Film leaders explore in-depth Sino-foreign co-production

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Several members of the film industry elite Thursday gathered in a summit in Beijing to explore the possibilities of in-depth Sino-foreign co-production. [Photo: China.org.cn]

Several members of the film industry elite gathered in a summit in Beijing to explore the possibilities of in-depth Sino-foreign co-production Thursday, which they believe is about more than just money.

"Money is very important, without it you can do nothing. But co-production should not only pay attention to money," director Oliver Stone said, "You should look at other elements."

Oliver Stone, along with Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón, French actor Jean Reno, Tong Gang, vice minister of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and Chris Dodd, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., Chinese director Ning Ying, Frederick Huntsberry the chief operating officer of Paramount Pictures, Russian director Timur Bekmambetov, British producer Pete Czernin and Wanda executive Ye Ning attended the Sino-Foreign Film Co-production Forum, an important part of the ongoing Beijing International Film Festival.

Stone continued to point out that many so-called international co-productions are not very good. "We need to do in-depth co-production," he said, "If a U.S. film studio just comes to China and picks one Chinese actor to be in a film, that is not good collaboration. You have to understand and think more and have deep integration."

Oliver Stone said he loved Chinese Kungfu movies from the 1970s and he loved the images of people, the costumes, and everything, which he believed reflected the true images of times. "The co-production "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" by Ang Lee was beautifully shot, but the film lost the initial and ancient charm of China because everything is changing, which loses the charm of true reality."

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