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The Survey of Hollywood Films

By

Team9(class 9):

Wensheng Dai

Qi Zao

Yue Ma

Yuhan Wang

Date defended:01/08/2012 Hollywood film has been an important part of our life

by and by, and almost everyone have watched many

Hollywood films. Why are they so popular? What attact

us to watch them?

Like the Hollywood coverage of the American culture,

the culture over the Hollywood culture exhibiton

highlighted the gap between scholarly trends and popular

understandings of history. But rather than make this a

cause for lamentation or the occasion for propagating a

correct view,we should decide to study American culture

in Hollywood film further more.

For a century, Hollywood, a district of Los Angeles,

California. the principal centre of the Ameican film

industry, plays an important role in the circulation of

American culture. It serves as the nation's preeminent

instrument of cultural expression. It’s well known for its

represention of modern American culture, and attract

thousands of movie fans and visitors every year. Movies

offer a window into American cultural and social history,

it provide a host of insights into Americans' shifting

ideals, fantasies, and preoccupations.America’s Culture

Adaptation and adoption from one culture to the next is

prevalent within any culture and country. When

examining the effects of this, finding its original root is

key. Oftentimes a country will adapt an aspect of another

culture, however it won’t be preserved and practiced

identically given only a few years to be fostered in its

new civilization. America culture in Hollywood is a

prime example. During the ameircan germination ,we

were known as the melting pot of every heritage—each

immigrant internally packed his or her previously known

culture. Although that was over two-hundred years ago,

the american culture really changed too much in relation to mixing a little of this and a little of that. Even if

Americans tried to avoid dabbling in the cultures of

countries abroad or even right next door, it couldn’t be

possible to preserve any type of american Culture.

The most significant of reasons preventing this is due

to the foundation ameircan culture was settled upon, that

being of a melting pot. This concept of an American

culture or way of life is created only because each one of

the europe ancestors arrived with their own religious

practices, holiday traditions, and even recipes to

european favorite dishes that make the American culture

so commonly deem as it in Hollywood film. Relating this

on a more contemporary level beyond the original

inhabitants arriving from places abroad on boats, the

american culture is still as dynamic as ever. With modern

technology enabling travel, communication, and

information from one place to the next, Hollywood films

create an accessible means to share ideas, beliefs, and

values between places on opposite ends of the earth. On

an even broader perspective, due to the economic

structure of international trading and developing, each

country is exposed to products and practices of another.

Although this concept of sharing cultural components is

widespread, the american culture in Hollywood films

adaptation patterns are limited by that very same

economic structure. Two countries that don’t share any

common ground, often times that will limit the

connections in which foster that exchange. That’s the

reason why we should research about the american

culture in Hollywood films.

Americans emphasize on achievements and respect

heroes. They have great sense in their hearts to praise

success and heroes. Personal achievements are one of those with the highest value in Americans mind. Some

high achievers in their career such as entrepreneurs,

scientists, artists and all kinds of super starts became

modern heroes. Hollywood producted lots of movies

singing a high song of heroes.The fictitious ones are

Spiderman, batman,and The Hulk, and the real ones are

Citizen Kane, Saving Private Ryan, Patton etc. by

creating these typical hero characters, Americans

consider themselves as heroes. When there comes the

war,starvation,terrorism,disease and calamity,there must

be one or more heroes who save the people from untold

miseries.because they believe that there’s nothing they

can’t do. trading partners, religion, or even fashion. On

the contrary, examine the influence Europe has had on

America. People should adapt their music, clothing,

vocabulary, and traditions into their countries because

America as a whole has constant communication with the

European countries. Due to the culture roots, America

culture in Hollywood film began as a muti-culturally

influenced place.

References:

1. Studies in American Culture: Dominant ideas and Images, by

Kwiat, J.J. and C.T. Maary. University of Minnesota Press,

U.S.A., 1960.

2. America in the Modern World, by Denis W. Brogan, Rutgers

University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1960.

3. The American People: A Study in National Character, by

Geoffrey Gorer. W.W. Norton, New York, U.S.A., 1948.

4. The Americans: The Democratic Experience, by Daniel J.

Boorstin. Random House, Inc., 1973.

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