The Chinese film The Founding of a Republic, a propaganda epic about the creation of communist China, took in over $60m at the box office in 2009. All the big names in the Chinese entertainment industry made the credits. Every government employee was given a ticket to watch it. But it was out of touch with the nation’s young urban materialists, many of whom thought it a bore. Bureaucracy and draconian censorship regulations mean China’s film industry has not changed much since then. But the sheer size of the market is tempting investment.
中國影片《建國大業》(The Founding of a Republic)作爲一部講述共產主義新中國誕生歷史的獻禮史詩影片，在2009年獲得了超過6000萬美元的票房收入。中國娛樂行業的所有大腕都參與了該片拍攝。中國政府的每名官員都領到了一張電影票去觀賞該片。但該片無法吸引中國城市年輕一代的物質享樂主義者，他們中很多人認爲《建國大業》非常乏味。官僚主義以及嚴厲的審查規定使得中國電影工業自2009年以來沒有多少變化。但中國電影市場的龐大規模使其吸引了投資者的關注。