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Is the cinema the art form Americans will be most remembered for?

Asked by Fausnaught (373points) March 25th, 2010

America has developed and/or invented most of modern western societies most prevalent art mediums. The Cinema, TV, Jazz, Blues, Rock n’ Roll, Hip-hop, etc.

It is clear that, though there are many great filmmakers working around the world, American’s have made the cinema their own and have excelled at using the medium to tell unique and compelling stories.

Film is the medium of mediums. It takes photography, music, writing, acting, editing, framing, composition and rolls them into a visually stunning narrative. Is it America’s greatest contribution to world culture? Will history marvel at what we put on celluloid in the same way we admire the Renaissance?

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