Renowned Oscar-winning director Ang Lee has joined the growing chorus of artistic voices strongly opposed to Bill C-10, the government's pending legislation that will deny tax credits to films and videos deemed offensive to the public.
"People should be free to say anything," said Lee, when asked about the controversial bill during a question-and-answer session on the weekend with young Vancouver filmmakers.
He noted that he has never been censored, even when "I was making a film about gay cowboys in Calgary", referring to his best known movie Brokeback Mountain that garnered the Taiwan-born director an Oscar.
Not even Chinese authorities censored him during filming in the Communist-ruled country for his most recent film, Lust, Caution, Lee added.
He said financially-assisted films should not be treated as propaganda "or as a salesman for the tourist industry. I think that's just too low. They (the government) should know better than that."
Afterwards, as youthful film-makers gathered around him, Lee urged them to "make a noise, whatever" to stop Bill C-10. "It's almost like censorship."
Almost?
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