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Mao’s Last Dancer – Interview

Based on the Li Cunxin’s critically acclaimed autobiography of the same name, Mao’s Last Dancer is a hero’s journey with a twist – a small boy is picked at random to become a member of China’s post-cultural revolution Ballet Company, and ends up pursuing personal and artistic freedom. The twist? The deeply personal price of success…

Thanks to Roadshow and Buzz Entertainment, Cool Shite On The Tube’s west-side correspondent Sabian Wilde was offered the opportunity to speak to screenwriter Jan Sardi [Mao’s Last Dancer, Shine, Love’s Brother, The Notebook] and the man himself, Li Cunxin.

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Sabian Wilde

Sabian Wilde performs on a near weekly basis for community radio station RTRFM in Perth, Western Australia and has been a musician and journalist for the majority of his life. Now gainfully employed, he’d rather not talk about it. He keeps a blog as a handy reference and documentary of the works written and performed by Sabian at inconversationwith.wordpress.com.

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Posted: Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Author: Sabian Wilde
Filed Under: Film, Interview

Tags: Alice Parkinson, Amanda Schull, Bruce Beresford, Bruce Greenwood, Chi Cao, Cunxin Li, Jan Sardi, Kyle MacLachlan, Mao's Last Dancer

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