Django - re-chained

[Randy W]

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‘Django’ Re-Chained in China

 

from the Wall Street Journal

But it was pulled at the last minute after China Film Group, the film’s government-controlled importer, issued a notice instructing theaters to stop showing it.

 

“The notice we got this morning said it was for ‘technical reasons,’” a Beijing-based employee of the UME Cineplex theater chain told China Real Time. “This applies to theaters nationwide, and we haven’t been told whether theaters will be able to show the film in the future.”

 

The movie had already begun showing in some places when the orders arrived. One Chinese fan of Mr. Tarantino’s, 27-year-old photographer Xue Yutao, said he had just sat down to watch a 10:15 a.m. showing of “Django” when the lights suddenly came on.

 

“About a minute after the film started, several people in suits came in and the film stopped,” he said, adding that the theater apologized and offered them refunds. “At first we were shocked and didn’t know what to do, but then we all laughed at how ridiculous it was.”