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CHINA WARNS DIRECTORS OF FILMS WITH EROTIC SCENES Monday, December 31 2007 
China's
state-run
Administration
of
Radio,
Film
and
Television
has
warned
Chinese
film
directors
and
studios
that
they
will
be
subject
to
the
"heaviest
punishment"
if
they
include
erotic
scenes
in
their
features.
"Violating
studios
might
face
the
harshest
punishment
of
revoking
permits
for
shooting
films,"
it
added.
Moreover,
the
censorship
body
warned,
any
film
director
submitting
movies
with
erotic
content
to
overseas
film
festivals
could
be
subjected
to
a
five-year
ban
from
the
movie
industry,
(more)COMMERCE SECRETARY SAYS CHINA BARS U.S. FILMS Wednesday, December 12 2007 Despite official denials by Chinese officials who maintain that there has been no ban on U.S. films on the mainland, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said today (Wednesday) that China has indeed stopped granting permission for Hollywood films to be shown in its theaters. Speaking to reporters near Beijing during a break in economic talks between the U.S. and China, Gutierrez said, "My understanding is that there is a suspension, which has happened in the past." (more) |
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After already causing an uproar at the Berlin Film Festival for being screened without first being submitted to Chinese censors, the movie Lost in Beijing has been ordered withdrawn from further exhibition in China. Citing the film's "pornographic" content and the fact that it was shown at the Berlinale without state permission, Chinese officials also said that the film's producer will be barred from making films for two years. Although the erotic scenes were heavily edited for its theatrical showing in China, bootleg copies of the uncut version were widely distributed throughout the country and on the Internet. The filmmakers themselves were accused of being the source of the pirated material. Producer Fang Li denied the charge, telling the Associated Press: "Why would I give the movie to pirates and hurt my own movie? ... We are victims of piracy. We are the biggest victims."
