FILM 2401 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Fredric Jameson, 7Th Cavalry Regiment, Picaresque Novel
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Test #4 (take-home: discuss the films, little big man and the film, star wars. Introduction: thesis: in this essay, the films, little big man and star wars will be analyzed in relation to the re-establishment of the american film industry in the 1970"s. Paragraph 1: background on american film industry in 1970"s. The rebirth of movies occurred, people started returning to the movie theater to see movies that they couldn"t see on television (to view movies that spoke to the issues that concerned them (i. e: vietnam war) Most important transformation in the film industry was the transformation of the genre system. Film genres, were central to the way that hollywood organized the production and marketing of movies. Audiences found comfort in the predictability of movie genres, which genre films upheld the social conventions of society, where everyone knew their proper place.
