Uncensored ‘Lust, Caution’ Spurs Moviegoer Tourism in Hong Kong

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  12.21.07 | 12:17 PM ET

imageThe latest Ang Lee movie has been censored in mainland China, so throngs of the country’s citizens are traveling to Hong Kong specifically to see the uncut version. “Travelers have made their way to Hong Kong to see movies before, of course, but always in much smaller numbers,” reports the New York Times. “Critics and commentators here attribute the interest in Mr. Lee’s movie to a variety of factors, from word of mouth about risqué sexual content stripped from the censored version, to a sensitive political subtext rarely seen in mainland cinema, to the fame of the Academy Award-winning director.”

Lee was born in Taiwan, and his movie “Brokeback Mountain” previously spurred another unorthodox rush of movie-related travel.