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  • Essay / JEsse - 1720

    Hollywood depicted World War II films in seemingly the same way. Most of the films produced have the same characteristics of camaraderie, survival and violence. Hollywood, for the most part, gives the audience a good depiction of the hellish effects of war, also providing the audience with an environment in which these soldiers must fight. Whether these environments are open terrain or the small confinement inside a submarine, the horrors of war are felt the same. Even in some films, the protagonist dies, demonstrating that no one is safe in battle, including the hero. To have a more accurate understanding of how Hollywood represents films, it would be more appropriate to see all facets of the war and how their films are produced. Hollywood also gives audiences another side of war by seeing it through the eyes of the enemies. Hollywood portrays each country's films in the same way, from the American Hollywood epic of Saving Private Ryan to the virtually unknown Japanese side of the war in Letters from Iwo Jima. Although Hollywood will never be able to replicate the brutalities of war, these various films give audiences a depiction of war that has never been seen before. Hollywood has a history of making World War II films during the war itself, from the years 1942 to 1945. During the years of World War II, Hollywood made war films to prepare "the American public for what that was going to happen, as well as to take advantage of the popularity of anything to do with the war.” Hollywood also depicted a lot of violence on theater screens, usually without censoring anything. "For many American civilians, these films provided prototypes of American soldiers and represented how they were supposed to behave in the middle of a paper...the six servicemen who raised the second flag (which was the only flag to be filmed ) from Iwo Jima. Even though Bradley had lived a somewhat normal life, he was still haunted by memories of his fellow soldiers dying next to him. Flags of Our Fathers depicted Bradley avoiding the spotlight as much as possible; this was also true in real life. β€œIn 1985, Bradley gave his only recorded interview at the request of his wife, who told him to do so for the sake of their grandchildren. During this interview, Bradley said he would not have raised the flag if he had known how famous the photo would become. He stated that he did not want to live under pressure from the media and wanted to live a normal life. He also said during the interview that anyone on the island could have raised the flag and that he was there at the right time..”