What can foreign filmmakers do to increase the demand for their movies in the United States?

Foreign
films typically do not play well in the United States, although there are occasional exceptions.
One of the most notable was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was a
spectacular hit both critically and financially when it came out in 2000. However, though this
movie was filmed in Chinese with Chinese actors, it was an international production. The primary
writer was American, and the director, Ang Lee, was a Taiwanese-American. Still, collaborative
efforts are one way that foreign productions can become more popular with U.S.
audiences.

If foreign filmmakers hope to become popular
in the U.S market, they certainly need to at least collaborate with U.S. distributors. Large
distributors such as Miramax, Sony, and Universal Studios are for the most part reducing their
support of foreign films. They prefer, in fact, to do remakes of popular foreign films in
English with well-known actors. Examples of these include The Magnificent
Seven , which is a western remake of the samurai...

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