Vision Beijing

Patrice Leconte, a French movie maker was asked by the Chinese government to shoot a promotion ad called “Vision Beijing”.

Far from the sports community and the political stress before the games, Leconte did a very lyrical and neutral movie.
The Chinese government tries to show the best image they can. The French director forgot to show the 1989 Tiananmen events, to talk about the Human rights, the press and the pollution. He also confirmed that the movie was pure propaganda.

Steven Spielberg walked out of his supervisor job. He was supposed to help the BOCOG doing the opening ceremony. Since the Schindler’s List, Spielberg tries to make humanist and political movies. Leconte, him, did not follow Godard’s advice “The point is not to make political movies, but to make movie politically”
Four other film makers participated in the event: the British Daryl Goodrich, the Hong-kongese Andrew Lau Wai-Keung, the Iranian Majid Majidi and the Italian Giuseppe Tornatore.