But can movies really help bring about co-operation?
And Professor Sexton remains optimistic that globalism will be about co-operation as much as competition and he summons up the forward-looking attitude of immigrants arriving in New York.
This game is all about co-operation and teamwork!
This prompted Cameron's remarks about co-operation on terrorism.
"Understandings were reached about co-operation," the Russian says.
Gone is the fuzzy rhetoric about co-operation to boost global growth.
But once again, we're only really talking about co-operation on a mechanistic level.
It is an important political story as well, raising urgent questions about co-operation and resistance, power and democracy.
He told journalists: "This thing about co-operation with the SNP – we'll deal with that after the election".
Neither party believes for a moment that the other is acting in good faith or serious about co-operation.
But it's tougher to gauge how enthusiastic the Chinese film industry truly is about co-operation.
