Discussions caused by a film's filming being stopped

  • 75'
  • China
  • 1994
Only a week after he started shooting, the young Chinese film-maker Zhang Yuan was forced by the authorities to stop work on his new feature Chicken Feathers on the Ground. Just because Zhang had directed an independently-produced film, Beijing Bastards, and the film had been screened at several international festivals (including this one).In this documentary, various people talk abut the incident, among them pop star Cui Jian (leading man in Beijing Bastards), documentary-maker Wu Wenguang and several members of the crew of Beijing Bastards and Chicken Feathers: Zhang Yuan, the writers Liu Zhenyun and Tang Danian, cameraman Zhang Jian and producer Song Jing.
Director
Ning Dai
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
China
Year
1994
Festival Edition
IFFR 1994
Length
75'
Medium
Betacam SP NTSC
International title
Yibu yingpian wei wancheng yinqi de taolun
Language
Chinese
Director
Ning Dai
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
China
Year
1994
Festival Edition
IFFR 1994
Length
75'
Medium
Betacam SP NTSC
International title
Yibu yingpian wei wancheng yinqi de taolun
Language
Chinese