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    Hollywood continues to welcome diversity to its screens. And it looks like the next James Bond 007 will be a Latin actor instead. Straying away from the usual British theme, Fernando Carrillo looks like he is next in line. A Latino is being considered to play the role of the iconic spy. Reports indicate that after the #Oscarsowhite controversy, Hollywood is taking a different approach. The Academy looks at diversity as the key ingredient for the next run, according to Latin Times. Fernando Carillo

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    Hollywood has become synonymous to great cinema, be it American or an international equivalent, it always comes back to a Hollywood comparison. Classical Hollywood style exhibits clarity, unity, goal-orientated characters, and closure, while most other elements are set aside to further progress the cumulative buildup of narrative. Often referred to as the “invisible style,” because it relies on this “unobtrusive craftsmanship,” classic Hollywood practices ensure viewers will be completely immersed

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    David Bordwell describes as ‘Classical Hollywood Cinema’; Bordwell and two other film theorists (Janet Staiger and Kristin Thompson) conducted a formalist analysis of 100 randomly selected Hollywood films from the years 1917 to 1960 in order to fully define this movement. Their results yielded that most Hollywood made films during that era were centred on, or followed, specific blueprints that formed the finished product. Through this analysis of Hollywood films the theorists were able to establish

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    In classical Hollywood cinema, most films are voyeuristic in nature. This paper examines two films that explain the main characters’ relationships but in styles that contrast classical cinema. The two films analyzed have some similarities but primarily are different than what most American audiences are accustomed to seeing. Annie Hall is a romantic comedy from the United States that explores sexual relationships. The movie is focused on the relationship between two main characters -Alvy Singer played

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    communications influences pretty much anybody including guys and females, grown-ups, young people, and youngsters. Hollywood Movies Compared to Other Countries' Movies

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    and 1940s many Hollywood writers, actors, producers, and directors were suspected for communist affiliations. During this time, communism was a popular political movement in the United States, especially among young liberals. There was a growing fear of communism invading American society. By the end of World War Two an event known as the Red Scare resulted in communism become increasingly feared and hated by many in the United States. The Hollywood blacklist caused the Hollywood industry a lot

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    Introduction The decline of Classical Hollywood films came after the Hollywood Antitrust Case of 1948 as television audiences dwindled in the wave of television popularity and accessibility and the taste and interests of viewers which in turn ended the monopoly of Hollywood Studios. To combat this Hollywood Studios turned it’s back on the origins of its creation and headed in a new direction. An era of film-school educated, liberal filmmakers began in Hollywood where the directors of the films began

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    The term classical Hollywood cinema has been used to describe a narrative and visual style of film-making which developed between in the early 20th century, and as far as the 1960s. The style is characterized by a number of devices that establish a linear narrative logic and a realistic cinematic space; which soon became some of the most prevalent narrative techniques in cinematic history to this day. The heyday of second-wave feminism, saw the birth of feminist film theory, which became concerned

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    However, the truth of the matter is that we simply cannot. Everything happens for a reason, and we should learn to accept it. Accept it for what it is, rather than what we would like it to be.      However, to often in Hollywood the city of glamour and glitz, fortune and fame, movie producers have a tendency and even feel at liberty to rewrite American history. In my opinion this is all done out of greed. The movie industry, is all about money, therefore producers are obligated

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    The characteristics, features and conventions of Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939) allow this film to fit directly under the title of Classical Hollywood cinema. The film uses a few main characters that the audience members get to know well and create their own feelings for. In Stagecoach, there are nine main characters that the audience gets to know well, Dallas, Ringo Kid, Buck, Hatfield, Doc Boone, Lucy Mallory, Curley, Gatewood and the lieutenant. These characters are consistent throughout the story

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