Single cinema opening for I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone
As mentioned earlier, the Malaysian censorship board banned award-winning filmmaker Tsai Ming Liang’s Hei yan quan (I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone) in March, claiming that it portrayed the unsightly side of the capital city Kuala Lumpur and affected the government’s ongoing tourism campaign. A few days later they changed their mind, and approved the film for limited screening in art house cinemas in Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor.
However, the board’s appeals committee also demanded that five cuts be made to the film, including a kissing scene, an injured character in his pants and a radio broadcast reporting open burning in Putrajaya.
Now, Twitch is reporting that Tsai has made the cuts and the film is due to open on May 17th. It will only be shown in one cinema, however, which is The Picturehouse at Cathay Cineleisure, in the vicinity of the capital city of Kuala Lumpur.
Sunday 13 May 2007 | Paul | Malaysia
