My personal opinion is films are, ironically, both a mirror image and the photo-negative of the society.
On one hand, directors and producers defend violence and sex as something which is already present in the society - which they are only playing back. They justify it as reality and not exaggeration. Even more bizarre and shitty things happens in real life - but showing it in films is just free promotion. Majority of the society is unexposed to such brutality and sexual exposure. When they do see this, they think it is already happening some place and that it is OK to do replicate in their lives. Remember that most target audience don't still have the capacity to discern right from wrong. Helps guys behaving violent and gals dressing slutty.
On the other hand, I feel that the movies give what lacks in our society. If you look at Indian movies released in 50s and 60s, most of them were family dramas with lot of emotions and tragedy. That is what the society did not have then. If you look at most movies produced now today - light weight, generally comedies. With today's stressful life, people are not in a position to appreciate serious subjects. They are finding movies as the quick way to vent they stress(comedy), desperation(sex) and built-up aggression(violence).
Is it the average movie goer or the producer who decides the trend? Fashion drives film or film drives fashion? Art or Business of movie-making?
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