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Oliver Stone has criticised China's film industry during an appearance at the Beijing International Film Festival.
The famously outspoken director called upon Chinese filmmakers to properly address Chairman Mao's impact on the country and the legacy of the Cultural Revolution.
"Mao Zedong has been lionised in dozens and dozens of Chinese films, but never criticised," said Stone on a panel about co-production which also included Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron and Paramount Pictures COO Frederick Huntsberry (via The Hollywood Reporter).
"It's about time. You got to make a movie about Mao, about the Cultural Revolution. You do that, you open up, you stir the waters and you allow true creativity to emerge in this country. That would be the basis of real co-production.
"You talk about co-production but you don't want to face the history of China. You don't want to talk about it. Three times I've made efforts to...
The famously outspoken director called upon Chinese filmmakers to properly address Chairman Mao's impact on the country and the legacy of the Cultural Revolution.
"Mao Zedong has been lionised in dozens and dozens of Chinese films, but never criticised," said Stone on a panel about co-production which also included Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron and Paramount Pictures COO Frederick Huntsberry (via The Hollywood Reporter).
"It's about time. You got to make a movie about Mao, about the Cultural Revolution. You do that, you open up, you stir the waters and you allow true creativity to emerge in this country. That would be the basis of real co-production.
"You talk about co-production but you don't want to face the history of China. You don't want to talk about it. Three times I've made efforts to...
- 4/17/2014
- Digital Spy
“Please don’t worry, come to China.” That was the message delivered by China Film Co-production Corporation president Zhang Xun [pictured] at the Us-China Film Summit in downtown Los Angeles today.
Zhang was one of the luncheon speakers at the event, staged for the fourth year running by the Asian Society Southern California and Entertainment & Media in Asia. Speaking to an audience estimated by the organisers at 4-500, Zhang urged Us and Chinese film makers to get past their cultural differences and work together more often.
“I would like our American friends to do away with your hesitations,” Zhang said. “Just go forward. Let’s join hands so that American and Chinese movie makers can make movies that will take the breath of the whole world away.”
Zhang, who was presented with the event’s Co-Production Leadership Award, said that during the summit’s morning panel sessions, “I heard two groups of people talk. The first group...
Zhang was one of the luncheon speakers at the event, staged for the fourth year running by the Asian Society Southern California and Entertainment & Media in Asia. Speaking to an audience estimated by the organisers at 4-500, Zhang urged Us and Chinese film makers to get past their cultural differences and work together more often.
“I would like our American friends to do away with your hesitations,” Zhang said. “Just go forward. Let’s join hands so that American and Chinese movie makers can make movies that will take the breath of the whole world away.”
Zhang, who was presented with the event’s Co-Production Leadership Award, said that during the summit’s morning panel sessions, “I heard two groups of people talk. The first group...
- 11/6/2013
- ScreenDaily
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