A Film Is Stopped (1994)
55m
Running Time
January 1, 1994Release Date
A Film Is Stopped (1994)
55m
Running Time
January 1, 1994Release Date
Plot.
The one directorial feature by Ning Dai, sister of 5th generation filmmaker Ning Ying and wife of 6th generation filmmaker Zhang Yuan. It follows a chaotic period in November of 1993, when production suddenly halted on Zhang Yuan's TV film adaptation of a popular novel, Chicken Feathers, after the Chinese Film Bureau announced that Zhang could no longer direct the film due to submitting his previous independent feature, 1992's Beijing Bastards, to a film festival in Japan without receiving the proper authorization to do so. Ning's documentary features anguished meetings between the Chicken Feather's production crew as they debate replacing Zhang with another director, along with testimonials on the state of censorship in Chinese independent cinema of the early '90s from Wu Wenguang, Tang Danian, He Jianjun, Cui Jian, and others.
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Cast & Crew.
Zhang Yuan
self
Tang Danian
self
Wu Wenguang
self
Dai Ning
self / Director / Producer
Cui Jian
self
He Jianjun
self
Chen Daoming
self
Liu Zhenyun
self
Lin Xudong
self
Sen Mu
self
Li Xiaoshan
Editor
Chen Qiang
Producer
Wu Gang
Sound
Li Ming
Cinematography
Song Jing
Cinematography
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1994
Original Name停机
StatusReleased
Running Time55m
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