Film History II

Kung Fu Hustle is the epitome of blending culture with story-telling in order to create a picture that emphasizes a clear message to the viewer. The common movie-goer will not be all that intrigued with a 3 hour story that requires complete attention. What most movie-goers seek is escapism. They want to be able to escape their lives and live in these fantasy bubbles that are created by studios every year. However, Stephen Chow pushes the boundaries by creating a fairytale that is both eye-catching and funny.  The problem with Hollywood is that they always manage to alienate their crowds by purposely shooting in commercial ways and 'playing it safe'. While the Chinese film market also pursues high profits, there is a sense of artistic integrity that comes with these stories. Regardless of their goofy aesthetic, they are stories that are pivotal to the culture of China.  The studios that produced Singin' In the Rain made sure that there was a separation between the audience a...

    Nollywood is the future of cinema.           To say other wise would be of vast disrespect to film as a medium of art. Nollywood uses everything, and I mean everything to make good movie. In an over-saturated film industry like the one in America, Nollywood does that which Hollywood has not been able to adapt. In many ways, Nollywood draws inspiration from Hollywood. However, it does such in a way that touches more on the artistry within filmmaking while also producing great profit for the industry.       In the film Run, Uche Chukwu pushes the envelope in what it means to make a film. Here, he bends a lot of the parts of Hollywood cinema to create an incredibly suspenseful film with what seems to be a lack of experience. That said, it is his lack of technical knowledge that makes this film shine bright in the plethora of movies that Nollywood produces in a year.  Nolly...

    After the reading discussion, I went into a deep thinking about the state  of art, and more specifically a new saying: art imitates art. This saying is very much how I feel about art right now. Nothing is original. But to some extent, this is completely okay. I mean our humanity holds us back from truly creating something new every time, and surely, this also means that there is a limit to how many new things we can truly create.       If this is true, then that would mean that a web of the already created genres and mediums and formats also exists, and this web keeps expanding, creating small pockets of sub-genres, which create even more pockets of sub-genres. To me, this is originality, pushing the envelope to more pockets, to more sub-genres, to new ideas that merge with other already created ideas. This is the peak of human intellect.       In Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, there are various parts that seem to appeal to Western Culture...