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Hollywood Ignoring US Society?

TassiumTassium Posts: 31,639
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In the past they made films for Americans, and sold the films to the world.

Nowadays the big US studios are making films for the world and ignoring Americans. Culture neutral films, saying nothing about real peoples lives. Superheroes and so forth.



So it seems to me there is a gap in the market for mainstream films that feature ordinary people in an entertaining story, and also say something about a specific culture at the same time.

And maybe that's why there are quite a few British films being made that I can't imagine being greenlit if America was still making mainstream films for Americans.

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  • IvanIVIvanIV Posts: 30,309
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    For me all those superhero films couldn't be more American. They say nothing to me. They simply make what brings them money. Their target audience is adolescent boys for some time now.
  • elasticloveelasticlove Posts: 18,257
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    IvanIV wrote: »
    For me all those superhero films couldn't be more American. They say nothing to me.

    Especially when most things happen in either California or New York
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    Tassium wrote: »
    In the past they made films for Americans, and sold the films to the world.

    Nowadays the big US studios are making films for the world and ignoring Americans. Culture neutral films, saying nothing about real peoples lives. Superheroes and so forth.

    While it's true that US studios nowadays think global when making and marketing domestic films, they certainly don't ignore real/American people's lives. Off my head:

    American Sniper
    Prisoners
    Boyhood
    Away We Go
    Selma
    Serena
    Dallas Buyers Club
    American Hustle
    Draft Day
    Drive
    Out of the Furnace
    End of Watch

    To be honest, the Superhero genre is so American that it bleeds stars and stripes.
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    They should do some films about slavery and the civil rights movement.
  • Balbinder MannBalbinder Mann Posts: 130
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    degsyhufc wrote: »
    They should do some films about slavery and the civil rights movement.

    They did - I recall a film called 12 Years A Slave being moderately successful... ;-)
  • dee123dee123 Posts: 46,258
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    Overseas is where the money is nowadays, especially China. In the past a film could skate by on if it did went just in the U.S., now the overseas market is just as important.
  • 007Fusion007Fusion Posts: 3,657
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    The Americanised features are present.

    Also, I thought 'This is 40' was quite the 'American Film'.
  • HildaonplutoHildaonpluto Posts: 37,697
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    http://www.vox.com/2015/2/26/8112969/oscars-2015-ratings-box-office

    Slightly different alternative take on this following the Oscars being accused of being out of touch.
  • dodradedodrade Posts: 23,803
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    Balbinder Mann wrote: »
    They did - I recall a film called 12 Years A Slave being moderately successful... ;-)

    I think the poster was being ironic.
  • Balbinder MannBalbinder Mann Posts: 130
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    dodrade wrote: »
    I think the poster was being ironic.

    I couldn't tell TBH. You can never tell on these forums!
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