Flim and Aesthetics
We have seen moving pictures made by Warner Brothers (The Gold Diggers of 1933, Baby Face and The Public Enemy,) Metro-Goldwyn Mayer (Grand Hotel), Paramount (Sullivan’s Travels), and RKO (King Kong).
Based on the appropriate readings by Neal Gabler, Tino Balio, and Tom Schatz, explore at least two movies from different studios, and explain how it is that the movies represent the studio’s house-style or personality?
What explains movies distinctive “personalities”?
