I disagree with the article. From 1965-1975, movies had become depressing, cynical left-wing propaganda like “Billy Jack” or “Three Day of the Condor”.
“Jaws” and “Star Wars” brought conservative values back to the movies.
Well said.
Oh man, ‘Zabriskie Point’.
I’d have to contest the claim that Jaws and Star Wars brought conservative values back to movies.
As one person pointed out earlier, Jaws basically condemned beachfronts and was fairly cynical overall regarding that bit, and apparently either Spielberg or Chrichton based the mayor’s actions to Watergate.
And as far as Star Wars, George Lucas apparently made that movie as a way of trying to push that we’re the villains, and the Vietcong were our moral superiors. It was as much depressing, cynical left-wing propaganda as Billy Jack and Three Days of the Condor were. If anything, I’d argue Star Wars was one of the WORST successes of left-wing propaganda in Hollywood since you couldn’t see it coming until it was far too late.
In fact, if any films brought back conservative values, it’s probably Rocky, which DID promote the concept of the American dream, and also depicted Communists as bad guys.