At the end of the 1920s, in the early stage of the economic crisis, nearly 2,000 banks closed down and many workers were on the streets. However, the film industry is extremely prosperous, and many companies have switched to making sound films. Talents from the Broadway theater, song and dance, and broadcasting industries gather in Hollywood. This seems to be a bit similar to the current economy. It is an era of economic downturn and the death of all people in entertainment.
Broadway was an important place for American dramas and musicals at that time. Nearly a hundred theaters were gathered on a single street. The "Broadway Melody" filmed by MGM in 1929 was based on the Broadway Theater and described the stage love history of the two sisters on Broadway.
The film cost 350,000 U.S. dollars and became a sensation after it was released. Some of the songs and dances in the film have been widely circulated, such as the theme song "Broadway Melody", "Boyfriend", "You and I Love Each Other" and a wonderful ballet performance. These performances have been selected into the Hollywood Song and Dance Collection. Due to the success of the film, MGM made several sequels.
However, by the standards of modern music films, the melodic level of Broadway is not high. Critics generally believe that "if you score, it may be the lowest score among the best films of all previous Oscars." The emotional lines in the film are rather scribbled, even without, whoever loves or doesn't feel so ridiculous. Beautiful women, cars, champagne, jewellery... created the stage of American dreams in the early twentieth century-the drunken Broadway. Countless people became famous overnight, but lost themselves. Looking back a hundred years later, I realized the meaning of Oscar: the film that best reflects values in the current era. The film itself has no brilliance. After the precipitation of the long history, it allows us to see the United States back then. Maybe this is the meaning of this film.
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