COMM: movies and culture

Birth of a Nation

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Birth of a Nation

-racist propaganda but was a technical achievement
-it's at the foundation of what would become hollywood

After ww1 movies were neutral but changed after Pearl Harbor

-born during vietnam war
-more patriotic
-movies at time reflected how they viewed drugs and sex (easy rider: hippies smuggling drugs)

gov enforced laws for movies
-after supreme court rulings affirmed freedom of speech, code was replaced by Motion picture association of america's rating system

-many critical films made when war was still around Apocalypse now Fullmetal Jacket

-some film critics argued horror stemmed from fears of Cold war and nuclear holocaust
-mysterious killers reflected anxiety of era

Mass comm and mass culture

-industrial revolution condensed much of population into urban centers
-behavior affected by stuff we watch and regional differences and culture

-movies and media influence how people dress or phrases (bye felicia)

American mythmaking

-idea of common man can fight system
-films reflected of organizing myths the country was found on

Movies and social change

-supersize me lead to change in mcdonalds menu
-documentaries