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Movies from comedy to drama to your favorite Hollyweird Star.

Depends on how you define "anti-establishment."

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If the establishment = media, then anti = "Network" and "Natural Born Killers".

= submissive female perspective, then anti = "Thelma and Louise".

= military, then anti = "M*A*S*H".

= Christianity/organized religion, then anti = "Life of Brian".

= structured narrative, then anti = "Un Chien Andalou" or "Lost Highway".

= adults over forty, then anti = "Billy Jack".

= big studio money, then anti = "El Mariachi" or "Blair Witch Project".

= highway patrol, then anti = "Vanishing Point".

The only way I could conceive of "Star Wars" as being anti-establishment is if the establishment was moderate budget, moderate profit films. "Star Wars" showed that it was possible to spend big money and get even bigger money in return: the big bottom line became the new establishment. Studios think: why make ten films like "Midnight Cowboy" when we can make one like "E.T."?




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