What is the "American spirit" to be spread in Hollywood movies?

Hollywood movies almost always have wonderful footnotes of "American spirit", especially in the aspect of characterization. In Chaplin's famous silent film The Gold Rush, Charlot, a tramp, has the spirit of individualism, enterprising, pursuing success and self-realization, and at the same time has the values of ordinary people and philosophy of life, which is one of the classic characters who embodied the "American spirit" earlier on the screen.

Streeter in Mr. Streeter, with his old body, drives a modified car and goes through all kinds of hardships to achieve his goal. His enterprising and optimistic spirit is the concentrated explanation of the Protestant spirit. Finding Nemo tells the story of clown fish's father and son through his father Ma Lin's experience of overcoming hardships to find his child Nemo, and presents the audience with a brave and never-ending story of finding children. In The Shawshank Redemption, the hero firmly believes in his innocence and strives for freedom through incredible forces, which is an excellent embodiment of the American spirit.

Leon, the killer in The Killer Is Not Too Cold, is a killer, but he has a kind, tenacious and brave heart. Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump, with his IQ of 75 points, successfully interpreted the realization process of the American dream and represented the great influence of the American spirit. Also, such as the family concept in The Godfather, the perfect American family in Independence Day, Harry? The extreme individualism in Potter, the power of love is greater than evil in The Matrix, etc., all strongly advocate American spiritual life beliefs such as respecting private property, enterprising spirit, family values, individualism and heroism.

As many people grow up, they almost have a strong fantasy about heroism, imagining that they can defend world peace and safeguard human dignity like heroes. Therefore, Hollywood films have spared no effort to make artistic processing on this point and strive to play to the extreme. No matter in western films, gangster films or inspirational films, the main characters are either single-handedly, bravely venturing into the tiger's den, defeating the evil forces at the last minute through hardships and dangers, or doing their best to protect their families, support their families and maintain their communities ...

A careful analysis of Hollywood blockbusters imported in recent years shows that one of its classic narrative modes is that when a crisis occurs, there is always a hero who comes forward and finally defeats evil through arduous efforts. It is worth emphasizing that heroes in Hollywood movies not only appear in different identities, but also are often not perfect, and some even have very obvious defects, which actually implies the content of the American dream that every ordinary person may become an outstanding person.

In recent years, Hollywood disaster films and fantasy blockbusters are both films with special global communication effects. In these films, the heroes who save the earth are almost all Americans, which is almost a direct symbol that Hollywood films occupy a leading position or dominant position in the global communication. In Independence Day, the counterattack against aliens is dominated by Americans, and other countries only take orders; The US Wall Street Journal once published the 2 US presidential candidate John? John mccain put it this way: "The United States is the dictator's greatest enemy, and Hollywood is likely to prove to be one of the most powerful weapons in this country."

words in the book: "American movies are one of the important carriers of American national security hegemony. Heroizing national civil servants, sanctifying the country, and visualizing the threat defined by the government and imagined by the United States collectively ... all these promote the view that the United States is magical and invincible. Politics, national strategy and film industry are intertwined, which is the unique nature of American state power. "