China is an increasingly essential part of the global film market , and crack into success there is a venture that any Hollywood film franchise demand to take seriously . Star Wars has not done exceptionally well , and Donnie Yen , who was in Star Wars himself , has some thoughts as to why .
In a recent interview with film siteJoBlo , Yen was asked about the fate of the Star Wars franchise in China , which has fared , on average , much , much worsethere than in other major marketplaces .
“ Yeah , and that ’s unfortunate , ” say Yen , who is promoting his most late motion picture , Big Brother . “ Star war — Taiwanese audiences did n’t rise up with Star Wars refinement , so unfortunately it did n’t work . Marvel is a lot easier to sympathise . Star Wars , there ’s a whole creation out there . Marvel , from the costumes , to the euphony , to the idol , to the lead , it ’s much easier to come together the break between the film itself and the consultation . ”
According to Yen , the trouble is a mixture of cultural stash and narrative and stylistic accessibility . Star Wars , for the unititated , is hard to understand — why would I give care about the Skywalker Saga , or the Jedi , without the built in ethnical legacy of cognition that the series ’ success in has brought ? It ’s an interesting challenge to the way these cinema are made , as Star Wars is , well , pretty fundamentally serialise , relying on narrative connection and a certain level of usable space opera house knowledge on the audience . Without that , does Star Wars work ? My friends who never managed to get into the juggernaut would tell me , no , no it does not .
It ’s also , Yen said , a matter of perceptiveness and regional manner , and westerly filmmakers not taking an interest in what works in strange market . Which can guide to someodd complication .
“ I mean , when you ’re talking about American flick you ’re fundamentally talk about Western filmmaking , ” read Yen . “ How to make a motion picture and what is beneficial about a film . The structure , the finance , the distribution , the selling . That ’s the gold standard , that ’s the Bible and I ’m still get word . Chinese filmmakers are still see , but at the same metre we have an edge . We ’ve been watching and studying these moving picture . But — vice versa — I do n’t recall enough westerly filmmaker have drop the time to really analyse the Asian securities industry — that ’s why you ’ll notice a passel of American films do n’t run over here … ”
If this sorting of trend continues , then we might see a slow shift of the Hollywood way , as the West adapts to the demands of strange markets to attempt to get better sales . At least the MCU does n’t have anything to worry about . It works everywhere , apparently .
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