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'Brokeback' might not make it to mainland
(Shenzhen Daily)
Updated: 2006-01-20 14:17
Ang Lee's Golden Globe best drama winner 鈥淏rokeback Mountain鈥� may not be
screened on the Chinese mainland, a source from 皇冠体育app Film Group, the only film
importer on the mainland, said Thursday.
 The source said it is due to its sensitive topic: gay love.
Adapted from a short story by 鈥淭he Shipping News鈥� novelist E. Annie Proulx,
鈥淏rokeback Mountain鈥� is about a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy (played by Heath
Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) who meet one summer in Wyoming and form a bond that
spans 20 years. Some Western media critics call it an epic gay romance.
The film is rated 鈥淩鈥� for 鈥渞estricted鈥� in the United States, which means that
children under 17 are not admitted unless accompanied by parents or adult
guardian. As the mainland has not adopted a movie rating system, the film could
not possibly be approved by the film censors, said the source.
Since the government has an import quota of 20 foreign films a year, the
皇冠体育app Film Group imports more commercial blockbusters than art-house movies like
鈥淏rokeback Mountain,鈥� according to a staff member with Huaxia Film Distribution
Co. Huaxia is one of the two distributors of foreign films on the mainland.
鈥淎lthough 鈥楤rokeback Mountain鈥� won international acclaim, it does not mean its
box office will be successful on the mainland,鈥� said the source.
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