FILM

HISTORY/TIMELINE

OWNERSHIP

THEORISTS

CASE STUDIES

SHE, A CHINESE

Female character - peasant

low budget, indie, below $1m

no box office,

did it have influence? only an indie film

Social realist - left-wing perspective

crazy rich asians (NOT CHINA, SINGAPORE)

go to Singapore and it is luxury

FOCUS - very rich asian man

Sci-fi films with futuristic element will show Chinese space organisation

WWZ

https://worldwarz.fandom.com/wiki/United_Federation_of_China

had to change ending for Chinese release

for America, the ending was china was the cause of issues

Brad Pitt was banned from China after 'seven years in tibet' - painted tibet as its own region

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-22278037

 

The Martian showed China to be equal to USA

AN indie movie wont have the same impact as a mainstream tentpole

the modern portrayal of China is positive in mass media (blockbuster, Elberse)

the social realist approach is slightly more brutal, concentration camps, peasants

COunterhegemony, eg Guardian portrayal of Uighurs + social media protest - inter milan are Chinese owned but the company has collapsed and been taken over by government

China are giving loans to countries across the globe and in return are demanding their votes from the united nation

Schiller - thinker behind cultural imperialism

Tomlinson has developed this idea and his key argument is that cultural imperialism is motivated more by finance than cultural ideas

argues there's conscious intent - not a coincidence

not necessarily because of power, mainly because of money streams