i have and it sometimes ain’t pretty.
Sure our stars are household names and so is Che, Fidel, Hugo and Kim Jong Ill.
I have sat in meetings and listened to high ranking members of foreign governments make disparaging statements about America that could only have come from film makers and their anti-American content.
One chief civil judge of a city of three million asked me if we still had slavery.
He had just seen Mississippi Burning.
Sure American films make big bucks overseas when compared to films made by some back yard Mexican film maker.
Wouldn’t you rather sit through a well made film no matter how anti-American as to sit though one that looked as it was made with a super 8 camera.
In most of the third world countries where I have done volunteer medical work the people just love a National Enquirer type of film or paper.
So therefore I take it from your post that you do not believe that Hollywood leaves a sour taste in most foreign film watchers minds?
I'm a sailor. I've seen numerous American films in foreign countries. Most recently less than a year ago. In Dubai (yep, an Arab/Muslim country) our films are the practically the only ones shown in the multiplexes. And yes, the audiences love them. If they didn't, they wouldn't be profitable to show.
But don't take my word for it. Look at foreign box office grosses. Sure, some films are bigger hits internationally than others, but the big-budget action flicks tend to rake in cash worldwide. Nobody makes mindless, effect-laden blockbusters better than we do.