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The Asia Factor in Global Hollywood |
| Section: THE ARTS / FILM |
| Author: Christina Klein |
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The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 9/1/2007 |
| Size: 1,806 Words, 11,361 Characters |
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In the eyes of the world, Hollywood is America. It represents not only the glamour of American movie stars, but also the "soft power" - what many see as the cultural imperialism - of the world's lone superpower. The economic transformations of the past twenty years, however, are changing media landscapes in America and around the world. Perhaps nothing indicates these changes as much as the growing ties between Asian and American films industries - ties which are leading to the Asianization of Hollywood and the Hollywoodization of Asia.
Whether for critical acclaim or box office success, people like Ang Lee, John Woo, Michelle Yeoh and others from Asia are making their mark in America. In the past ten years there have been more Asians working in Hollywood than ever before. The Hong Kong film industry alone has contributed actors like Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Chow Yun-fat; directors such as Tsui Hark, Kirk Wong, and Ringo Lam; and martial arts choreographers like Yuen Wo Ping, Yuen Cheung-yan, and Corey Yuen. The presence of such Asian talent in Hollywood tells only part of the story, however. We are also seeing Ame...
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...e location of its production? Its language? Its audience? Its visual style, themes, or story? Today, the notion of a distinctly American or Chinese or Indian cinema is breaking down, as film industries around the world become increasingly integrated with one another in ways that make them simultaneously more global and more local.
Copyright © 2007 Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
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