Pirated DVDs

Friday, January 14, 2005-3:16 PM


I bought a DVD of "The Bourne Identity" from a guy on the street for five renminbi ($0.60). I flipped it over and started reading the English description.

"First, there's the author herself in 1923, struggling with depression and thoughts of suicde..."

"Wow," I thought to myself, "I didn't know the movie was about a writer. I thought the movie 'The Hours' with Nicole Kidman was about a depressed author."

What I noticed at the bottom was even more shocking.

"The Bourne Identity" is apparently "based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien".

(Here is the theatrical trailer.)