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The early decades of 1900s saw the rise of Hollywood patriotic films. Though this genre has become rare these days yet galore managers find patriotic films as a call for the uplifting of mankind. The 1920s and 1940s saw the two World Wars. It was the perfective time to instill patriotism in the heart of mutual Americans. During World War II, literally, there were hundreds of films to support the war endeavor.

‘Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress’ and ‘Sergeant York’ are two of the 40s brand of Hollywood patriotic films still remembered. The plotline was almost the same for all the war movies. A young boy who never took troubles in his youth is chosen for national duty. He then goes through respective ordeals, cheats death, saves people and returns a hero.

Frank Capra was one of the major filmmakers of that time. He produced a series called ‘Why we Fight’; to make Americans realize why they are fighting the Nazis and Japs. It was Hollywood which held hands to fight versus the rise Fascism for the duration of the wartime.

Now, the enemy has changed; patriots have not. The nationalists in Hollywood patriotic films are waging war versus the corrupt system or being aimed by the system. The heroes have changed their battlefield to space, sea or underwater. The main theme has remained same, saving the country or the world from the attack of an alien race, monsters or terrorism. The term patriotic is no longer confined to the conception of protecting the country from alien invasion by other countries.

The year 1996 saw ‘Independence Day’ assaulting the box office with it is conception of rescuing the world from an alien raid. Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum save mankind from a possible wipeout. Mel Gibson came up with two back-to-back hits with his ‘Braveheart’ and ‘The Patriot’ to perk up the Hollywood patriotic films genre.

Steven Spielberg tried the conception of patriotism cum war movie in Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, Twister, and Schindler’s List. All these films dealt with patriotism, neo realism and redefining the sense.

‘Midway’ starred Charles Heston. It was a classic WWII film, and contained much footage from the real war. The true conception of patriotism in humn mind is inserted by the likes of ‘A Wonderful Life’. This film tells in regards to the sense of faith, hard work, value of family and services to others. ‘Last of the Mohicans’ was another awful film in the genre of Hollywood patriotic films which showed the hardship and spirit of the builders of a new world.

One of the major troubles which have staggered the morality of American people is the influence of Hollywood action films over patriotic films. Action films are marketed by showing mindless gore and violence for the duration of the entire screen time. Patriotic films are known to promote patriotism, love for the motherland, a sense of pride, and the obligation to build up the state, providing service to others, unifying the persons in times of crisis.

However, the action films, which have a strong dose of gore, ultra violence, killings, drugs and use of profane language, sink in more speedily amidst the present generation. The result has been a rise in violence in schools and colleges along with increased number of other degradations noticed in culture and society in general.

Terrorism American Cinema Analytical Filmography

The American cinema of terrorism, altho coming to prominence principally in the 1970s among high-profile Palestinian terrorist activity, in truth dates back to the beginnings of the Cold War. But this early terrorist cinema, centered for the most part around the Bomb–who had it, who would use it, and when–differs mainly from the terrorist cinema that would follow. Changing world events soon broadened the cinema of terrorism to address emergent global conflicts, including Black September, pre-9/11 Middle Eastern conflicts, and the post-9/11 “War on Terror.” This analytical filmography of American terrorist films establishes terrorist cinema as a distinctive subgenre with distinct thematic narrative and stylistic trends. It covers all major American films dealing with terrorism, from Otto Preminger’s Exodus (1960) to Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies (2008).

About the AuthorFreelance author Robert Cettl is a fellow member of the South Australian Writer’s Center.

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