英语课American movies.ppt

Thank you for your attention “ ” “ ” American movie English speaking country: culture and history Movies—a window into American cultural and social history Cultural historians have treated movies as: Sociological documents that record the look and mood of particular historical settings; Ideological constructs that advance particular political or moral values or myths; Psychological texts that speak to individual and social anxieties and tensions; Cultural documents that present particular images of gender, ethnicity, class romance and violence; Visual texts that offer complex levels of meaning and seeing. History Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: Charles Chaplin Audrey Hepburn 1964–1982 since1980 1 the silent film era(1894-1929) A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. The Gold Rush is a 1925 American silent comedy film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. Charlie Chaplin Mack Swain in The Gold Rush (1925) A September 2013 report by the United States?Library of Congress?announced that a total of 70% of American silent films are believed to be completely lost. 2 classical Hollywood cinema(1927 -1963) designate both a visual and sound style for making motion pictures. This period is often referred to as the golden age of Hollywood“. Gone with the Wind, the highest-grossing film of its time. Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from Margaret Mitchells Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel. Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, the story is told from the perspective of white Southerners. 3 New Hollywood(1964–1982) New Hollywood refers to the time from roughly the late-1960s (Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate) to the early 1980s (Heavens Gate, One from the Heart) a new generation of young filmmakers came to prominence in America, influencing the types of films produced, the