The Chinese entertainment industry has been out in force across Filmart this week, with major companies such as CMC Pictures and the various provincial governments including the sprawling metropolis of Shanghai looking to pitch their locations to the film world.
About two decades ago, French film editor Matthieu Laclau was going in the opposite direction. Laclau, fresh from film school in Paris an...
The article presents a portrait of a film industry undergoing a quiet, yet profound, transformation – a metamorphosis driven not by grand pronouncements but by a series of incremental shifts and serendipitous encounters. Laclau’s narrative functions as a case study in adaptation and resilience, a human embodiment of the systemic forces reshaping Chinese cinema. The ‘changing so fast’ refrain, repeatedly uttered by Chinese directors, acts as an ARC-0043 Motte-and-Bailey tactic – an attempt to def...