CHINA SHUNS SCORSESE'S LATEST FILM
Thursday, January 18 2007
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Martin Scorsese, who outraged the Chinese government in 1997 with his film Kundun, about the country's oppression of the Tibetan people, has done it again with The Departed. The movie, in which Chinese characters appear briefly as villains, has been rejected by the state-owned film distributor, China Film Group. No reason was given. In reporting on the government's rejection, the Associated Press commented that it was "unusual in that the importer appears to have rejected the movie before it was submitted to censors." In any case, A.P. noted, "film piracy is rampant in China, and residents will likely be able to find illegal DVD copies of the movie."
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