Time-Travel Movies Banned in China
Ancient China is in danger of having its memory tarnished by…time travel films? Apparently they’re all the rage over in China, and most of them tend to feature a similar plot: Man travels back in time, gets to Ancient China, falls in love, so on and so forth.
Well, according to the General Bureau of Radio, Film, and Television, these films “are questionable” and feature “totally made-up stories” that “strain for an effect of novelty.” In essence, what is considered to be serious and important history for China is being disrespected on film, and as such these types of films should no longer be made. In America, this certainly wouldn’t be a big deal, as out history is relatively young and, from what I can gather, not very sacred. But in China it’s apparently a huge deal.
This decision was made on April 1st during a Television Director Committee Meeting, and if things go according to plan, time-travel dramas will cease to be produced in China. In addition, remakes of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, “Romance of the Three Kingdoms,” “Water Margin,” “Journey to the West,” and “Dream of the Red Chamber,” are no longer allowed to be produced. This is due to the frequently rushed productions and the changes made to the stories.
I’m sure time-travel dramas, or maybe a Chinese production of a certain film featuring a time traveling high school student will still be made in China, though they’ll probably fly under the radar to avoid any sort of backlash from authorities.
At least they’re not Bollywood.
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By Lycurgus on 12-04-2011
