Friday, April 15, 2011

Martial arts and the globalization of US and Asial film industries

This article talks about "how globalization is affecting film industries in the USA and Asia". Due to globalization the film industries from all over the world has been coming together. People can watch Hollywood films about anywhere in the world, and Hollywood even remakes some movies from other countries. Klein notes that " a number of factors are driving Hollywood's embrace of martial arts, from a growing popular interest in many forms of Asian culture to the enthusiastic practice of martial arts by Americans across the social spectrum". Asian actresses often appear in Hollywood films, and even in the movie "Fighter in the wind" you can see couple American actors. Because of the historical background, the Korean movie "Fighter in the wind" contains three different languages.

http://journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/pdf.cgi/Klein_Christina.pdf?issn=14775700&issue=v02i0003&article=360_maatgouaafi

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