Thursday, February 9, 2017

Quote and Question: Schatz



Question: is Elsaesser suggesting that the American Dream is merely an illusion and exploited through film to give people a false sense of hope and security and catharsis?


"Elsaesser recently said that Hollywood's most effective melodramas would seem to function either subversively or through escapism--categories that are always relative to gthe given social and historical context."

The screenshot of my quote keeps on getting taken down, but I will have it in class.

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