Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes trash it completely.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The 'low' quality of many American films, and of much American popular culture, induces many art lovers to support cultural protectionism. Few people wish to see the cultural diversity of the world disappear under a wave of American market dominance.
Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways.
When I say that I am going to do an American film, I didn't want to suddenly go off into a completely different world that which bears no relation to the style of filmmaking that I'm used to.
The American movie, in part because America's a melting pot, the cultural hodgepodge that America makes, generates movies that have appeal across all international boundaries. And that's really not true for most domestic film industries. It's no longer true of France and Italy, less true than it used to be of the U.K.
The United States and Turkey are the only two countries that don't have some kind of subsidy for the Arts. The whole culture in society has made certain films more acceptable. I turned down so many films in the '60s and '70s.
If you consider film an art form, as some people do, then the Western would be a truly American art form, much as jazz is.
I think American cinema, particularly, has become so disposable. It's not even cinema, It's just moviemaking.
It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.
As much as we'd like to believe that our work is great and that we're infallible, we're not. Hollywood movies are made for the audience. These are not small European art films we're making.
We live in a youth-obsessed, aesthetically obsessed culture. That is no more evident than in the film industry.
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