《中國式愛情》是由知名导演Olivia Martin McGuire 执导的一部紀錄片，未知等倾情出演，该片讲述了： Just over 40 years ago, marr iage in China was arranged by the st ate. Ro mantic love was seen as a capitalist conc ept and was no t allowed during t his period. Wedding p hotography (if any at all) consiste d of one black and white passport photo of the couple (dress ed in Mao- style outfits) a s proof of the marriage. Now, China has fall en in lo ve wit h love a nd its explod ing wedding industry is worth 80 bi llion dollars, and it is o n an upwa rd curve. Pr e-weddi ng photography is one of the most significant an d curious par ts of the industry. Every couple marrying i n China will tak e part in a pre-wedding sh oot. It involv es seve ral costume and backdro p changes w here you can be come a character in a ny fa ntasy you choose. For the most exotic lo- cations couple s pay up to $250 ,000 AU D. Pre-wedding phot o shoots have beco me an importan t natio nal ritual. They are proof of t he marriage but now also o f love, rom ance, freedo m, s tatus, mo ney and the new China Dream. As an expat li ving in Sh anghai with a long history o f coming to China , Sinophile photographer Olivia Mar- tin-McGuire was captivated b y the construction of dr eams through this boo ming photogr aphic world. Once she started to delve deeper into th is new traditi onal she found a unique window i nto China. One that revealed a co untry dr eaming, a country rapidly boom ing and a country reconstructing its recent pa st trauma all thr ough thei r own lens. China Love takes us o n a wild journey into the warmth of the family web in China into the heart s of our char acters and into their personal dreams with an understandi ng of why and where these aspiration s come fr om. The project explo res China's new position as a globalised country from its restric tive and h ighly traditional past - th rough th e window of its booming wedding industry and asks what is the new Chin a Dream when it comes to love. “我又给您装了两枚 美人果，您 不管是自己用，还是卖，都是可以的。”说到这里 ，她顿了顿 ，笑着道：“老祖，那个虎坤龟的大龟壳实在太大了，我们没人能 弄开，所以……这活 就交给您了，回头 您弄好了，赏我一个趁手的龟盾就行！”
