
education, so he spent 30 years collecting money as a beggar,
street entertainer and by other means to found a school,
so that kids from poor families would be able to go to school.
When the DVD “Life of Wu Xun” was first released in 1951,
all major theaters in Shanghai played it non-stop for months.
However, on May 20, 1951, the People』s Daily published a
discussion by Mao Zedong on the movie, accusing the movie of trying to “reform the minds of intellectuals.”
On June 23, the People』s Daily reported that
after Jiangqing sent an investigation team to Shangdong,
it was claimed that Wu Xun was a “thug, a big creditor,
and a big landowner,” which aroused nationwide criticism of the movie.
In 1966, the Cultural Revolution started, the Red Guards dug
up the grave of Wu Xun and burned his corpse on the street.
Mainland author Tie Liu expressed that,
Wu Xun』s begging to build a school with the proceeds
is completely the opposite of the class struggle ideology
that Mao was promoting,
so the work was denounced just as Liu Shaoqi had been.
Tie Liu tells us that, “The cultural revolution had accused
Liu Shaoqi of being a “capitulationist”,
so Wu Xun was compared with Liu Shaoqi, to bring down
Liu Shaoqi, the criticism was of his ideology.
So, Wu Xun『s begging to start a school was seen
as not having a class struggle,
mentality as not having a class viewpoint,
this was the prevailing mentality in those troubled times.
Ma Xiaoming pointed out that, Mao Zedong championed the
struggle ideology, anyone that he viewed as not having a struggle ideology was brutally persecuted.
The movie industry was the most severely prosecuted
sector of society during the Cultural Revolution.
Ma Xiaoming says that, “At that time, whenever Mao Zedong made a critical comment,
especially after the Jiang Qing review had been conducted,
that immediately decided your fate, not only for the movie,
but for the lives of the production staff.
Many actors, directors, and writers were tortured during
interrogation, and many were beaten to death.”
Since the 1980s, many in China have wanted
to clear the name of Wu Xun.
It was not until 1985 that the People』s Daily expressed the
view that, the criticisms of Life of Wu Xun had been very one-sided, extreme and brutal.
In 1986, the State Council published an approval to clear
the name of Wu Yun, but the movie remained banned.
Mao Xiaming, “The process of 『Life of Wu Xun』,
it』s being banned and criticized;
this is all a manifestation of Chinese Communist Fascism.
This type of cultural and ideological control still has not changed.”
Ma Xiaoming has pointed out that, the Chinese regime still
has a very strict movie review process.
Some films have been banned for simply telling the truth,
and for reflecting reality.