While reading the foreword of Turning Points In Film History I realized that practically everything that was being said by Joe Bob Briggs was absolutely true. Film is constantly changing and it seems that some of the most moving and inspired works of cinema may be forgotten because they simply cannot capture the attention of the average person today as well as a special-effects packed film can. Briggs also discusses the fact that since film was invented in the United States, it has, with few exceptions, “found its highest expression in America”. (Briggs)
The introduction continues this idea as well and states that “most significant events in the history of American film have ultimately affected world cinema in one way or another” (Rausch), but I feel that American film has recently been affected by world cinema in a big way. In recent years there has been a movement in American cinema of remaking foreign films and releasing them in the United States. One of the best examples that comes to mind is The Ring (2002) which was a remake of the Japanese film Ringu (1998). There have been other American films that have been remakes of foreign films and in my opinion, that shows that world cinema has began to affect American cinema and how Americans perceive cinema as well.
I agree completely with Rausch and Briggs, but I also feel that the way in which world cinema has affected American cinema should be spoken of more. The fact is; American cinema has, and will continue to affect world cinema, but it will continue to draw inspiration from world cinema as well.
