![]() ![]() ![]() The idea that the primitive stands no chance in winning over the civilized is emphasized repeatedly. The hierarchy of race permeates the movie. Suddenly the plight of losing a job became acceptable. Somehow the movie took advantage of people’s psychology during the crisis and made them realize how lucky they were to live in a world without having such monster as Kong destroying the city. ![]() Just like Carl Denham expects towards the end of the film: “The whole world will pay to see this! The eighth wonder of the world ”, the whole world did pay to see this, to see the movie. On the other hand, besides the use of cutting-edge cinematic technology, the era of Great Depression and thus the unusual psychology of people during the crisis also contributed greatly to the huge success of King Kong. On the one hand, the director’s intentional blurring between the boundary of a documentary and a fiction added to the horror effect. Though the movie King Kong could not possibly cause anyone to lose sleep after seeing it today, it was certainly classified as a horror movie when it firstly went public in 1933. ![]()
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