Trish Dunlop was born in 1963 and is fifty four years old. She grew up in Lancaster, California in the high desert. She remembers going to the movie theaters in the 70's in her youth. Trish Dunlop offers the perspective of a child and teen during the New Hollywood era and the rise of blockbusters. The movies Trish went to that stood out the most in her memory were Jaws, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Aristocats and "a lot of Herbie movies." The "Herbie movies" were a film franchise that began in 1968 with The Love Bug and continued on into the 70's with Herbie Rides Again in 1974 and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo in 1977. The Herbie films were about a white Volkswagen beetle with a mind of its own. While the Herbie movies began before the blockbuster
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This also had to do with the market for films going down and the studios being in financial trouble in the 1960's. Her perspective may be due to the effect of only having single screen theaters in the 60's and 70's. She said that going to see movies was different for her then as opposed to now because there were less showings so it required a little more planning and showings were mostly on weekends. She said that theaters "feel like a fast food restaurant now as opposed to a nice restaurant." Going to the movies used to be an all day thing for her because there would be double features as …show more content…
Jaws was one of the first blockbusters that had a huge impact on the industry by showing that mass appeal films could make such a large amount of money and be so successful. Trish remembers finding out about Jaws through word of mouth from a girl down the street who recounted the entire story and made Trish and her friend want to see it. Trish recalls still being scared when the sharks head came out of the water even though she knew when it was going to happen. Trish Dunlop remarks, " I had a hard time going in my friends swimming pool because it was a dark, built in, cement pool." She describes how the suspense in the movie "made it believable that something like that was out there." Her perception of Jaws reflects the childlike optimism of blockbusters because she really believed that a shark could be in her friends pool. Her paranoia about going into the water in fear of giant shark that could not hide in a pool reflects the move away from realism that blockbuster's brought to the
This also had to do with the market for films going down and the studios being in financial trouble in the 1960's. Her perspective may be due to the effect of only having single screen theaters in the 60's and 70's. She said that going to see movies was different for her then as opposed to now because there were less showings so it required a little more planning and showings were mostly on weekends. She said that theaters "feel like a fast food restaurant now as opposed to a nice restaurant." Going to the movies used to be an all day thing for her because there would be double features as …show more content…
Jaws was one of the first blockbusters that had a huge impact on the industry by showing that mass appeal films could make such a large amount of money and be so successful. Trish remembers finding out about Jaws through word of mouth from a girl down the street who recounted the entire story and made Trish and her friend want to see it. Trish recalls still being scared when the sharks head came out of the water even though she knew when it was going to happen. Trish Dunlop remarks, " I had a hard time going in my friends swimming pool because it was a dark, built in, cement pool." She describes how the suspense in the movie "made it believable that something like that was out there." Her perception of Jaws reflects the childlike optimism of blockbusters because she really believed that a shark could be in her friends pool. Her paranoia about going into the water in fear of giant shark that could not hide in a pool reflects the move away from realism that blockbuster's brought to the