Imperium z dykty. O amerykańskich pejzażach studyjnych w musicalu
A Make-Believe Empire Built Out of Plywood. On American Studio-Made Landscapes in Musicals

Author(s): Patrycja Mucha
Subject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: studio‐made landscape in classical cinema; musical in classical cinema; “American Dream” in Hollywood
Summary/Abstract: In the classical period, Hollywood studios were able to use their wizardly to create a marvellous world that would present the vision of fulfilling life, unattainable to the viewers. Not a thing experienced by them in their mundane lives was able to come close to the said silver‐screen, utopian vision of America aligned with the viewers desires. Back then, Hollywood was in fact a factory of mock cities – the ones that were better, more glamorous, and well‐lit, often also mobile, shielded from sun rays by factory walls. The author of the article analyses the way in which spaces reconstructed to be used as settings for Hollywood musicals created the foundation for thinking of America through the “American Dream” prism, that is, as a quasi‐real place that allows for utopia to be realised and any kind of dreams to be fulfilled.

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