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This 10 page paper discusses ways in which cinema influences political beliefs, produces and codifies norms in society, and uses techniques to shape the viewer’s experience. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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or social system is based." Its this last definition that we will explore in connection with films. The paper will consider four points: First, does cinema produce, reiterate, or challenge
cultural and political beliefs? Second, does film contribute to the production of indoctrination and the normalization of conventions? Third, how does film determine what we think is normal? And finally,
how does film form (all the techniques used in filmmaking) shape the viewers experience? Discussion Cinema and cultural and political beliefs: Does cinema produce, confirm, or challenge cultural and political
beliefs? It can be argued that it does all three. First, though, its important to note that most, if not all, films do at least one of these; if not,
theres really no reason to make a movie. Even the lightest comedy depends for its meaning on some cultural issue; for instance, Theres Something About Mary become notorious for the
fact that the heroine spent much of the film with her male companions ejaculate in her hair without knowing it. But the joke would not have been possible if the
entire audience didnt know what had happened, and why its funny. In this case, it is a cultural taboo to have sex in public, which is basically whats going on
here; that is widely accepted and understood. If it were not a cultural norm for people to have intimate relations in private, this scene wouldnt be funny. But the film
doesnt address serious issues in any deeply thoughtful way. Comedies can be much more serious. The recent film Its Complicated, with Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin is a case in
point. Although its hilarious, it also takes time to develop the complex relationships among its main characters, as well as exploring such themes as the pain of divorce, the problems
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