Beijing Rocks

Beijing Rocks
北京樂與路
Directed by	Mabel Cheung
Written by	Alex Law
Produced by	John Chong Alex Law
Starring	Le Geng Richard Ng Shu Qi Daniel Wu
Cinematography	Peter Pau
Release date	25 October 2001 (2001-10-25)
Country	China (Hong Kong)
Language	Mandarin
Box office
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	北京樂與路
Simplified Chinese	北京乐与路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Běi Jīng Lè Yǔ Lù Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Bak1 Ging1 Lok6 Jyu5 Lou6

Beijing Rocks (Chinese: 北京樂與路) 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.

Cast and roles

• Geng Le - Road
• Richard Ng - Wu De-hui
• Shu Qi - Yang Yin
• Daniel Wu - Michael Wu
• Faye Yu
• Henry Ng

Production and Blacklash

Director Mabel Cheung began production in Beijing in early 2000, interviewing indie rock bands in Shucun, Beijing. Numerous bands have 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 lifestyle choices." The bands went on to proclaim the end of their involvement with the film to at least not kill off their own image.

External links

• Beijing Rocks at IMDb