In the Shadow of the Cuckoo Clock. The Subversive Realism of the Third Man by More Octavian

“…With a view to exemplifying how film noir can effectively combine elements of expressionism and realism through a participatory viewing experience, this paper provides a discussion of The Third Man as a cinematic text that concomitantly reiterates traditional insular values in times of global conflict and strengthens the individuality of post-war British cinema against the pressures of the American film industry.…”
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Hollywood’s Depiction of Italian American Servicemen During the Italian Campaign of World War II by Matteo Pretelli

“…Addressing this widely overlooked theme, the study shows how the American film industry perceived and represented one of the largest ethnic groups in the US forces, who were deployed to liberate their ancestral country from Axis control. …”
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Entre universalisme artistique et génie national : l’impossible dialectique du cinéma européen by Luc Vancheri

“…The beginning of the 1920s was characterized by a political context that had an impact on the first developments in European cinema which was under pressure from the American film industry to reorganize its film production and distribution system. …”
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Of Movies and Money by Anika Saba

“…As a representation of the American film industry, the biggest film industry in the world, this paper will study the commercial aspects of the comic-based superhero movie The Avengers. …”
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Admirable Alterity on the Frontier: French Women’s Agency in the Hollywood Western (1931-1980) by Lara Cox

“…It suggests that while the American film industry has had a long-standing esteem for French culture, it was during the 1950s that Hollywood began to promote systematically positive representations of Frenchwomen in the Western. …”
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Taboo language and censorship in the italian dubbing of "Ted 2" by Patrizia Giampieri

“…An increasing use of taboo language on TV has hallmarked the American film industry over the last decades. Ted 2 (2015) is a film rich in taboo and obscene language. …”
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Denigrating films and their prohibition in the State of Veracruz, Mexico between 1922 and 1923 by Abner Martínez Landa

“…One of them was with the American film industry, where the federal government prohibited the projection of American films in the national territory, which were considered degrading to the Mexican people. …”
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The Melodrama Machine by Ilan Stavans

“…Netflix, 2018.   Latin American Film Industries. By Tamara L. Falicov. London: Bloomsbury and British Film Institute, 2019. …”
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