Recently, there has been a wave of indignation towards Dieu Thu Cuong, when the director went on television to recount his barbaric actions with a proud attitude as if showing off a trophy that was shared.
Specifically, during the production of the movie “Dog King” (released in 1993), Dieu Thu Cuong exploded and killed a retired military dog. This is a film that takes the theme of praising the merits and role of military dogs in war. However, with the reason of “pursuing art”, Dieu Thu Cuong arbitrarily secretly changed the props into real explosives.
Because he has been trained, this military dog can easily detect explosives. However, because he had no orders, he still carried out his mission to the end, picked up the explosive package and ran far away from the group and suffered a tragic death.
As for the military officer, he discovered there was a problem with the props but couldn't stop it in time. Witnessing the dog that had been by his side for many years die in the explosion, even though he was mentally strong, the officer still fainted immediately due to shock.
According to what was shared on Chinese social networks, on television, director Dieu Thu Cuong said that to complete a work of art, he was forced to sacrifice a dog. More importantly, because normal dogs cannot do what you want, they must be military dogs.
When netizens criticized him, director Dieu Thu Cuong said he also felt sad when making such a decision. But according to him, this military dog needs to be sacrificed to bring the film to its climax and this sacrifice is necessary and worthwhile.
According to some information, the movie “Dog King” has been replayed many times on CCTV6. Dieu Thu Cuong's shares were also broadcast on this channel. Only when social networks developed and netizens criticized too much did CCTV6 stop letting this movie air.
On Douban, “Dog King” is only rated 2.2 points. Not only that, all the works that Dieu Thu Cuong directed also received low scores.
