中国在纽约推出「2011中国电影文化周」，首演当天放映的《建国大业》，虽然经斥资大肆宣传，但17日首演当天在林肯中心Walter Reade剧院放映《建国大业》时，竟然连一名观众也没有，报道形容这「成为此间华文媒体间的笑谈」。

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Despite China spending a fortune to promote an event entitled "Cinema China, Culture China" in New York, a movie about the birth of the PRC attracted no audience.

Not even staff from the event's organizer attended the screening of The Founding of a Republic at the Walter Reade Theater in New York's Lincoln Center on Monday. The affair has become the laughing stock of the Chinese media.

The event, organized by China's Ministry of Culture, Columbia University Libraries and Lincoln Center, is a five-day cinema festival from Oct. 17 to 22, celebrating the relationship between the United States and China from a cinematic and cultural perspective.

In addition to The Founding of a Republic, movies including Eternal Moment, The Piano in a Factory, The Blue Knight, Ocean Heaven and Bodyguards and Assassins will be screened.

The event has been poorly managed, with an opening cocktail party cancelled without notification. The ceremony was rescheduled for Tuesday at Columbia University.

A conference on Chinese films scheduled for Tuesday morning was also cancelled without members of the public being notified.

The Founding of a Republic is a 2009 epic made to mark the 60th anniversary of the PRC's founding and boasts a star-studded cast including Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi, Jackie Chan and Jet Li among a veritable who's who of Chinese cinema, though they clearly failed to be a big enough draw on this occasion.

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The Founding of a Republic 建國大業

Eternal Moment 將愛情進行到底

The Piano in a Factory 鋼的琴

The Blue Knight 藍色騎士

Ocean Heaven 海洋天堂

Bodyguards and Assassins 十月圍城