Chen Outraged by Online Bun Parody

by Andre Soares

 

Wu ji / The Promise (2005) directed by Chen Kaige, starring Hiroyuki Sanada, Jang Dong-Gun, Cecilia Cheung

"China’s greatest film-maker outraged by ’steamed bun’ parody on internet." Via The Independent - "A young, unemployed film-maker’s 20-minute internet parody of Chen Kaige’s latest movie The Promise has delighted China’s online audiences and raised the hackles of the country’s most prestigious - and pompous - film director.

"Hu Ge, 31, a multimedia editor from Shanghai, said he made a parody of Chen’s £24m fantasy epic ‘just for fun’ because he thought the original was ‘boring and unoriginal’."

Wu ji / The Promise was recently shown out of competition at the Berlin Film Festival.

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by Andre Soares | February 22, 2006 | Filed Under Asian Cinema, Censorship, Directors, Film 

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2 Responses to “Chen Outraged by Online Bun Parody”

  1. Swifty on February 23rd, 2006 12:06 am

    Well, he’s right, The Promise IS pretty damned bad, with the silly plot and cartoonishly horrible special effects. Chen Kaige’s been in a slump since Emperor and the Assassin. Too bad it broke box-office records in China.

  2. Administrator on February 25th, 2006 12:36 am

    That’s too bad. I’m not a Chen Kaige fan, but I was hoping that “The Promise” would be a good film. Oh, well. . .

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