Beijing Rocks

Beijing Rocks (2001)

北京樂與路

A rock and roll story that portrays the decay of political and cultural lacunae that have separated China and Hong Kong for so long.

Date of release
2001-10-25
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama, Romance, Music
Director
Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting

Casting

Interesting facts

Beijing Rocks is a 2001 Hong Kong film directed by award-winning director Mabel Cheung about the rock and roll music scene in Beijing. Starring Shu Qi and Daniel Wu, it was nominated for five Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Picture and Best Cinematography.

Production and backlash

Director Mabel Cheung began production in Beijing in early 2000, interviewing indie rock bands in Shucun, Beijing. Numerous bands provided advice on their lifestyle, mannerisms and costume choices.

However, on 14 October 2000, a list of 10 indie bands from the indie rock community in Shucun issued the "Shucun Statement" (树村声明). It expressed the disappointment of the rock bands during the production process. "We could change a line or a character's hairstyle, but we cannot change the shallowness and the crave for novelty in commercial filmmaking, since we could not make the creator (of the film) understand why we make such music and lifestyl…

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