Category Archives: Film

Pirates are not insulting, say netizens and academics

Chow Yun-fat is a pirate in Pirates of the Caribbean. This insults the Chinese people, say some. Will SARFT block the film’s release?

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The first death of the CR

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The case against a film rating system

An Outlook Weekly (瞭望新闻周刊) op-ed argues in favor of delaying a film rating system for the Chinese movie industry.

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Postal modernism in the cinema

Commentary on The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (姨妈的后现代生活).

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What’s wrong with Thirteen Princess Trees?

The movie Thirteen Princess Trees (十三棵泡桐) directed by Lu Yue (吕乐) is delayed for a second round of review by the China Film Bureau.

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Who killed the movie rating system?

It was Huang Jianzhong (黄健中), director of Rice (大鸿米店), the film adaptation of the story by Su Tong (苏童).

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Parsing the Babel cuts

Two different news reports on the cuts to the mainland Chinese version of Babel.

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Self-esteem for domestic cinema

Mirror reports that SARFT frowns on spoofs that attack the film industry.

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Exploitation and The Blood of Yingzhou District

Xinhua journalist Xiong Lei (熊蕾) eviscerates the academy-award-winning AIDS orphan documentary The Blood of Yingzhou District (颍州的孩子). Cinematographer Qu Jiangtao (曲江涛) responds.

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Picking apart the 2007 Gala

Spring Festival 2007 Gala videos and controversy.

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