therearelargeculturaldifferencesinamericanandchinesefilm.forexample,theconceptoffacewhichisveryimportantinasiancultureisalmostalwayspresentinChinesemovies,andthingswhicharesaidoutrightinamericanfilmareoftensupposedtobeunderstoodinChinesefilm.theportrayalofwomenisdifferent.despitethefactthatcommunismwassupposedtobringequalityofmenandwomentoChinatherearestilldeeplyingrainedgenderstereotypesthatarepresentinChinesefilms.Thisistrueinamericanfilmaswell,butlessso.FamilyisoftenamuchmorefundamentalpartoflifeinChinathanitisinAmericathereforeitoftenrepresentsamuchbiggerpartofchinesefilms.Thoughthisislesstruenow,alotofChinesefilmsseem,wellcornytowesternviewers,theactingseemshammish.thereisadifferenceinthatinChinamuchfilmcontentisstrictlyregulatedbythegovernmentmakingsowhatisportrayedisnotalwayswhatwouldhavebeenportrayeditifitwastotallyuptothefilmmaker.