Fingers Point In All Directions Over Leak Of Banned Vietnamese Film CHO LON
According to Thanh Nien Online, after a short investigation, with the active and tight collaboration from Galaxy Film JSC and production company Chanh Phuong, along with others involved, the authorities believe they have found the suspected perpetrators who dispersed Cho Lon but until the investigation is completely wrapped up all involved have declined to reveal the identity of the suspects or their motivation.
The ongoing investigation, however, has not stopped Ngo Phuong Lan (Director of The National Cinema Department) from stating in public that both production companies (Chanh Phuong and Galaxy Film, both of whom have actively supported the investigation) are responsible for the leak of Cho Lon. Many people are not pleased about that statement, include Johnny Tri Nguyen. He published a sad status on Facebook about it, translated below:
Everybody knows that when Cho Lon was leaked on the internet the two studios were the most disadvantaged. There isn't any loss for The National Cinema Department. I feel sad that the Director of the Department would say something like that to the press while the source of the leak is not yet been fully investigated. Ask yourself, for example, if your home was robbed and the police came and - when they haven't finished investigating yet - they still said that you have to be responsible for the burglaries. Is it rational?
Also in his statement Johnny Tri Nguyen raises a big question about the actions of The National Cinema Department, going as far as to imply that the National Cinema Department may be the source of the leak:
Before the leak, the draft version of Cho Lon was stored in only three places: Chanh Phuong Film Studio, Galaxy Film Studio and The National Cinema Department. Both studios have produced many films in the past 10 years without ever leaking a movie before releasing it. As for the 3rd unit, I do not know.
Strengthening this thesis is long standing speculation that The Deparment had leaked a draft version of The Quiet American (2002), as was later detected by a hidden watermark inserted by the production company. I don't think that Johnny Nguyen is necessarily accusing that of being the case here, just that all possibilities should be investigated rather than rushing to blame.
There's no more notable news after this. But I presume that if the leak was The Department's responsibility that word should break pretty soon. I'll keep updating on this case.
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