THE AMERICAN COLD WAR NARRATIVE IN FICTION FILM (1947-1991)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1344/fh.2023.33.1.115-137Abstract
This article is an analysis of 35 American films produced during the Cold War that have been used to identify the changes, immutabilities, and synergies of the Hollywood film industry. Starting from the hypothesis about the heterogeneity of approaches, the examination of the tapes allows us to conclude that the evolution of the US celluloid industry between the decades of 1940 and 1980 was not significant. Moreover, it remained unchanged in three narrative pillars that were present since the first Cold War productions: the image of American superiority, the internal and external communist enemy, and the fear of a nuclear holocaust. Three elements that serve to verify that the cinema was used as an instrument of psychological warfare, fixing stereotypes and fears about communism in American society.
