The official explanation for the shocking last-minute change was 'technical problems,' but industry insiders say the scheduled festival opener, Huayi Brothers' $80 million war epic 'The Eight Hundred,' received sudden censorship complaints from Beijing.
The official explanation for the shocking last-minute change was"technical problems," but industry insiders say the scheduled festival opener, Huayi Brothers' $80 million war epic 'The Eight Hundred,' received sudden censorship complaints from Beijing.
The decision began circulating among the assembled international film community in Shanghai on Friday, just one day before the hotly anticipated film was scheduled to make its wold premiere at the government-endorsed event's opening ceremony. The screening of the festival's second opening film, Chinese dramaSources close to the festival confirmed to had withdrawn from the event.
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