But Hollywood is built on a long and truly wonderful story of famous actors, directors, and film studios and it is not going to stop any time soon! (p. 40)
This
week I read Hollywood, an Oxford bookworms, stage 1 book. Of course, it is
about Hollywood. This book includes 11 contents, the place and the movies, the
villages, the early days, the big studios, changes at the studios, new Hollywood,
outside Hollywood, the Oscars, Grauman’s Chinese Theater, a visit to Hollywood,
and changing Hollywood. Through this book people will learn the historical
story of Hollywood and will know a lot of famous actors and actresses.
I think the most
interesting parts are chapter 5, 7, and 8. So I’d like to tell you about that. In
chapter 5, some strange things are introduced. It is Hollywood stars died. Do you
know Marilyn Monroe? She was the most famous face of Hollywood, but died in
1962. At that time, she was only thirty-six. She became popular actress in
order to Some Like it Hot by director Billy Wilder. When she appeared the
movie, she was thirty-three years old. Besides her, other Hollywood stars died young
too. In this chapter, James Dean is introduced. According to this book, he was
called ‘the first American teenager’. He was killed by unfortunately car
accident when he was twenty-four years old. When I’d got know this, I wonder
why those people were died young too, are there some kinds cause in their
death. If I have a chance I want to study about it. The second interesting
chapter is 7: Outside Hollywood. Do you know ‘Bollywood’? I’d heard it before
reading this book, but I’d not know about it minutely. According to this book,
it is the name for the film industry in India. The US film industry makes about
five hundred films every year. In contrast with the US film industry, the India
film industry makes more than a thousand feature films every year. It is the biggest
film maker in the world. In India, Bollywood stars are more popular and famous
than any other Hollywood stars. Finally, I want to tell you about chapter 8:
the Oscars. I want to focus on Academy Awards Ceremony because there are many
beautiful Hollywood stars worn luxury dresses. If you go to Dolby Theater on
Hollywood Boulevard in late February or early March, maybe you can see lots of
famous movie star at that ceremony. I want to go there and see Hollywood star
in my lifetime.
In concretion, according to this
book, the number of people who go to movie theater has been decreasing. Actually
I hardly go to theater to watch latest movies. The reason is that we can watch
interesting film by DVD or TV at home. So I think movie theater industry should
find the solution and solve the problem.