Jason Squire, professor emeritus at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts and former visiting professor at the Beijing Film Academy, reflected on nearly two decades of engagement with China's film community, dating back to his 2007 invitation to preside over one of the first meetings at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
"Despite shifts in technology, we all speak the same language, the language of cinema," he told China Daily at the summit A New Era of Screen Storytelling: The Path to Survival for Chinese and American Film during the Chinese American Film Festival earlier this month in Los Angeles.
Squire recalled early exchanges with Chinese filmmakers that revealed deep similarities in creat
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