Director Rapman Attacks Cinema Chain Vue for Pulling 'Blue Story'

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Director Rapman has spoken out against U.K. cinema chain Vue for pulling his London gangland drama 'Blue Story' from its theaters, citing various incidents. 'But where's the proof, the evidence?'

"Vue say that there's been a number of incidents, but where's the proof, the evidence," the filmmaker said over the decision to pull Paramount's London gangland drama.

But Rapman has now questioned this claim and the motives of the cinema chain. "Vue say that there's been a number of incidents, but where's the proof, the evidence," he toldon Wednesday morning. "The one incident that they’re taking about was on camera, we live in a camera generation. Anything happens, the youth are going to film that.

 

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