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Hollywood's Eastern Futures
Why does Western cinema's vision of the future look so East Asian? Zing Tsjeng investigates the phenomenon of techno-orientalism in films ranging from Blade Runner to Isle of Dogs
Why does Western cinema's vision of the future look so East Asian? Zing Tsjeng investigates the phenomenon of techno-orientalism, a term coined to describe how Hollywood science fiction movies have used cultural touchstones associated with Japan, China or Korea when depicting futuristic settings, as seen in films ranging from Blade Runner and Firefly to Pacific Rim and Isle of Dogs.
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