Practical Part Introduction: The Movies of American Cinema History

Along the theoretical part of this research project, we've digged into the most important facts of every cinema age, in order to understand how it evolved from its earlier beginnings, to the present.

This has helped us to see which technological events changed cinema as how it was understood so it could move forward to what it is now. From the smallest detail to the most momentous one (the transition from the Silent Era to the Sound one, for example), each of them has been a tiny step in a long, long journey.

Also, the historical impact mustn't be forgotten; as all the other ways the human being possesses to show his ideas, cinema hasn't remained immutable to the world sorrounding it, responding or even helping the filmmakers to represent the patriotic version of the country in events such as the World War II.

And why am I saying all this? Because every single evolution in cinema or any kind of change it has suffered, has been reflected in films. In movies. Without them, cinema history wouldn't have any sense and all the theoretical part I've done for this project would be an ammount of boring technical details. Without the magical impression in film of the stories that the man has created through the years, cinema wouldn't be considered an art.

Love, war, action, comedy... There are many topics and many styles. With them we've tried to explain not only a simple narration, but our wishes, dreams, hopes, fears... With films we've been able to make a reality the impossible creations of our imagionation. Some of these 'creations' are real masterpieces. Recalled as the "best movies of cinema history" by many, they've standed out by their innovation, meaning or simply for making us lose ourselves in the story, fall in love with the characters and be able to dream.

Dreaming. In that case, I'm mostly going to focus in American dreams. American movies. As cinema evolves, I'm going to try to review the best or most significant films of every age. Because that's cinema real magic: Films. As once was said "Films have the power to capture dreams" (1).

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(1) Quote from the motion picture "Hugo" (Martin Scorsese, 2011)