After World War II however, "Hollywood between 1950 and 1969 can be understood as a response to anticommunist hysteria and the blacklist on the one hand and to the advent of economic divestiture on the other (pg. 387). " Therefore, genres such as Westerns, musical comedies, gangster films and genre-oriented films were beginning to dominate the industry. These genre films were uncontroversial in subject matter, and had already adapted the newly developed widescreen formats, in order to compete with television. ... Eventually this style diminished and a genre called "adult westerns " began. ......

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After the success of the film in Italy, the American film company, United Artists purchased the rights to the film and released it in the United States in 1967. At the time of its release, the golden age of the Western genre seemed to be coming to an end (Prince 2014). Sergio Leone and A Fistful of Dollars (1964), as well as the two sequels that would follow breathed new life into the Western genre, created the sub-genre Spaghetti Western, and would change the face of Western cinema forever. ... Although Spaghetti Western became a popular title for films associated with Leone, we will be focus...

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Therefore, the explanation behind contradictory ratings lies in the horror genre's natural tendency to appeal to pathos over logos. ... Background The history of the horror genre features rather distinct trends that mirror public concerns over time: What do people think is horrible? At first, this genre took broad, clumsy steps in an effort to figure out which direction to take this concept of "horrible.... Accordingly, as America mobilized for WWII, the horror genre followed technological advancements closely with its own tales of science experiments gone wrong. ... Together, t...

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After years of dominating the industry through producing "white telephone " films, film critics began to harshly criticize its attempts to imitate American film and suggested that there be more realism coming from Italians. ... By 1963, Federico Fellini had made, by his count, seven and a half films. So when Federico Fellini made this next film, he called it  8 ½. This film is about making a film, and the film that is being made is 8 ½. ... This film is both autobiographical and brilliant. ...

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