When you watch movies from different countries, you can find that they show how much the cultures of different countries can differ. Whether directors intend to make movies represent the cultures or not, there are things that you can learn about certain cultures just by watching movies.
One of the best examples of this will be the movie " To Live" in China; To Live is a famous Chinese movie that was directed by Zhang Yi-Mo. It well describes the time of the change the changing time period of modern China; it shows the Chinese Civil War war between the Nationalists and the Communists, the Communist rule, the Cultural Revolution, and the rule under Deng Xiaoping. When I first watched this movie in my East Asia History east asia history class, I could get a good understanding of that time period in China just by watching the movie. The movie showed how China changed from a country of ancient culture to a country with developing economy and technology. The movie described the different rules between the dynasty and the communism period. showed how the rule in China changed from dynasty rule to communist rule. Although I had not had much knowledge about the modern China before I watched the movie, I could understand the modern China much better when I watched the movie.
Another good example of movies that tell a lot about countries will be is the movie "Gone with the Wind", which well describes the life in the Southern states States of the United States during the time of the Civil War. While most people tend to view the Civil War from the Northern perspective, people consider Gone with the Wind to be very interesting because this movie shows the mentality of the people of the Southern States states, not the Northern states. This movie perfectly shows the difference between the thoughts of the two sides of the Civil War; the North considered it to be unavoidable conflict to abolish slavery and preserve the Union, but the South considered it to be a violation of the states rights of the Southern states. When you watch this movie, you can observe the largest conflict that occurred within the United States and how it affected the country.
Whether directors intend to make movies represent the cultures of the countries or not, it cannot be denied that there are things that you can learn about certain cultures by watching movies from those cultures. You can learn about important time periods; you can learn about how an event affected the history and culture of a country. Before watching movies, you should know that the movies can include a lot of information about certain cultures and countries.
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