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Django Unchained pulled from Chinese cinemas after one day
Regulator unhappy with Jamie Foxx nudity, according to some reports.
Chinese authorities have cancelled all showings of Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’, just minutes after the first screening began.
Official sources claim the suspension is due to “technical reasons”, however there is now speculation that the real reason may because of a nude scene featuring star Jamie Foxx.
China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), which is responsible for movie censorship, are yet to comment.
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A blogger present at a screening wrote on Sina Weibo (China’s version of Twitter):
“After watching it for about a minute, it stopped! Staff came in and said SARFT had called and said it had to be delayed!!”
He added: “Can somebody tell me what’s happening!!”
The nationwide pulling of ‘Django Unchained’ comes after significant publicity in China that Quentin Tarantino would be making his first commercial release within the country.
Tarantino had reportedly agreed with the Chinese arm of Sony Pictures to make “slight adjustments” to ‘Django’ to make it suitable for country’s market.
The changes made by Tarantino, a director hardly shy of violence, are believed to have made the movie “less bloody”. However it’s unsure how these cuts may have affected the film’s apparently sexual content.
A source at Beijing’s Sanlitun Megabox Theatre said: “’Django’ screenings have been postponed and we can’t guarantee when they will be resumed.”
One Shanghai cinema official added: “They didn’t tell us when the film would be shown again.”
China now accounts for the second largest movie market in the world, however state regulators often request changes to imported films, removing scenes deemed inappropriate for Chinese audiences – including violence, sexually explicit scenes, and perhaps Jamie Foxx’s rear end.
Films such as ‘Skyfall’, ‘Cloud Atlas’ and ‘Red Dawn’ have all recently undergone special re-edits in order to meet the countries strict regulations.
