"Lust, Caution" calls for China's film rating system

时间：2007-09-11 09:08:59

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"Lust1, Caution", the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion winner for best picture, will be cut by 30 minutes for audiences on the Chinese mainland, renewing debate about the adoption2 of film rating system.
 
BEIJING, Sept. 11 - "Lust, Caution", the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion winner for best picture, will be cut by 30 minutes for audiences on the Chinese mainland, renewing debate about the adoption of film rating system.

 

With a original running time of two hours and 36 minutes, the film was to have a large number of sex scenes excised3 to become "relatively4 clean", said the film's director Ang Lee.

 

Lee's film, called "Se, Jie" in Chinese, set in Japanese-occupied Shanghai in 1940s, contains bold sex scenes between a young woman spy played by novice5 actress Tang Wei and powerful political figure played by Tony Leung, and has been given the restrictive NC-17 label in the United States, banning viewers under 17.

 

"Authorities told me that there was no film rating system on the mainland so they let me cut it," said Lee.

 

"Children are able to watch it on the mainland," he added.

 

Chinese director Jia Zhangke, last year's winner of the award for "Still Life", considered it's "a pity" to cut, saying the mainland urgently needed a rating system so as to "enable audiences above 18 to enjoy full-version films".

 

Chinese film star Gong Li, a long-time advocate of film rating, submitted a proposal to China's top political advisory6 body at its annual session in March that outlined the development of such a system.

 

But the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television refuses to introduce the rating system under its several-decade-old belief that "films not suitable for children are not suitable for adults, either."

 

Lee's film received a warm response in Venice, but a large number of sex scenes aroused worries that the film might meet obstacles on the mainland.

 

Cinema sources said the film would open on the mainland on Oct.26, a month later than the original schedule for a simultaneous opening around the world late September.

 

Online discussion about the film has been unexpectedly hot. Thenews.nen.com.cn website commented that mainland audiences could simply watch the full version on pirated discs, and it doubted whether the cinema version could attract audiences without the sex scenes. The beelink.com website said the film should be treated as "art" and not as "pornography".

 

Lee said he was going to respect the official advice, "cutting the film himself" and protecting its integrity. He said he "took pains to cut it" because he attached much importance to the Chinese market.

 

"The spirit of the film remains7 despite the cutting and the fluency8 will not be affected," said Lee who believed that the film still "looks nice" after surgery.

 

"For a viewer who has not watched the full version, the short version remains reasonable," Lee said, adding mainland audiences might not feel "so uneasy" and "shocked" about the film.

 

Besides cutting the sex scenes, some violent scenes are also to be cut, which made Lee "feel more pity".

 

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1 lust N8rz1     
n.性(淫)欲；渴(欲)望；vi.对…有强烈的欲望
参考例句：
  • He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
  • Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念，就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。
2 adoption UK7yu     
n.采用，采纳，通过；收养
参考例句：
  • An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
  • The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。
3 excised 46cfe41f4659e8f94d950d30ccb93fb3     
v.切除，删去( excise的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Certain passages were excised from the book. 书中某些段落已删去。
  • Similarly, any pigment nevus that is chronically irritated should be excised. 同样，凡是经常受慢性刺激的各种色素痣切勿予以切除。 来自辞典例句
4 relatively bkqzS3     
adv.比较...地，相对地
参考例句：
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
5 novice 1H4x1     
adj.新手的，生手的
参考例句：
  • As a novice writer,this is something I'm interested in.作为初涉写作的人，我对此很感兴趣。
  • She realized that she was a novice.她知道自己初出茅庐。
6 advisory lKvyj     
adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询
参考例句：
  • I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
  • He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。
7 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
8 fluency ajCxF     
n.流畅，雄辩，善辩
参考例句：
  • More practice will make you speak with greater fluency.多练习就可以使你的口语更流利。
  • Some young children achieve great fluency in their reading.一些孩子小小年纪阅读已经非常流畅。

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