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Ulf Dalquist <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 20 Feb 1996 20:24:53 +0100
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Jonna E M Roos <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>Hollywood portrays the "reality" as it wants and as the executives and
>producers in major studios want (and the transnational companies which
>own the film studios.)  I wouldn't mind if there would be
>hundrends of other "realities" and "truths" made. Actually there are,
>but the films are never shown for big audiences. For example in Finland
>about 80-90% of films shown in theaters are from mainstream Hollywood.
>And I think this is the case in most of the countries in the world.
<snip>
 
Hey, wait a minute. Hollywood does, in my opinion *not* portray the "realit=
y" as=20
it wants. "It" portays reality the way "it" believe the audience wants it=20
portrayed. The film business and especially the Hollywood business is still=
 to a=20
large exent a commersial market. That US films dominate in most of the know=
=20
world does not just say a lot about the importance of shitloads of money to=
 get=20
a film widespread, it also definitely says a lot about the taste, ideologic=
al=20
and moral values etc. of the "average" moviegoer. (The same argument can be=
 used=20
on film and TV violence; to decrease the amount of violence you simply have=
 to=20
decrease the public demand for it).=20
 
Of course, this it not to say that all's well since the general public deci=
de in=20
a democratic manner. It just think it is unfair to blame Hollywood (or the =
TV=20
industry) for the fact that there's a lot of... people with opinions I stro=
ngly=20
disagree with out there. Let's face it, most films and TV shows produced ha=
ve=20
more in common with breakfast cereals (theres nothing much original or arti=
stic=20
or especially tasty about them, but you can sell them) than with the classi=
cs.
 
Ulf=20
Ulf Dalquist                   Phone: 46-46-2224266
Department of Sociology        Fax: 46-46-104794
Lund University SWEDEN         E-mail: [log in to unmask]
 
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