Fucking LOL. The Hollywood studios are willing to do anything to make a buck.
I wonder how David Fincher feels about this.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/fight-club-s-new-government-approved-ending-is-very-different-in-china/ar-AAT64sO
China:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-KtfX0Kokc
Original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11eBZd7zdbs
Chinese version is somewhat more closer to the book if you've read it.
Interesting info, but predictable.
China will censor anything that hints of revolution.
The new Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of 10 rings (21) didn't even get approved by the Communist party to be shown, only 19 "American" movies made the cut this year. A real kick in the teeth to Disney.
That is ironic since Red China was ushered in by the Cultural Revolution.
share‘Fight Club’ Author Chuck Palahniuk Says China’s Censored Ending Is Actually Truer to His Vision:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fight-club-author-chuck-palahniuk-says-chinas-censored-ending-is-actually-truer-to-his-vision-1235082239/
The author later gave an interview to TMZ in which he pointed out that the altered Chinese ending is actually somewhat closer to how his book concluded.
“The irony is that the way the Chinese have changed it is they’ve aligned the ending almost exactly with the ending of the book, as opposed to Fincher’s ending, which was the more spectacular visual ending,” he said. “So in a way, the Chinese brought the movie back to the book a little bit.”
The author also said that he saw the irony in many Americans’ angry response to China’s actions, given that his books are banned in many locations across the U.S.
“What I find really interesting is that my books are heavily banned throughout the U.S.,” he said. “The Texas prison system refuses to carry my books in their libraries. A lot of public schools and most private schools refuse to carry my books. But it’s only an issue once China changes the end of a movie? I’ve been putting up with book banning for a long time.”
He also said that having his work revised in ways he can’t control is nothing new to him.
“A lot of my overseas publishers have edited the novel so the novel ends the way the movie ends,” he said. “So I’ve been dealing with this kind of revision for like 25 years.”