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Lesson 13 discusses the blockbuster as the driving force behind the decision-making of the Hollywood studios at the end of the twentieth century. First, briefly describe the artistic and business characteristics of the blockbuster and how they operate in Batman (1989). Second, contrast the cultural and industrial context of Batman to the cultural and industrial context of ONLY two of the following films: Salt of the Earth, A Face in the Crowd, Goldfinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Nashville, and Do the Right Thing. Make sure to ground your answer in history, explaining how the cultural and industrial forces of that time shaped the creative decisions at work in those films. Don’t simply describe the films independently from one another but explain how they are different—or even similar—from one another given their unique historical contexts.
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