Marxist Analysis of Thomas Crown Affair

Film is a medium on which society thrives. Ever since its invention, film has managed to captivate society but offering "...sensational ‘junk food for the mind' that does not deal seriously with our social and political problems but instead diverts and entertains us" (Berger, MAT 164). Marxist thought is one of the most powerful and suggestive ways available to the media analyst for analyzing society and its institutions. America, although a capitalist society, constantly perpetuates the …

…The appearance of the bourgeoisie by the proletariat has also changed in a noticeable way, allowing the proletariat to finally see the bourgeoisie as a position not just as heartless inhuman beings, but as successful entrepreneurs ever manipulating the system the put them where they are. Societal changes such as these will always manifest themselves into media such as film because movies tend to change with society and show all the facets of that change.