Karate Kid presentation The construction of the “New” Hollywood as a distinct period in American cinema history. The features said to have distinguished the New Hollywood as a symptom of a “Blockbuster mentality”. High concept as a series of economic/aesthetic strategies said to have characterized the New Hollywood blockbuster era‚ to the extent to which High Concept and Blockbuster filmmaking reflects the late 1970s and 1980s The years of 1983 to 1986 were the years that represent the mature period
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explore the ambivalent nature of its narrative which oscillates between the Hollywood tradition and art-cinema narration and secondly‚ I will focus on the representations of war‚ in an attempt to compare them to the World War II films of the past. World War II stands out as an intriguing period in the history of Hollywood cinema. After the bombardment of Pearl Harbor and the American involvement in the war in 1941‚ the Hollywood industry was eager to express its wholesale commitment to the imperatives
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makers‚ to an extent where reeling off propaganda films were an effortless process. Ensuring these aspiring film makers would only channel their energy in to propaganda films‚ the Italian fascists banned the screening of any Hollywood movie in 1938. They also believed that Hollywood movies could influence the Italian people to think twice
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How did the cinema affect the lives of women and children in 1930’s? Labelled the ‘golden age of Hollywood’ the 1930’s was arguably a decade of turmoil. This led to many people attending the cinema to escape from reality. Among adults‚ women tended to go to the cinema more often than their husbands‚ and this finding was echoed by rowntree‚ who found that 75 per cent of cinema-goers in New York during the late 1930’s were women[1]. With large numbers of children attending these types of pictures
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the 1940s were also a time of optimism and harmony. Coming out of the Great Depression and focusing on the war effort gave people a “sense of purpose exhilaration‚ and community”-- and that carried over into the post-war years. This applied to Hollywood as well‚ which had some of its most successful years in the 40s. “The 1940s were a time of big stars and big audiences where the studios‚ with their armies of talented technicians and performers‚ reigned supreme.” However‚ the industry did not always
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American director Robert Zemeckis produced Beowulf. In my opinion he chose this poem as a source for a Hollywood movie because it carries valuable information about revelations and controversies of Old English social life and kingship. Moreover‚ the story is very interesting and it is full of amazing descriptions. However‚ as it generally happens‚ the plot has been adapted in order to fit the Hollywood demands. In the film Hrothgar‚ and then Beowulf are portrayed as men who have lovers aside from their
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one of the most recognizable stars in early Hollywood silent era. He starred in more than ninety films even with white female leads. That was the prime time of the Asian American actors. However‚ unlike Sessue‚ the Asian actors nowadays are little thought as sex symbols‚ even some are mould into masculine gender prowess such as kungfu masters. Moreover‚ according to Asian American filmmakers‚ Asians have little possibility becoming leading roles in Hollywood. For decades‚ Asian men have been portrayed
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The It Girl Clara Bow Imagine it all the rules you were raised to follow‚ all the beliefs and norms‚ everything conventional‚ shattered. Now imagine It Clara Bow‚ the It Girl. The epitome of the avant-garde woman‚ the archetype of the flapper‚ was America’s new‚ young movie actress of the 1920’s. Modern women of the day took heed to Bow’s fresh style and‚ in turn‚ yielded danger to the conventional America. Yet Bow’s contagious and popular attitude came with its weaknesses - dealing
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America has influenced so many things‚ not just with their language‚ but with the things like media‚ culture‚ American business and visibility. Hollywood‚ located in US‚ changed people’s fashions‚ customs‚ scenery and way of life. Just by looking at those American styles‚ people seemed to be moved and change their styles as the Hollywood style. Hollywood shows a lot about American fashions‚ and the most well known style‚ casual‚ is one of the daily clothes. According to one survey‚ most of the people
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to understand his purpose and find out if they agree with his point of view. Throughout Simmons essay‚ his text in its set context and in combination with his audience‚ he creates a bold statement while encouraging his readers to think about what Hollywood is really about. Simmons starts his essay with his first of many sport references‚ in which he refers to a basketball games hype up of the crowd in the arena. He goes on to explain how teams all across the NBA have their own star that they put
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