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American Movies Popular Exports to Germany
from Germany Popular culture from the United States is very common in Germany. Entertainment such as movies, music, and television programs appeals to the German people. Almost 95 percent of the films shown at German movie theaters are films produced in Hollywood. The remaining five percent are European productions. The American movie makers obviously know what the audience likes and enjoys to watch. The cinemas would be empty without Hollywood. The American movie industry has been popular in Germany since the 1920s. In contrast, the German film industry wasn't and still isn't, very big although the production of TV programs such as series, operas, game shows and live shows is very high. The odd thing about movies imported from the states and about the German mentality is that Germans like to watch these movies in the German language. Therefore, all of them get dubbed. As a result, they seem not to be very different. For this reason, people don't think that Germany is losing its cultural identity watching exported movies from the U.S. However,
I think that the German film industry shouldn't
translate movies because I like to listen to the
real voices . Also, it would help every single
German to learn English from very early on and the
process of improving their English wouldn't cost so
much.
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