That’s what thinks chinese director Jia Zhangke! In this essay (translated by dGenerateFilms), he points out the cultural consequences of a globalized world, and of professional filmmakers who forgot what art is all about. A quote;
Japanese director Oguri Kohei once expressed his worries that, though in the past ten years film production in Asia has improved to almost the same level as world-class standards, the artistic spirit of films has largely declined. During the selection process of the Hong Kong International Film Festival that took place earlier, Huang Ailing said, “What hides behind the myth of high-cost production is the loss of cultural faith.”
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