1/ on CHINA + HOLLYWOOD
If she wins tonight brilliant Beijing born Chloe Zhao (Nomadland) may be the first Chinese woman having won a Golden Globe to win an Oscar.
China all but banned the movie as she made critical comments 8 years ago saying "there are lies everywhere"...
If she wins tonight brilliant Beijing born Chloe Zhao (Nomadland) may be the first Chinese woman having won a Golden Globe to win an Oscar.
China all but banned the movie as she made critical comments 8 years ago saying "there are lies everywhere"...
2/ I've previously highlighted the absence of Chinese villains in US movies
motivated by (1) US rational economic actors to sell into a $9B market and not be banned and (2) China control + censorship of studios + theaters
motivated by (1) US rational economic actors to sell into a $9B market and not be banned and (2) China control + censorship of studios + theaters
https://twitter.com/wolfejosh/status/1096051755673182209?s=20
3/ Impacted by covid surely(and China reopening quicker) but in 2020 China for the 1st time became the largest movie market in the world.
The 8 Best Picture Oscar nominees made $35M in theaters vs $700M in 2019 while China made 4.5x normalized numbers with $3B in tix sales...
The 8 Best Picture Oscar nominees made $35M in theaters vs $700M in 2019 while China made 4.5x normalized numbers with $3B in tix sales...
4/ Movies were once the US greatest cultural export. That is changing.
Chinese movies rarely dominated domestic box office + are now CRUSHING it after yrs of smart investments + incentives
Only 34 imported movies are allowed each year and 75% of the revenue goes to the gov
Chinese movies rarely dominated domestic box office + are now CRUSHING it after yrs of smart investments + incentives
Only 34 imported movies are allowed each year and 75% of the revenue goes to the gov
5/ In 2014 a year after Chloe Zhao made her offhand criticism of China having 'lies everywhere'
Xi gave a speech calling for Chinese cinema to rise: "To raise national cultural soft power, we must make efforts to spread the values of socialism with Chinese characteristics".
Xi gave a speech calling for Chinese cinema to rise: "To raise national cultural soft power, we must make efforts to spread the values of socialism with Chinese characteristics".
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