When Wham! squashed Lindsay Anderson\u2019s China film<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Andrew Ridgeley on Wham\u2019s surreal trip to China<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n It was the evening of 3 April 1985 in a hotel in Hong Kong. Lindsay Anderson, who I\u2019d engaged to direct the theatrical documentary I\u2019d instigated of Wham!\u2019s historic trip to China, had called a meeting of the film crew. He wanted to give a pep talk the night before we flew to Beijing.<\/p>\n The 30-strong team my production company had recruited for this adventure duly assembled. Lindsay gave a speech in the stentorian tones of an elder statesman addressing the House of Commons and rooted in Henry V\u2019s St Crispin\u2019s Day oration. And typical Lindsay, he mixed shrewd observation with sardonic wit. \u201cTomorrow we embark on a great adventure,\u201d he said. \u201cWe travel into communist China with George and Andrew \u2013 \u2018Apostles of the New Materialism.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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