The Coupling of Ideological and Artistic in the USA Cinema of the First Half of the Twentieth Century
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https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-746X-2025-50-2-417-426Keywords:
USA cinema, ideological and artistic, Hollywood, cultural myths, national identityAbstract
The article is focused on the use of ideological and artistic principles in the USA cinema of the first half of the 20th century exemplified by key films of this time – “The Birth of a Nation” (1915) by David Wark Griffith, as well as “New Times” (1936) and “The Great Dictator” (1940) by Charles Spencer Chaplin. The paper analyzes how the country’s cinema combined ideological and artistic components to create works that shaped national identity and contributed to the consolidation of the American nation. The author explores the editing techniques used by the directors represented, a number of other creative strategies, and the role of sound as a new technology in these films. The socio-historical context is taken into account: the prosperous era of the Roaring Twenties, the economically difficult 1930s (the Great Depression), and the beginning of World War II. It is stressed that films combining artistry and ideology are an effective “soft power” in ideological propaganda, as opposed to explicit dictate.
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