Since earning the grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May for his “Devils on the Doorstep,” director Jian Wen has met with nothing but resistance from government censors since returning home to China. “Censors have refused to allow his movie about wartime China to be shown in his homeland and they won’t tell him why. They also want to confiscate the movie’s negatives, and Jiang fears that he could be banned from directing and acting in China.” – Nando Times (AP) 07/23/00