Comments on: Oliver Stone Rails Against Chinese Film Industry “Platitudes,” Coddling Of Mao

By: Filabusta

Filabusta — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:52:47 +0000

I just wanted to say that was an extremely well written article. Thank you for your thoughts on the subject.

By: Jonathan Alpart

Jonathan Alpart — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 01:23:15 +0000

Good point. Especially after the circlejerk that was “World Trade Center” and the “aw shucks” rationalization of “W.”, Oliver Stone should take his own advice.

By: Gargh

Gargh — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:31:57 +0000

I find this pretty confusing. There are plenty of Chinese films about the Cultural Revolution, and it seems like a disproportionately large number of Chinese films are about ‘facing the history of China’- history is pretty much the default genre. Whether the more critical films get legally shown in China is another matter, but they exist.

I’ve yet to see one explicitly critical of Mao, though, so that part rings true.

By: Jonathan Alpart

Jonathan Alpart — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 08:16:35 +0000

I’m not defending anything, I’m asking you directly how not allowing China to have international film festivals would be a step in the right direction. This event gave Oliver Stone a platform to say this, did it not?

I get what you are saying, but think before you speak.

By: Med

Med — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 06:11:51 +0000

In China, movies about real facts are and will only be movies about foreigners committing abuses in China (the West fucking up the country with their drug, the Japanese soldiers killing and raping everyone at sight, etc).

Never will a movie be made about something real coming from inside. It’s always going to be about heros and salvation. The only accurate part they got about their own “culture” is the impressive tendency about husbands all over the country having mistresses… :-*

By: Chinese Netizen

Chinese Netizen — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 05:35:55 +0000

Why can’t they just call it the Beijing Regional Film Festival and stock it full of pre approved CCP b.s.? It’s what they want, right?

Funny how you faux intellects try to defend the indefensible.

By: laowai88

laowai88 — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 04:58:29 +0000

The BIFF is a joke….even today, after the festival has started, the schedule of what is playing where and when has yet to be released.

By: Jonathan Alpart

Jonathan Alpart — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 04:24:15 +0000

Wait, so China shouldn’t be allowed to have international film festivals, or anything else of the sort, because they practice censorship? How is that better? And you’re restricting what words they should be allowed to include in their titles?

Funny how you “anti-censorship” folks always want to remedy the problem with more censorship.

By: benji

benji — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 03:23:37 +0000

right on

By: Chinese Netizen

Chinese Netizen — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 02:28:31 +0000

Any place where censorship, stifling of freedom, abuse of the local populace and government non-accountability are the norm should not be allowed to host anything with “international” in the title.

And before any of you .50 cent muckrakers or panda shaggers start commenting with “what about the US…” or “how about in the west where…”, no…it’s just not the same, so F off.

By: Jonathan Alpart

Jonathan Alpart — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 01:04:06 +0000

” censors are destroying this country’s culture because they take orders from milksops and dummies.”

Testify!