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11/10/2020, 23:11
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#601
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Dal sito Variety:
Disney Defends ‘Mulan’ Credits That Thanked Chinese Government Entities Involved in Human Rights Abuses Disney’s president of film production Sean Bailey defended the controversial credits for the new live-action “Mulan” film, which thanked Chinese government entities directly involved in perpetuating human rights abuses in Xinjiang, as being part of “standard practice across the film industry worldwide,” according to a letter addressed to and posted online by prominent British politician Iain Duncan Smith. The choice to film in the region was made for reasons of “authenticity,” Bailey explained. Disney made global headlines when “Mulan,” released to its Disney+ platform on Sept. 4, gave “special thanks” during the film’s end credits to eight different Chinese government departments in Xinjiang, a number of which are directly involved in the campaign that critics have deemed a cultural genocide. They include the Turpan Bureau of Public Security, which was last October sanctioned by the U.S. Commerce Department for engaging in “human rights violations and abuses in implementation of China’s campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention and high-technology surveillance against Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups.” In the letter dated Oct. 7 on official Disney letterhead, Bailey wrote, in Disney’s defense: “It is standard practice across the film industry worldwide to acknowledge in a film’s credits the cooperation, approvals, and assistance provided by various entities and individuals over the course of a film’s production. In this case, the production company Beijing Shadow Times provided our production team with the list of acknowledgements to be included in the credits for ‘Mulan.’” To bolster his point, he included “examples of credits from other films shot in international locations” in further pages that were not posted online, concluding: “I hope this clarification puts this issue in the proper perspective.” The remarks rank among the very few that have emerged from any Disney executive since the “Mulan” release. Disney’s CFO Christine McCarthy echoed Bailey’s explanation at an unrelated conference in early September, saying that filming in China requires government approvals and “it’s common to acknowledge in a film’s credits the national and local governments that allowed you to film there.” Disney has not issued a formal statement or apology on the matter, and has told creatives involved in “Mulan” to steer clear of the subject. In the Thursday tweet in which he publicized the letter, Conservative member of parliament Duncan Smith called Bailey’s reply “very weak and full of platitudes.” “The reality is that Disney simply does not want to offend China, and have given in to China’s demands and will not stand up to them,” he wrote. “Disney’s corporate policy does not appear to care about the human rights issues affecting the #Uighurs. It seems human rights come second to the corporate policy of not upsetting China.” In June, Duncan Smith and Labour peer Helena Kennedy launched the U.K.’s Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, which the two now co-chair. The body seeks to “promote a coordinated response between democratic states to challenges posed by the present conduct and future ambitions of the People’s Republic of China,” according to a founding statement. The co-chairs had together written a letter to Bailey about “Mulan” that was passed on to the American exec by Tony Chambers, Disney’s EMEA senior vice president of studio distribution and country manager for U.K. and Ireland. In his reply, Bailey further elaborated on production details and the studio’s strategic thinking. The film “was designed to showcase the richness of Chinese culture and storytelling,” he wrote. “Although ‘Mulan’ was filmed almost entirely in New Zealand, in order to accurately depict the unique geography and landscape of China for this period drama, the producers chose to film some scenery in 20 locations throughout the country, including the Kumtag Desert in Xinjiang Province, home to an important passageway along the historic Silk Road,” he said. “The decision to film in each of these locations was made by the film’s producers in the interest of authenticity, and was in no way dictated or influenced by state or local Chinese officials.” Desert scenery shoots there took place over just four days, a fraction of the 143 days spent filming in New Zealand, and the resulting footage appears for just 78 seconds of the film’s 115 minute runtime, he pointed out. Disney contracted private Chinese production firm Beijing Shadow Times to help with the China-side shooting process. That company began submitting requests for permits to state and local government entities in 2017. “During this period, neither the U.K. nor the U.S. government had issued a risk advisory for businesses nor made any relevant policy rulings specific to the region,” Bailey wrote. Yet even in the absence of policy rulings or risk advisories, the campaign against Uighurs would have been nearly impossible to ignore during this period, if only because of the extreme surveillance that travelers there would have been subject to wherever they went, and the visibly growing systems of checkpoints and security checks. The earliest evidence of re-education work in Turpan, the city home to five of the government entities Disney thanked, dates back to 2013. “Mulan” was green-lit in 2015. Early reporting on the camps started to emerge around the summer of 2017. Niki Caro went to Xinjiang in September 2017, posting a photo of sand dunes there to Instagram. The production’s set designer said they spent “months” scouting in the region. During the actual 2018 shoot, China was at the height of its “strike hard” campaign against Xinjiang’s ethnic minority population. Analysts estimate by looking at satellite imagery that there are at least 10 internment camps and five prisons in the other Xinjiang county Disney thanked. Bailey described Disney’s decisions as the U.S. studio merely abiding by the broader rules of doing business in China. “Global businesses have a strong presence in China — hundreds of global companies, including dozens of Fortune 500 firms, operate throughout the country, and all are required to comply with relevant laws and regulations,” he wrote. “In the same vein, there are regulations that must be followed by all foreign film production companies wanting to operate in China.” Foreign production firms working in China are required to partner with a local company, submit their scripts for government approval, and apply for shooting permits, but there is no law dictating the form that end credits must take. |
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2/11/2020, 15:35
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#602
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Gold Member Gruppo: Utente Messaggi: 2.417 Thanks: * Iscritto il: 31/12/2006 Da: Lavinio Lido di Enea (RM) |
Il film sta finalmente arrivando anche in formato fisico (in USA girano già le prime copie) con un'uscita prevista nel periodo tra il 10 ed il 17 novembre... attendiamo notizie per quanto riguarda il nostro Paese!
