HOLLYWOOD CINEMA
...cs regarding their successes and failures (of both types of film) in other areas of the world. In “How Hollywood Helps Keep out Foreign Films”, Klein explains that “Hollywood’s global dominance poses fragile national film cultures around the world”. Hollywood is not only preferred in the American market, but around the world as well. She uses the movie “Troy” as an example. “Movies like ‘Troy’…earned a respectable $133 million at home but a whopping $356 million abroad.” Blockbusters like these are engulfing today’s box offices everywhere. On the other hand, very few foreign films even make it in to the US screens. In fact in 2001, less than 1 percent of all foreign films made are actually showed in the United States. “Free traders would argue that America simply prefers Hollywood movies” (Klein 2004). People simply aren’t given the opportunities to even be exposed to many of these types of films. Unfortunately, as a result of this, people miss out on many great films. For example, the movie “Hero”. This is a foreign film made in China that had received rave reviews and even an Academy Awards nomination. This film never even reached America In fact, we find out that Miramax, an American film company, paid $20 million for the rights and never even released it. Meanwhile, companies like Disney are thriving in places overseas. If other countries can see worth in showing American movies, why cant we do the same with foreign films? Obviously foreign films often deal with themes that are very different from ones displayed in American ones. “The ideologies, opinions, and images portrayed can offend, enlighten, or inform the viewer about issues the director chooses to focus on”, says Mark Rubello in his article “The Portrayal of National and Foreign Politics in Film”. Perhaps the reason is because ewe are to uncomfortable to display these types of them...