Mark Harris’ Pessimism as to Movie Industry

In his article on the current movie industry trends, Mark Harris expresses his extreme skepticism about the future of American cinematography. The title of the article, “The Birdcage”, stems from the famous “Birdman” film (Harris, 2014). The example is employed by the author to reveal the nature of contemporary movies’ absurdity.

Thus, according to Mark Harris, the U.S. cinematography studios focus on the trivial marketing of commonplace ideas, instead of a creation of art pieces. Due to the author, the movie making evolved into a pure business. Moreover, Harris identifies cinematography with franchising. His opinion is supported a review of “Birdman’s” plot, which proves that its fundamental ideas are old-fashioned and follow a typical pattern of internal contests. The author argues that the director of the film has initially created a successful ‘franchise’, and there was no fill it with a creative plot. Harris states that such global enterprises as Warner Brothers have long stopped producing movies out of interest but rather out of accident or necessity. Therefore, the author professes the death of American cinematography.

I consider that the author’s concerns are logical and truthful since the modern media studios are reforming moviemaking by reiterating the standard plot patterns throughout the centuries. In my opinion, contemporary cinematography can not be revived without fresh ideas and consistent contents.

Reference

Harris, M. (2014). The Birdcage. Grantland. Web.