Movies can often be seen as a method of shaping the viewers perspective on society, morals and culture. It contains the possibility of shaping the viewers actions, and thereby changing society itself. Indeed American films have had a huge part in moulding political, social and cultural sentiments in the States in the past decades. Movies are the currency of culture, and they can also be seen as a mirror of society and culture in which it portrays specific social and / or cultural areas of a society. The movie that I have chosen for this paper is no exception. The Oscar-winning movie American Beauty from 1999 is a fascinating depiction of the everyday life of an ordinary American family against the backdrop of average modern American suburbia, and of some of the problems the American society faces today.
The paper provides the reader with an in-depth analysis of American Beauty, and of American culture in total.
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