Cinema of the United StatesThe film industry of the United States, primarily associated with major film studios collectively referred to as "Hollywood", has significantly influenced the global film industry since the early 20th century. Classical Hollywood cinema, a filmmaking style developed in the 1910s, continues to shape many American films today. While French filmmakers Auguste and Louis Lumière are often credited with modern cinema's origins, American filmmaking quickly rose to global dominance.
Hero (2002 film)Directed byZhang YimouScreenplay byFeng LiBin WangZhang YimouStory byFeng LiBin WangZhang YimouProduced byZhang YimouBill KongStarringJet LiTony LeungMaggie CheungZhang ZiyiDonnie YenChen DaomingCinematographyChristopher DoyleEdited byAngie LamMusic byTan DunProductioncompaniesSil-Metropole OrganisationCFCCElite Group Enterprises Zhang Yimou Studio Beijing New Picture FilmDistributed byBeijing New Picture Film (China)Edko Films (Hong Kong)Release dates24 October 2002 (2002-10-24) (China)21 December 2002 (2002-12-21) (Hong Kong)Running time99 minutes (theatrical) 110 minutes (Director's Cut)CountriesChinaHong KongLanguageMandarinBudget$31 millionBox office$177.4 millionHero (Chinese: 英雄; pinyin: Yīngxióng) is a 2002 epicwuxia film directed, co-written, and produced by Zhang Yimou, and starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen and Chen Daoming.
United StatesCountry primarily in North AmericaThe United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean.
Art filmAn art film, arthouse film, or specialty film is an independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass marketaudience. It is "intended to be a serious, artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal", "made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit", and containing "unconventional or highly symbolic content".
Third CinemaThird Cinema (Spanish: Tercer Cine) is a Latin American film movement formed in the 1960s which critiques neocolonialism, the capitalist system, the Hollywood model of cinema as mere entertainment to make money (First Cinema), as well as the individualistic, European film d'auteur (Second Cinema).
IndiaCountry in South AsiaIndia, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
AmericentrismAmericentrism, also known as American-centrism or US-centrism, is a tendency to assume the culture of the United States is more important than those of other countries or to judge foreign cultures based on American cultural standards. It refers to the practice of viewing the world from an overly US-focused perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of American culture.
South AmericaContinentScheme for geographical regions and subregions used by the United Nations Statistics DivisionSouth America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and most in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern subregion of the Americas.
National cinemaNational cinema is a term sometimes used in film theory and film criticism to describe the films associated with a specific nation-state. Although there is little relatively written on theories of national cinema it has an irrefutably important role in globalization. Film provides a unique window to other cultures, particularly where the output of a nation or region is high.
Sathish KalathilSathish Kalathil is an Indian film and documentary director and producer in Malayalam. His debut movie Jalachhayam (2010) was well discussed His first film was Veenavaadanam (2008), an experimental documentary about art (painting). He is also a story writer, poet, lyricist and journalist.
Latin AmericaLatin America (Spanish: América Latina or Latinoamérica; Portuguese: América Latina) is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish and Portuguese. Since it is defined according to its cultural identity instead of its geography, Latin America includes countries from both North and South America. For instance, countries from North America like Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, etc. tend to be included.
Film theoryFilm theory is a set of scholarly approaches within the academicdiscipline of film or cinema studies that began in the 1920s by questioning the formal essential attributes of motion pictures; and that now provides conceptual frameworks for understanding film's relationship to reality, the other arts, individual viewers, and society at large. Film theory is not to be confused with general film criticism, or film history, though these three disciplines interrelate.
Cinema of EuropeEntrance to Cinecittà in Rome, Italy, the largest film studio in EuropeCinema of Europe refers to the film industries and films produced in the continent of Europe. The history of Italian cinema began a few months after the French Lumière brothers, who made the first public screening of a film on 28 December 1895, an event considered the birth of cinema, began motion picture exhibitions. The history of cinema in Germany can be traced back to the years of the medium's birth.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.