http://beijingcream.com/2014/01/chinese-wolf-of-wall-street-is-blockbuster-that-will-never-be-made/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://beijingcream.com/2014/01/chinese-wolf-of-wall-street-is-blockbuster-that-will-never-be-made/#comment-249951 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 02:21:12 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=21888#comment-249951 “The Civil Servant’s Notebook” by Wang Xiaofang comes pretty close to touching all the bases you mention: Outrageous official corruption, KTV party binges, gambling trips to Macau, kept mistresses by Party cadres, you name it. It passed official censorship in China, so there’s no reason why a film version couldn’t be made locally as well, although it’s doubtful viewers would get to see much T&A. The thing is, “The Wolf of Wall Street” is about characters who crave wealth in order to satisfy all the cravings of their inner (k)id, so while they may be shameless assholes, at least they know how to have fun and live life to the hilt. In China, on the other hand, government officials arguably crave power more than they do wealth itself, and as a consequence are not nearly as much fun to be around since they don’t really know how to live. After finishing “The Civil Servant’s Notebook,” I was struck by how boring and fundamentally banal these kind of people are, and don’t think they would be nearly as compelling to behold up on the silver screen.

]]> http://beijingcream.com/2014/01/chinese-wolf-of-wall-street-is-blockbuster-that-will-never-be-made/#comment-249822 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:01:51 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=21888#comment-249822 The movie you propose sounds quite a lot like Murong Xuecun’s 原谅我红尘颠倒.

]]> http://beijingcream.com/2014/01/chinese-wolf-of-wall-street-is-blockbuster-that-will-never-be-made/#comment-249791 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 06:53:10 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=21888#comment-249791 Nice analysis. Very relevant.

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