Chinese censors have reportedly taken issue with Tarantino’s new flick, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” which was released stateside in July.
The film was pulled from the schedule in China days before its release and Tarantino has not intentions of recutting it to appease communist regulators, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film, a Sony Pictures Entertainment production starring Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, has been put on hold indefinitely by the Chinese, the entertainment news site reported.
And while no reason was reportedly given to Sony for the decision, the speculation is that Tarantino’s portrayal of the late martial arts hero Bruce Lee, who was of Chinese descent, is driving the decision.
Lee’s daughter has expressed harsh criticism about how her father is depicted in the film and she may have appealed to the Chinese government.
As THR previously reported, sources close to Beijing-based Bona Film Group, which is one of the investors in the film, and China’s Film Bureau, say Bruce Lee’s daughter, Shannon Lee, made a direct appeal to China’s National Film Administration, asking that it demand changes to her father’s portrayal. Friends and family of the Hollywood action star have criticized Tarantino for his portrayal of Lee, saying it doesn’t resemble the real-life man and is instead a caricature.
The daughter, Shannon Lee, told The Wrap it was “disheartening” to see Tarantino depict her father as “an arrogant a**hole who was full of hot air.”
The scene in question involves Pitt’s character, stuntman Cliff Booth, trading insults with the Bruce Lee character, played...
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Tarantino has proved to be only on whatever side he chooses at any given moment. He certainly isn't pro-American, even in the good or right way. He even supported violence against cops. If the Chinese end up using his organs as meat sales for ultra-filthy rich transplants, or torturing him with the few true Catholics and other Christians, I wouldn't mind. Selling your soul to that evil doesn't make you a star for resisting another evil. Especially if you might be wrong in doing so. It was his (Bruce Lee's) family who disagree with Tarantino's take on him. China is merely supporting a more wholesome and possibly real presentation of a national and international hero. Screw Tarantino.
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