One Second (Zhang Yimou)

[GRD43L]

I guess that's what happens when someone's 'feelings' are more important than capturing history accurately.

Or maybe the movie was pulled in the interest in protecting 'national security' or preserving 'national dignity'. They're all delusional false fronts communist party wants to project.

Are they really thinking, 'No one inside/outside China will know the truth if we pull/ban this movie. Such an awesomely intelligent strategy!'?

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by GRD43L

I guess that's what happens when someone's 'feelings' are more important than capturing history accurately.

Or maybe the movie was pulled in the interest in protecting 'national security' or preserving 'national dignity'. They're all delusional false fronts communist party wants to project.

Are they really thinking, 'No one inside/outside China will know the truth if we pull/ban this movie. Such an awesomely intelligent strategy!'?

I really hope the Mods don't consider this a political post ...

*sigh*

The problem isn't "feelings" or any of the other things (all valid criticisms of what Chinese artists need to deal with, btw), the problem is the First Amendment.

China, like essentially the entire world other than the US (in theory; but there are constraints here, as well), doesn't have it. OK. But the difficulty arises because in China, like in essentially most of the world, citizens are granted only a very limited amount of freedoms. That limit ranges from "Lots" to "Very Few" of course. China's on one particular end of that scale, obviously -- but no one can do anything about it. Between their massive population, huge economy, and very powerful military, really: what's anyone going to do about it?

So, the government can keep a very tight grip on their society -- something all governments would LIKE to do, but almost none can -- and we can only watch. And geniuses like Zhang can only wonder when and if people will see his work, and whether he'll just vanish one day.