Shanghaiist: Where's the dirty laundry?: More M:I:3

Stavros

Tue, 23 May 2006 17:55:04 +0800

Ok, but I still think some bits were from Zhou Zuang, unless Xitang is sooo similar. To be fair, the film does not pretend that it's taking place in Shanghai at that point, Etham Hunt has been kidnapped and taken to the place where his wife is held, could very well be 90 km out of Shanghai. If you want to blame the movie for geographical inconsistencies though, you can: he parachute-jumps from the building in Pu Dong and lands near People's Square, having fallen pretty much vertically... I guess Pu Dong is not as interesting for on-the-ground action scenes, he he!

peijin

Mon, 22 May 2006 21:01:06 +0800

thanks for the clarification. i will make a correction in the post.

Mike

Mon, 22 May 2006 20:45:58 +0800

Parts of the film were shot in Xitang and not Zhouzhuang, I know this because I had a friend who worked on the set. Xitang is located about 90km West of Shanghai.

STavros

Mon, 22 May 2006 18:59:52 +0800

My first thought when I watched the movie, was that it was Zhou Zhuang (I was 99% sure, as I ve been there), but then I read that it was a fishing village called Xitang. I don't know this village, maybe you guys can tell me what the actual place is.

peijin

Mon, 22 May 2006 14:33:22 +0800

i think that nick or someone else alluded to that point--the tit for tat between Shanghai and the studios. We know that the officials reasons are bogus, but it's interesting to see what sense, if any, they make. I was curious to see if there actually was al otof laundry or dumb cops, regardless of whether or not that held up as an excuse to ban the film or not.

hdp

Mon, 22 May 2006 13:36:22 +0800

Why don't the authorities fess up to the real reason for banning the film ... it's utter crap!

shalom

Mon, 22 May 2006 13:23:14 +0800

I may be stating the obvious here, but the connection seems pretty clear between China's refusal to screen MI3, and the studio's earlier refusal to allow the Chinese authorities an advance copy, on the grounds that the Chinese "couldn't garanty the advance copy's security" (ie.it would get on to DVD ahead of its in-theater release). For all the good that did...