And by and the annual Financial Support of hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to American Cinema, a 1opart series that looks at a Great American Success Story of the 20th century. American film is international, popular the world over. From japan to france to brazil, their appeal is universal. What makes a hollywood movie a hollywood movie . Is it the story . Is it the style . Or is it the director . Well, its all of these and more. For almost a hundred years, the american Film Industry has produced films that have Truly Engaged the audience. Pure entertainment, these films are a sophisticated art form, using highly skilled craftsmen and technological knowhow. The style of these films, perfected in the 20s and 30s, isnt easy to see. In fact the classic hollywood style is almost invisible. But that is its aim to make you, the audience, so involved with the story, so identified with characters that you dont notice the sets, the camera angles or the editing, any of the filmcraft that created
And by and the annual Financial Support of hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to American Cinema, a 1opart series that looks at a Great American Success Story of the 20th century. American film is international, popular the world over. From japan to france to brazil, their appeal is universal. What makes a hollywood movie a hollywood movie . Is it the story . Is it the style . Or is it the director . Well, its all of these and more. For almost a hundred years, the american Film Industry has produced films that have Truly Engaged the audience. Pure entertainment, these films are a sophisticated art form, using highly skilled craftsmen and technological knowhow. The style of these films, perfected in the 20s and 30s, isnt easy to see. In fact the classic hollywood style is almost invisible. But that is its aim to make you, the audience, so involved with the story, so identified with characters that you dont notice the sets, the camera angles or the editing, any of the filmcraft that created
Films from Italy and beyond prefigured the themes and formal innovation of neorealism, a style that would become one of cinema’s most influential movements. From our May 2013 issue.