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To what degree do the stylistic properties of 'Mildred Pierce' represent the wider Hollywood film making process between 1917 and 1960 in respect to 'The classical Hollywoodstyle'?
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TO WHAT DEGREE DO THE STYLISTIC PROPERTIES OF 'MILDRED PIERCE' REPRESENT THE WIDER HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKING PROCESS BETWEEN 1917 AND 1960 IN RESPECT TO 'THE CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD STYLE'? It is claimed by David Bordwell, Janet Staiger and Kristin Thompson in their book 'The Classical Hollywood Cinema, Film Style and the Mode of Production' that the correlation between film style and mode of production are, "reciprocal and mutually influencing". Attributable to such topics as politics, economics, and technology over time, they implied that between 1917 and 1960 the Hollywood studio system produced films of an almost uniform quality, focused upon using the same established conventions time and time again which they dubbed 'The classical Hollywood style'. This conclusion was drawn by a detailed critique of 100 random films produced within this time frame. Having also recently viewed a number of films from the same time frame (not quite 100), I took...
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