Abstract: The revolutionary Fang Zhimin stays lively in a variety of Chinese literary works, as an immortal soul in China.Produced in the period from 1949 to 1966, the screenplay The Biography of Fang Zhimin for some reasons failed to be filmed. The only two biopics of Fang Zhimin are Shedding Blood for China （1980），shortly  after the Cultural Revolution ,and Lovely China(2008), which proves a fact that during a certain period, some viewers are forbidden, while others are allowed to be watched,even repeatedly. The significant difference between the two biographical movies, one focusing on criticizing the internal rifts within the party, and the other on praising the lofty spirit and integrity, demonstrates that film  biography is the product of contemporary mainstream ideology, featuring the historicality on the part of the viewers.

Keywords: film biography, Fang Zhimin, Shedding Blood for China, Lovely China, historicality