After a golden age in the 1980s, Chinese filmmakers were quietly discouraged from dabbling in the sci-fi genre – it isn’t real science and authorities did not want youngsters to get confused. That …
After a golden age in the 1980s, Chinese filmmakers were quietly discouraged from dabbling in the sci-fi genre – it isn’t real science and authorities did not want youngsters to get confused. That stance changed during the last decade and thehas just hosted its first sci-fi week, comprising nearly a dozen film screenings and a trio of panel discussions featuring the new luminaries in the sector.
“A great sci-fi film can successfully arouse people’s curiosity to explore the universe and nature and induce people to think profoundly,” the Shanghai festival said in notes accompanying its event. China’s space prowess was recognized in Hollywood films including “2012,” “The Martian” and “Gravity,” but it was not until 2019 and “The picture, directed by Frant Gwo and adapted from anovel, tells a tale of planet Earth being dragged to destruction by the gravitational pull of a giant red sun and by Jupiter, but being shifted to a safer orbit by the harnessing of thousands of thrusters. It was huge box office success in China – earning RMB4.
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