China just can't seem to make up its mind about the film Avatar. First, it banned screenings of the 2D version because it thought the movie was hitting a bit too close to home with China's own forced eviction of millions of people so that some mining can get done.
But soon after, in an attempt perhaps to catch some of the megabucks that Avatar has raked in, some Chinese provincial officials have said that the Hallelujah mountains in the movie were inspired by a more grounded mountain in their province, and have renamed the mountain from The Southern Sky Column (a translation I'm sure) to Avatar Hallelujah Mountain.
I guess this is part of the Chinese duality. Rigid totalitarianism mixed with cash hungry pseudocapitalism.
Finally, a slightly tangential factoid, apparently China only allows 20 foreign films to be shown in cinemas each year.
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