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Jia Zhang-ke on His Cannes Short ‘Torino Shadow,’ AI, and Why Cinema Still Needs You in the Room
The idea for “Torino Shadow” came to Jia Zhang-ke not while he was making a film, but while he was avoiding one. Exhausted from wandering the Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Turin, he would sink into a chair in the vast central lobby and simply listen to the voices drifting from the surrounding galleries, absorbing […]
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According to Variety’s source item, Jia Zhang-ke on His Cannes Short ‘Torino Shadow,’ AI, and Why Cinema Still Needs You in the Room, The idea for “Torino Shadow” came to Jia Zhang-ke not while he was making a film, but while he was avoiding one. Exhausted from wandering the Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Turin, he would sink into a chair in the vast central lobby and simply listen to the voices drifting from the surrounding galleries, absorbing […]
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- Jia Zhang-ke on His Cannes Short ‘Torino Shadow,’ AI, and Why Cinema Still Needs You in the RoomVariety - 2026-05-17T05:20:00+00:00
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