squiggleslash: You're completely off-base. There was little to no technological innovation between the 1950s and the early 1970s in American cinema. Check out Film History by Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell. That coupled with directors of that era reusing the same old Hollywood model to produce a film's plot using conventions from the 1930s led to the American cinematic decline. Star Wars and Jaws helped but they certainly weren't the only, or even primary, reasons people returned to their cinemas.
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squiggleslash: You're completely off-base. There was little to no technological innovation between the 1950s and the early 1970s in American cinema. Check out Film History by Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell. That coupled with directors of that era reusing the same old Hollywood model to produce a film's plot using conventions from the 1930s led to the American cinematic decline. Star Wars and Jaws helped but they certainly weren't the only, or even primary, reasons people returned to their cinemas.