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-Scrooge McDuck- |
3/11/2020, 14:16
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#603
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Ma ci sono notizie sull’uscita in Italia in formato fisico? Lo chiedo perché negli USA è abbastanza normale che i film o serie anche esclusive di piattaforme streaming (come Netflix o Prime) vengano comunque distribuite in bluray e DVD, in Italia invece non succede quasi mai
Messaggio modificato da Scrooge McDuck il 3/11/2020, 16:50 |
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3/11/2020, 15:21
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Negli USA è uscito senza pubblicità ne avvisi...
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3/11/2020, 20:05
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#605
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Gold Member Gruppo: Utente Messaggi: 10.119 Thanks: * Iscritto il: 24/7/2009 Da: Roma |
Ma io non lo trovo manco su Amazon...
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3/11/2020, 21:36
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#606
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Gold Member Gruppo: Moderatore Messaggi: 22.914 Thanks: * Iscritto il: 27/8/2005 |
Avete la cover del dvd USA?
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6/11/2020, 9:22
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#607
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Gold Member Gruppo: Utente Messaggi: 2.417 Thanks: * Iscritto il: 31/12/2006 Da: Lavinio Lido di Enea (RM) |
Il film in Italia uscirà in BD, BD 4K, DVD e Steelbook (BD 4K + BD) l’11 novembre!
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6/11/2020, 17:45
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#608
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Gold Member Gruppo: Moderatore Messaggi: 9.834 Thanks: * Iscritto il: 9/4/2008 |
Avete la cover del dvd USA? Ecco il * LINK * per vedere le cover di tutte le versioni e tutti i dettagli dei contenuti. |
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-Scrooge McDuck- |
6/11/2020, 18:15
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Quindi abbiamo una conferma che l’uscita in streaming non preclude l’arrivo dei formati fisici.
Spero esca la steelbook di Soul (visto che in Italia quella di Onward non è arrivata) |
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-kekkomon- |
6/11/2020, 18:48
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7/4/2021, 7:53
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#611
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Gold Member Gruppo: Utente Messaggi: 2.417 Thanks: * Iscritto il: 31/12/2006 Da: Lavinio Lido di Enea (RM) |
Nonostante il cieco pregiudizio di cui il film è stato vittima, cominciano ad arrivare i primi riconoscimenti.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNWX40iDAin/ |
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10/6/2023, 7:26
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Gold Member Gruppo: Utente Messaggi: 2.417 Thanks: * Iscritto il: 31/12/2006 Da: Lavinio Lido di Enea (RM) |
Ottimi ascolti per la prima televisiva di Mulan in Cina, Spagna e Germania. Spero che con il tempo questo splendido film venga rivalutato dal pubblico, e sono abbastanza convinto che a Natale lo vedremo su Rai1…
Fonte: https://www.instagram.com/p/CtQurWxO6mC/?ig...zRlODBiNWFlZA== |
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10/6/2023, 9:16
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#613
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Gold Member Gruppo: Moderatore Messaggi: 9.834 Thanks: * Iscritto il: 9/4/2008 |
Il film soffre troppo di un confronto con l'originale animato. Giudicato a sé stante fonde la sensibilità occidentale e orientale in maniera equilibrata. Non è un capolavoro, ma dignitoso e coinvolgente. Mi fa piacere della riscoperta televisiva internazionale, spero anch'io venga rivalutato in Italia.
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11/6/2023, 18:25
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#614
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Gold Member Gruppo: Moderatore Messaggi: 22.914 Thanks: * Iscritto il: 27/8/2005 |
secondo noi con il tempo la gente riscoprirà questo film... tenete conto che tutte le critiche sono relative ad aspetti collaterali e non al film in sé che è sempre stato considerato ben fatto... le problematiche hanno riguardato prima alcune dichiarazioni dell'attrice sul regime cinese, poi la frase di ringraziamento da parte dello staff ad una regione del film e poi il fatto che essendo uscito in pieno periodo pandemia non ha potuto essere valutato pienamente, poi le critiche degli occidentali perché mancava Mushu e le canzoni (di fatto solo quella è stata la critica forte al film ma nella pellicola non vi è necessità nè di Mushu né delle canzoni) e ancora della stessa Cina al film perchè troppo occidentale
ma sulla pellicola in sé e per sé non abbiamo mai letto odio o cose simili, anzi la critica l'ha promosso considerandolo comunque un film ben fatto, diverso dall'originale a cartoni animati ma ben fatto anche secondo noi arriverà su Rai1 a dicembre/gennaio |
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