China Film Journal » Film News http://chinafilmjournal.com 華語電影刊 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:59:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 © peijin@chinafilmjournal.com () peijin@chinafilmjournal.com() Chinese language cinema around the world peijin@chinafilmjournal.com No no http://chinafilmjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg China Film Journal http://chinafilmjournal.com 144 144 John Woo: Red Cliff must go on… http://chinafilmjournal.com/2008/06/11/john-woo-red-cliff-must-go-on/ http://chinafilmjournal.com/2008/06/11/john-woo-red-cliff-must-go-on/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:46:16 +0000 peijin http://chinafilmjournal.com/2008/06/11/john-woo-red-cliff-must-go-on/ ShareThis

]]> Browsing Eachnet for headlines I came across some news regarding an accidental fire on the set of John Woo’s upcoming historical action film Red Cliff.
One person died and six were injured, all in stable condition and expected to live. I just skimmed the articles but so far there’s been no thorough investigation of the matter (it only happened on June 9), but, according to John Woo, the film will still still premiere in Chengdu on July 3 and hit theaters in the rest of China on July 10, as planned. The person that died was some kind of effects technician. He was only 23 years old.

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]]> Chinese movies don’t make any money: or at least, the only directors that make money are Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaoggang, says one real-estate investor who also dabbles in the media. This from a brief Chinese article on Sina.com:
尽管冯仑是一名地产商人，但开办了一本电子杂志《风马牛》。对于“竞争”者如徐静蕾《开啦》等电子杂志，冯仑大揭其底，称“这些杂志基本上赚不了钱”。而记者询问他是否也会投资电影，冯仑连连摆手，称“一年中国电影票房也就三十几个亿，赚钱的就冯小刚和张艺谋两个导演，投资电影其实赚不了钱”。 记者 巫天旭

That’s what he said. Sounds a bit bleak, but on the other hand, considering the DVD market and whatnot, it’s not hard to believe that profit margins from box office and other related products are going to really pull in a lot of money. 

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