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The influence of Oriental Cinema on Hollywood

The influence of Oriental Cinema on Hollywood

Introduction

Although, at the present time, Thai movies are more entered into the worlds entertainment market, many people even Thais prefer to Hollywood movies more than Thai movies. There are several differences between them in regard to popular aspects which make Hollywood movies are more famous. First, homosexual, in Thai movies, is chosen to be one of the characters because of their funny personality. In contrast, we can hardly see those people in Hollywood movies since the Hollywood movies producers do not like to make money from being homosexual.

It seems like we despise and discriminate those as we see that being is a kind of joke. Then those people less appear in Hollywood movies than Thai movies. In addition, there are so many themes, such as, thriller, romantic and sci-fi, are shown in Hollywood movies. But most of Thai movies theme is always only horror or comedy.

Discussion

In other words, Thais and Hollywoods share some similarities concerning with the themes of movies, however, Hollywood movies are more various. As human being, people are usually loved to have numerous choices in which ways to decide what they have to choose, like seeing a movie. Thirdly, Plot-the series of events which form the story of a film-is very important for the storys proceeding. Film directors have to form a good and new plot that will always surprise the audience. In Hollywood movies, their plots are so various and new, hence, it is not boring like Thai movies which are often be the same old plot. For instance, the plot about falling in love between lovers is always seen; hero and heroine were angry with one another at the first time they have met then they have got to be together and fell in love at the end.

Asian filmmaking has taken on a whole new dimension in world cinema. No longer labelled by the west as purely foreign or art house, it is now reaching mainstream audiences and commercial success. Many directors and actors are recruited by Hollywood to work in its faltering studio system. The situation is remarkably similar to the decline of the studio system in the late 1950s. Then, it was French cinema that came to the rescue.

There has never been any question about Hollywood's ability to influence other national cinemas, but in recent years it is Oriental cinema that has made an impact on Hollywood. The question now arises, With US audiences in general decline, are Asian films just influencing Hollywood or are they saving it?

Asian films are now omnipresent in world cinema distribution. Works such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Old Boy have received not only high praise from critics but also the commercial success that a Hollywood film would expect .T here are very few Hollywood directors who appeal to both critics and mass audiences, David Lynch being a possible exception.

Some 20 years ago, the face of the Asian film industry looked very ...