> Yet films also can be dangerous as they often project stereotypes about ethnicities, cultures and places. And even physics laws! It looks like in Hollywood films work other physics laws, different from ones on the rest of the Earth :))) > If a foreigner's perception of America is based solely on Hollywood films, then they would be sadly mistaken about the realities of life in my country. And can you please name films where the US is shown correctly? I am not a keen of science fiction, but Polish film studio impressed me very much! > I've never heard of any Polish films, or viewed one. And what about "S@motnosc w sieci" ("Loneliness on the Net"), made by a famous bestseller of the same name written by a poland writer Janusz Leon Wiśniewski? I didn't like this book, the movie IMHO was really better, though I still can't say I was impressed by both of them very much... Then there were 2 brilliant comedies Vabank and Vabank-2 about swindlers in 1930s in Poland, one more comedy Seksmisja (about the future when there were no men left :)) and there were a lot historical movies. > I have to say the same for Latvian films. I've never once seen a movie from this country, I have never seen any Latvian movie either but, you know, a movie studio has been in Riga since Soviet times, and there were a lot of interesting movies made there, especially movies made by books of European and American authors, so I believe Latvian movies can be quite of high quality. Cinevilla studio seems to be quite cute, but subway entrance with a wooden door looks quite weird.
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And even physics laws! It looks like in Hollywood films work other physics laws, different from ones on the rest of the Earth :)))
> If a foreigner's perception of America is based solely on Hollywood films, then they would be sadly mistaken about the realities of life in my country.
And can you please name films where the US is shown correctly?
I am not a keen of science fiction, but Polish film studio impressed me very much!
> I've never heard of any Polish films, or viewed one.
And what about "S@motnosc w sieci" ("Loneliness on the Net"), made by a famous bestseller of the same name written by a poland writer Janusz Leon Wiśniewski? I didn't like this book, the movie IMHO was really better, though I still can't say I was impressed by both of them very much... Then there were 2 brilliant comedies Vabank and Vabank-2 about swindlers in 1930s in Poland, one more comedy Seksmisja (about the future when there were no men left :)) and there were a lot historical movies.
> I have to say the same for Latvian films. I've never once seen a movie from this country,
I have never seen any Latvian movie either but, you know, a movie studio has been in Riga since Soviet times, and there were a lot of interesting movies made there, especially movies made by books of European and American authors, so I believe Latvian movies can be quite of high quality.
Cinevilla studio seems to be quite cute, but subway entrance with a wooden door looks quite weird.