China / Jan 01, 1994
A Film Is Stopped (1994)
Directed by Dai Ning
55minruntime
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Plot
The one directorial feature by Ning Dai, sister of 5th generation filmmaker Ning Ying and wife of 6th generation filmmaker Zhang Yuan. It follows a chaotic period in November of 1993, when production suddenly halted on Zhang Yuan's TV film adaptation of a popular novel, Chicken Feathers, after the Chinese Film Bureau announced that Zhang could no longer direct the film due to submitting his previous independent feature, 1992's Beijing Bastards, to a film festival in Japan without receiving the proper authorization to do so. Ning's documentary features anguished meetings between the Chicken Feather's production crew as they debate replacing Zhang with another director, along with testimonials on the state of censorship in Chinese independent cinema of the early '90s from Wu Wenguang, Tang Danian, He Jianjun, Cui Jian, and others.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Liu Zhenyun | self |
| Lin Xudong | self |
| Mou Sen | self |
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 停机 |
| Original language | 普通话 (ZH) |
| Spoken languages | 普通话 |
| Status | Released |
| Release date | 1 gennaio 1994 |
| Production | Chen Qiang, Dai Ning |
| Editing | Li Xiaoshan |
| Cinematography | Song Jing, Li Ming |
| Assistant directors | Dai Ning |
| Music | Wu Gang |
| Sound | Wu Gang |
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