Pre-World Wars
People believed in ...
- Nationalism - pride in your country
- Technology - the new 'frontier'
- Power structures - established and autocratic
- Religion
- Moral improvement
However...
people began to question these factors during and after the wars. In the 20's and 30's the great depression also made people question this as well. Thus grand narratives and optimism in films ended and...
Post modernism was created in films following...
- Feminism
- Racial groups
- Multiculturalism
- Break down of power structures
- Breakdown in religion
Post-modernism reflected the reality of life and was the complete opposite of the grand narratives in older films. It depicts the rebellion and free-thinking following these events.
Case study - pulp fiction
- pulp fiction represents post modernism in its fragmented nature/structure, irony/humour - graphic scenes are made humorous.
Tarantino states that 'I always hope that if one million people see my movie, they see a million different movies.' this depicts how post-modernism promotes free-thinking and greatly underlines the nature of it.
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