Coming spring for Chinese sci-fi films?
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Other critics point to a lack of sci-fi culture among China's established directors, but the good news is that the younger generation of film makers are rising to the challenge.
"Now, the film makers know more about the genre. Many were born after the 1970s and grew up reading sci-fi novels," said Zheng Jun, sci-fi writer and CEO of China Scientific and Cultural Industry Net.
Some up-and-coming teams have started by shooting short films. Lu Bingshu, executive producer of the 30-minute demo "Eyes of Mars", said sci-fi production was a laborious process. But the 26-year-old believed their efforts to create everything from space capsules to space suits would feed into the over all development of the genre.
Unknown future
But even if a Chinese sci-fi film clears all the production hurdles, it may still face a picky and suspicious domestic audience.
Zheng said that many Chinese movies avoided the sci-fi label, fearing movie-goers would associate "Chinese sci-fi blockbusters" with clumsy ripoffs of the Western success stories.
But, Yan said, the Chinese market should encourage domestic sci-fi movie production.
"Sci-fi films reflect people's fears and desires in the era of technology, with Western films containing Western themes. We need to have sci-fi films that embody Chinese thinking," he said.
Sci-fi writer Fei Dao said the needs for more domestic sci-fi, including motion pictures, would rise alongside a healthy Chinese economy.
"In our vision of the future, there should be Chinese faces," he said.
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