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Screenwriting
China Wants To Censor Your Film, So..
Let's say you control the distribution rights to a film, and you know that if it's released in China you have a potential audience of a billion people... but the Chinese government wants to censor it not a few seconds for sex and violence but for essentially political (and political correctness) reasons.
You're gonna make the cuts, right? You know you are...
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China censors 'cut' Pirates film
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End has been censored for Chinese cinema audiences, according to trade magazine Variety.
Some scenes with Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat - who plays Singapore pirate Captain Sao Feng - have been trimmed.
Variety quoted local media reports that said the cuts included Chow's recitation of a poem in Cantonese.
A Disney spokesman told Variety that audiences would see a Chinese version of the film.
He added there had been cuts, but did not elaborate.
On Chinese web forums, many people have criticised the film's image of Chow's character - who is bald, has long nails and is dressed in Qing dynasty style.
They have said it is the image of the Chinese in the eyes of Hollywood producers.
China Film Group, which distributes the film, initially said it had made no cuts, then declined to comment on a Beijing News report that it had cut scenes involving too much violence and horror, Variety said. The report said the cuts make the film difficult to follow.
"The sudden debut of the captain confused the audience at the Beijing screening," the report said.
Variety reported that the cuts included Chow's reading of a poem by Tang dynasty poet Li Bai (701-762) called Guan Shan Yue (The Moon Shining Over the Mountain on the Border).
The previous instalment in the film franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was banned by the Chinese film bureau because of scenes of cannibalism and ghosts.
Censors the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Film, Radio and Television were unavailable for comment.
Story from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/6744245.stm
"Anybody can direct. There are only 11 good writers." ? Mel Brooks
You're gonna make the cuts, right? You know you are...
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China censors 'cut' Pirates film
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End has been censored for Chinese cinema audiences, according to trade magazine Variety.
Some scenes with Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat - who plays Singapore pirate Captain Sao Feng - have been trimmed.
Variety quoted local media reports that said the cuts included Chow's recitation of a poem in Cantonese.
A Disney spokesman told Variety that audiences would see a Chinese version of the film.
He added there had been cuts, but did not elaborate.
On Chinese web forums, many people have criticised the film's image of Chow's character - who is bald, has long nails and is dressed in Qing dynasty style.
They have said it is the image of the Chinese in the eyes of Hollywood producers.
China Film Group, which distributes the film, initially said it had made no cuts, then declined to comment on a Beijing News report that it had cut scenes involving too much violence and horror, Variety said. The report said the cuts make the film difficult to follow.
"The sudden debut of the captain confused the audience at the Beijing screening," the report said.
Variety reported that the cuts included Chow's reading of a poem by Tang dynasty poet Li Bai (701-762) called Guan Shan Yue (The Moon Shining Over the Mountain on the Border).
The previous instalment in the film franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was banned by the Chinese film bureau because of scenes of cannibalism and ghosts.
Censors the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Film, Radio and Television were unavailable for comment.
Story from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/6744245.stm
"Anybody can direct. There are only 11 good writers." ? Mel Brooks
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[nq:1]The report said the cuts make the film difficult to follow.[/nq]
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[nq:2]The report said the cuts make the film difficult to follow.[/nq]
[nq:1]Ha![/nq]
You beat me to it.
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[nq:1]Ha![/nq]
You beat me to it.
alt.flame Special Forces
"We were going to war. Would I survive? Would I be frightened? Could I survive a direct hit at point blank range by a German 88 mm.? Could I really push a bayonet into a man's body - twist it - and pull it out? I mean what would the neighbours say?"
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[nq:1]Let's say you control the distribution rights to a film, and you know that if it's released in China you ... were unavailable for comment. Story from BBCNEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/6744245.stm "Anybody can direct. There are only 11 good writers." â?¹ Mel B
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[nq:1]Some scenes with Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat - who plays Singapore pirate Captain Sao Feng - have been trimmed. Variety quoted local media reports that said the cuts included Chow's recitation of a poem in Cantonese.[/nq]
See, we Asians tend to get a leetle sensitive everytime H'wood portrays Asians. For the most part though, we've learned to shrug it off.
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See, we Asians tend to get a leetle sensitive everytime H'wood portrays Asians. For the most part though, we've learned to shrug it off.
In DISCLOSURE, when Michae
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[nq:1]See, we Asians tend to get a leetle sensitive everytime H'wood portrays Asians.[/nq]
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Hey. You can't expect every film to nail it with Charlie Chan-like accuracy.
Joe Myers
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(snip)
Hey. You can't expect every film to nail it with Charlie Chan-like accuracy.
Joe Myers
"And ancient Romans
spoke with British accents."
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