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In Reply to: Nope. Neither. Good viewers. posted by Victor Khomenko on February 11, 2002 at 08:13:15:
It all comes down to "Lowest Common Denominator". Mass-market stuff always becomes crap, even if it didn't start out that way. But American blockbusters usually do well abroad also, do they not? So this must not be a strictly American phonomena. Maybe Hollywood turns out so much crap that it sates the world's appetite for crap, so non-American filmmakers can concentrate on more quality work.Of course, I'm not trying to say American film is NEVER good, or Non-American film is ALWAYS good, it just seems to be the trend.
Another thing that made me think of this Actor/Director thing was an interview with Woody in which he said he would love to have big-name actors such as Cruise, Harrison Ford, et al in his movies, he just couldn't afford them. That surprised me.
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The phenomenon is not strictly American, but with twist.In most countries around the world anythng American is treated in a special way. Sometimes with disgust, but always with strong interest. That is why, for instance, the French will pay for those films.
For that reason any new highly acclaimed piece of Hollywood is accepted in those countries.
By comparisson, very few foreign movies make it here, none of them has great commercial success, so the exchange is highly lopsided.
We saturate their markets with substandard but highly viewed production, they respond with miniscule stream of mostly good films.
BUT, in addition they moan and bitch about US destroying their subtle viewership with all that crap, while in fact they too, have nobody else to blame...
"BUT, in addition they moan and bitch about US destroying their subtle viewership with all that crap, while in fact they too, have nobody else to blame..."Reminds me of the complaints about McDonalds. If no one ate there, they'd close down.
So, what you're saying (if I understand) is that there is somewhat of a xenophobia (God, I sound like Rob) when it comes to the American viewing public. They could care less for most foreign films. While the opposite is true in other countries. They readily accept American films. I know I would probably have to tie my wife down to watch a subtitled film, although she has reasonably good taste in American films, and other areas as well. An interesting cultural phenomenon.
The principal reason in France (and maybe elsewhere) that junk US films are foisted on the public is the monopoly of the huge multi-complexs run by companies like Gaumont & UGC, who've driven the independant cinema out of town. But I do agree that that's also a large diet of the public.
Prime example is the movie "Gladiator"; the medium and era has changed, but the audience hasn't. "Let them eat cake..."
Eric
Tokyo*
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