I should clarify: Hollywood films always say something about the world, and often this is a very provocative and often problematic something, well worth studying. If you want to know something about European or American history, or to think carefully about economics, then, firstly, don’t watch a movie, and secondly, definitely don’t watch a Hollywood movie. In any case, there are no Bergmans in Hollywood, no longer any Welles.īut this is okay. Argo (2012) celebrated the contrast between free-market American capitalism - the Hollywood kind - and the oppressive authoritarianism of Iranian Muslims. 12 Years a Slave (2013) reminded people that slavery was bad, and that there are still racial problems in the US. Schindler’s List (1993) turned the Holocaust into a Hallmark card - it was, thus, perfectly understandable when Jerry “made out” during the film in Seinfeld. Oscar films are often palatable, usually polite, dramas.
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