I really enjoyed the exchange and conversation this Monday!
One thing we talked about was movies and movie theaters in the USA and in
Russia. I had a little different reaction to the conversation than my fellow
classmates. Many were surprised that American movies are common in Russia. So,
I was more surprised about you being surprised than I was about the fact that the
movie scene in Russia is very Americanized. In Germany it is pretty much the
same and it is normal to me that most of the movies we watch are from the USA. Hollywood plays a big role in our film landscape and for a long time
German movies were not popular, because they just could not compete with movies
that have a multi-million dollar budget since we are a smaller country and
therefore the movie will not make as much profit as it can in a big country
like the US. There are many other differences, but I think this is a big one. I
am glad though that in the past years the German movie production scene has
grown and we come up with quite good productions now. Even though the majority of
movies we have in the theatres are still American.
So, this week I learned more about in the cultural exchange with
the US rather than with Russia which was interesting. And in general it was a
good exchange of different view points and mindsets by clarifying stereotypes
without generalizing.
Here is a list of movies that are shown in German theaters
right now. You can see the majority are American (the titles are often changed,
but you can see on the pictures which movie it is): http://www.cinestar.de/de/kino/berlin-cinestar-cubix-am-alexanderplatz/kinoprogramm
Dubbed German Lincoln Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_FdBUL_YrY
Ulli Heinicke
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