Filmmakers 'work in the field of culture but go against culture'

The ancient well in Mong Phu Village is painted and decorated by the crew of 'Chuyen Lang Bom.' Photo by Do Doan Hoang

To suit their whims and fancies, several filmmakers have defaced cultural and historical monuments, leaving many citizens outraged and frustrated.

A film crew making 'Chuyen Lang Bom' (Bom Village’s Story) recently painted white an ancient well in Hanoi’s Mong Phu Village. Earlier, those making 'Thai Su Tran Thu Tho' (Great Tutor Tran Thu Do) shocked many by moving the altar of Emperor Minh Mang while filming. Painter Truong Duc Thang, a member of the "Chuyen Lang Bom" crew, was fined VND2 million ($88.39) on Nov. 10 for writing, drawing and desecrating a historical-cultural monument.

Nguyen Van Huy, former director of the Hanoi-based Museum of Ethnology, said that such actions were an infringement on historical relics and monuments.

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