China Digital Times reports that propaganda officials have issued an edict to state media outlets forbidding them to 'conduct interviews, report, or comment on' Jia Zhangke's upcoming film 'A Touch of Sin'.
Here's how our own Andrew Chin described the film in his Golden Horses roundup:
This crime film follows four stories across China, from bustling Guangzhou to rural townships in Shanxi. Inspired by violent events ripped from the headlines, director Jia Zhangke stylizes these modern scenarios like classic wuxia films. Nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the film marks a departure for Jia, who previously made the solemn 2006 film Still Life, documenting the slow destruction of a small town by the Yangtze River due to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.
Jia's film is a firm favourite to win the best picture award at the 50th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei this month.
Given the film's themes, many were shocked that it made it past censors relatively unscathed, a fact Jia has repeatedly claimed in several interviews. Despite Jia's reassurances, there is still a chance the film will be pulled last minute, Django-style. Tarantino's first movie to be released in China was yanked from cinemas only hours after release, later rereleased with more cuts and less violence.
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