Tony Leung on AI's Threat to Film Creativity and the Future of Cinema
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Mathew Scott
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Tony Leung Chiu-wai, serving as jury head for the Shanghai International Film Festival's Golden Goblet competition, reflects on the impact of AI on the film industry, the challenge of attracting young audiences to theaters, and his recent shift toward European arthouse cinema. He expresses concern that AI threatens human creativity and emotional authenticity in filmmaking, while also sharing hopes for how the industry can adapt and evolve.
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· 3 pulledThere had to be so much whirling around in Tony Leung Chiu-wai's mind as the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) was drawing to a close.
Important decisions were pending in his role as the jury head for the event's main Golden Goblet competition, and there was a masterclass full of hungry young minds, ready to hang on his every word, scheduled for that very afternoon.
Then there was the effect of the constant and inescapable noise being generated in and around the festival all week long about factors affecting the very future of the film industry — chief among them the ad
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