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标 题: WSJ: 3D肉蒲团即将在北美上映
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri May 27 16:59:50 2011, 美东)
WSJ: World’s First 3-D Erotic Film Is Coming to America
http://www.consultingcase101.com/blog/
The world’s first 3-D erotic film is about to hit American shores. China
Lion Film Distribution said Thursday it acquired the U.S. and Canadian
rights for “3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy,” a Hong Kong soft-core adult
film that opened in parts of Asia and other global markets last month. China
Lion Chief Executive Milt Barlow said his company was “still in
conversations with its theatrical partners” in the U.S. on a release date,
but that “I’d like to think we can get it in the July-August period.”
He said that for the movie’s initial release it likely would be shown on a
combined 50 to 60 screens in the U.S. and Canada, and expand to up to 200
screens if there’s strong demand. “The audience will decide,” he said.
The Ming Dynasty-era costume sex romp mixes campy humor, orgies and inspired
set pieces — a fountain in the shape of the male anatomy — with more
intense scenes of rape and sexual sadism. The story focuses on a lustful
young scholar who leaves his wife in search of sexual fulfillment.
While the movie serves up plenty of nudity, it is primarily adult erotica
and shuns the explicit hard-core sex scenes found in porn films. The 25
million Hong Kong dollar (US$3.2 million) Cantonese-language film is a
remake of “Sex and Zen,” a 1991 sex farce that has since reached cult
status and earned its place as one of Hong Kong’s most successful Category
III films. (Category III is the equivalent of NC-17.) Both films are based
on “The Carnal Prayer Mat,” a 17th-century Chinese erotic novel.
The 3-D remake is the brainchild of Stephen Shiu Jr. and his father, Stephen
Shiu, who produced the 1991 version. As of MAY 22, the film had pulled in $
4.8 million since its opening in Hong Kong on April 14, making it a
certified blockbuster in this city of seven million people. In a twist, the
film’s ultimate message is that true love — and monogamy — triumphs over
promiscuity.
“It’s an Asian take on an erotic movie,” Mr. Barlow said. Reviews of the
film have been mixed, and the film’s scenes of sexual violence have met
with some controversy. “There are a couple of scenes that are a little more
intense,” Mr. Barlow said, “but it’s in the context of the story line.”
He expects the movie to earn an NC-17 rating. China Lion specializes in the
distribution of Chinese-language movies in North America, Australia and New
Zealand. Its theatrical partner is AMC Theatres in the U.S. and eastern
Canada (and Consolidated Theatres in Hawaii) and Cinaplex Odeon in western
Canada. |
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