{"id":2205,"date":"2026-06-21T06:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2026-06-21T06:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:06:05","slug":"tony-leung-reflects-on-the-rise-of-ai-and-his-hopes-for-the-future-of-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2205","title":{"rendered":"Tony Leung Reflects on the Rise of AI and His Hopes for the Future of Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tThere had to be so much whirling around in Tony Leung Chiu-wai\u2019s mind as the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) was drawing to a close.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2203\">How the Shanghai Film Festival Is Embracing Cinema\u2019s Future: From AI to iPhone Moviemaking<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tImportant decisions were pending in his role as the jury head for the event\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThen 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 \u2014 chief among them the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and falling global box-office returns.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBut what the Hong Kong star does when he sits down to chat is exactly what he\u2019s been doing across a career that now spans over four decades. Leung delivers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFirst, and unprompted, Leung sound-checks the recording equipment for the video crew who\u2019ve joined us to make sure everything is running smoothly, and then he eases back into a conversation that covers all those issues, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSo let\u2019s start with the industry-focused aspects of the discussion, because at this year\u2019s SIFF there has been a stream of AI-focused seminars dissecting the pros and cons of these technological advances \u2014 and their impact on the film industry.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI think AI is a double-edged sword,\u201d he says. \u201cIt saves us a lot of time on pre-production and post-production. It saves a lot of money but this will go to mainstream movies, the popcorn ones \u2014 because [AI filmmaking] is easier and saves money. But at the same time, a lot of people have lost their jobs. You don\u2019t need to think. There\u2019s no creativity. It\u2019s just calculations \u2026 there\u2019s no soul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThese are issues \u2014 and challenges \u2014 the industry will continue to face, says Leung, along with how to attract a rising generation for whom film is not the only entertainment option, as it was for him growing up in the Hong Kong of the 1970s, when there seemed to be a cinema down every street.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWhen I was a kid, I enjoyed that kind of theatrical experiences. That, to me, is movies,\u201d says Leung. \u201cYou have to watch it in a big screen. If not, you will miss a lot of film language, a lot of details. So when I was a kid, I used to watch a movie in a big cinema with a big screen, and this was just good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLeung has so far resisted the temptations of content offered on smaller devices \u2014 \u201cI don\u2019t even watch movies at home,\u201d he says \u2014 and saw his masterclass as an opportunity to reach a younger audience in Shanghai, with a sold-out screening of his latest feature \u2014 the distinctly arthouse musing of Hungarian director Ildik\u00f3 Enyedi\u2019s <em>Silent Friend<\/em> \u2014 set to precede the session.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2201\">\u2018Atlantic Rhapsody\u2019 Takes Top Prize at Shanghai Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe need to educate them on how to enjoy different types of movies, not just one template,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s not just enjoyment, but sometimes [movies] don\u2019t have an answer for you and you have to try to figure it out yourself. That\u2019s why we need different kinds of movies. I think smaller-scale productions will dominate the market because of so many challenges \u2014 the short-form videos, the streaming, the gaming, and all other entertainment. The new generation, they have never had a theatrical experience so you have to find a way to invite these young kids to go to cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFor the past week, Leung has led a jury of directors Guan Hu, Aktan Arym Kubat, D\u00e9a Kulumbegashvili and Fernanda Valadez, producer Dora Bouchoucha and actress Xin Zhilei.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThey have watched, and discussed, and judged the relative merits of 12 films from a combined 15 countries and territories.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s been a very interesting experience,\u201d says Leung. \u201cTo me it\u2019s a learning process because I can hear [the jurors\u2019] opinions, and it\u2019s very subjective. There are a lot of different perspectives, so it\u2019s fun. I think you need surprises from movies and of course the film can resonate across our whole team, but all of us agree we can enjoy a movie in a different way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn terms of his own career \u2014 one that started with Hong Kong\u2019s domestic TVB channel and has since moved through action classics (<em>Infernal Affairs<\/em>) and a brilliant spell under the gaze of auteur Wong Kar-wai (<em>Happy Together<\/em>, <em>In the Mood for Love<\/em>) and on to Hollywood (<em>Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings<\/em>) \u2014 Leung seems genuinely thrilled and inspired by the move into European arthouse circles with Enyedi.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt was chaos,\u201d he laughs, of his experience making a movie about the life of a ginkgo tree and the people who come into contact with it. \u201cI really enjoyed working with such a mini crew. We found a harmony, like dancing together. You don\u2019t know what we are going to do next. It\u2019s really, really interesting and inspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAhead awaits a previously announced project with fellow Hong Kong veteran Johnnie To, a return to his roots (of sorts) in a Hong Kong series made for a streamer, and more work with Enyedi, he says. There\u2019s even the suspicion of a twinkle in his eye when offering a \u201cmaybe,\u201d and a pause, to a question about the possibilities of a reunion with Wong.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI choose the director first,\u201d says Leung. \u201cWhat kind of story, what genre, is not important to me. I need to have some feelings for this person or love their movies or I love this person but I never plan because I don\u2019t want to control something that I can\u2019t control because that\u2019s life \u2014 it won\u2019t happen as you wish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2199\">World Lens: How the Shanghai Film Festival Puts Its Faith in a New Generation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;Sometimes [movies] don&#8217;t have an answer for you and you have to try to figure it out yourself \u2014 that&#8217;s why we need different kinds of movies,&quot; says the Hong Kong star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[64,2,803,1549],"class_list":["post-2205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-asia","tag-international","tag-shanghai-international-film-festival","tag-thr-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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