In this edition of Cinema Issues we are talking about the rise of international cinema.
For a long time Hollywood has been a dominant box office force, this has led to them becoming an out of touch echo chamber where they think they can tell people how to live and think. In terms of cultural imperialism this was doubly true, a lot of world markets struggled to maintain cinema industries or their own as their narrative offerings were often torn apart by the American studio films.
However Hollywood seems sick, maybe that sickness is coming from one ruling class of people who cannot see the culture has changed and that people want something different. Maybe that sickness is coming from the sea of nepo babies and diversity hires who don’t understand how to make good films anymore, or the focus groups they use to test films. One thing is for true and it is that Hollywood is in decline the box office is shrinking in the west and more and more studio fare is flopping.
In this climate Indian Cinema, Chinese Cinema and Japanese Cinema are all stepping in and achieving greater and greater success not just in their own markets but globally, including in the US market. People are starting to see Hollywood for what it is and move away move to these other things that are offering something fresh.
Many American productions are also moving abroad which in turn is moving resources and people out of California.
The world is shifting whether Hollywood likes it or not.
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