Sunday, June 20, 2004

Vietnam goes to Hollywood

Vietnamese officials says they are trying to move away from its communist propaganda productions, this story says, and is looking to Hollywood for tips.

A group of 15 of the country's top directors and cameramen will attend courses at the University of Southern California from June 22 to July 22.

"Many Vietnamese directors and cameramen have studied and graduated from Russia or East Germany," said Nguyen Thi Hong Ngat, deputy director of the department of cinema in the culture ministry.

In an attempt to encourage the Vietnamese industry's development, the government has said private companies could make movies independently without having to work through state-run production houses. The new policy also abolishes the pre-filming censorship of scripts.

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