Posted on Oct 17, 2016
Dear Hollywood, If We Win The Next War, Will You Stop Making WWII Movies?
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RP: Is Hollywood playing it morally and fiscally safe by staying with a tried and true formula of depicting a war where there was a clear victor and moral imperative to stop Hitler's dreams of world conquest?
REPORT: Film serves an important role in the wake of conflict by allowing viewers to make sense of something as morally grey as war by proposing a narrative we can all agree on, or at least, understand, but World War II ended 71 years ago. Isn’t it time to reevaluate how we see this conflict and those who fought in it? Hollywood needs to find a new way to tell this story instead of repeating the same tired narrative; or, it needs to move on to greener pastures and give a closer look to other wars.
REPORT: Film serves an important role in the wake of conflict by allowing viewers to make sense of something as morally grey as war by proposing a narrative we can all agree on, or at least, understand, but World War II ended 71 years ago. Isn’t it time to reevaluate how we see this conflict and those who fought in it? Hollywood needs to find a new way to tell this story instead of repeating the same tired narrative; or, it needs to move on to greener pastures and give a closer look to other wars.
Dear Hollywood, If We Win The Next War, Will You Stop Making WWII Movies?
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The sad part of this reality is that Hollywood keeps WWII films as their "safe risk" in their 2 to 5 year slate of cinematic films. They know and have the data that audiences will watch WWII films almost religiously. even in the direct to DVD or streaming films they do quite well in the home market, which only bolsters up the studios faith in these films. I believe that WWII films do well with modern markets due to the massive separation of generations who lived though it and WWIIs simple approach to understanding good vs evil.
But if we want to see a change we may really have to start with the viewers first, change their perspective of current gray understanding of good vs evil, then culturally and fiscally mitigate the fiscal risks of modern conflict films that show the modern essence of conflict in a manner that can go beyond the current standard of the "Bayhem" approach. Michael Bay's "Bayhem" style has proven itself to uniquely profitable approach which puts the studios in a hopeful state that modern conflicts can be engaging for global audiences but he is only one director/producer. More directors, producers, and screenwriters need to be brave to create a style that entices the global audience to be willing to look into the mirrors they currently don't flock to see in their entertainment. There are many folks here that can do this!
But if we want to see a change we may really have to start with the viewers first, change their perspective of current gray understanding of good vs evil, then culturally and fiscally mitigate the fiscal risks of modern conflict films that show the modern essence of conflict in a manner that can go beyond the current standard of the "Bayhem" approach. Michael Bay's "Bayhem" style has proven itself to uniquely profitable approach which puts the studios in a hopeful state that modern conflicts can be engaging for global audiences but he is only one director/producer. More directors, producers, and screenwriters need to be brave to create a style that entices the global audience to be willing to look into the mirrors they currently don't flock to see in their entertainment. There are many folks here that can do this!
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