production and reception of cinema. Use at least three of the films studied

“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate to buy shit we do

not need. We are the middle children of history, no purpose or place, we have no great war, no great depression. Our great war is a spiritual war, our great depression is out lives.” (Fight Club, 1999).

Cinema and how it is made is a snapshot of our past, present and in some cases

future social, political and cultural makeup. From blockbusters to independent

films, cinema represents individual and collective responses to how film makers and

film watcher’s view the world. The production and reception of cinema is a yardstick

that can be used to measure societies progress (or decline) and is one of the best

sources of analysis when attempting to understand what is important on a cultural,

political and social level at the time the film was seen.

The production and reception of cinema can be influenced by a number of different

components, such as psychology, technological advancements, economics and social,

production). That is, how and why film gets produced and how and why it is

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