Why do few nations dominate European cinema so much?
Aug 19, 2021 20:49:14 GMT
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Post by london777 on Aug 19, 2021 20:49:14 GMT
My response to the OP's question is "It would be strange if they did not." There are 44 nations in Europe (according to the UN, though it depends what you call Europe - soccer, for example counts Israel and Kazakhstan in Europe).
Out of that 44, the same handful dominate in almost every walk of life, cultural, industrial, commercial, military, scientific, etc. Largely through size of population, natural resources, and historically accumulated wealth.
The top 8 by population are:
1 Russia 145,934,462
2 Germany 83,783,942
3 United Kingdom 67,886,011
4 France 65,273,511
5 Italy 60,461,826
6 Spain 46,754,778
7 Ukraine 43,733,762
8 Poland 37,846,611
and these are the main movie producers (though not in the same order). Apart, that is, from Ukraine, which is a recently concocted nation and has a lot of catching up to do, culturally and economically.
I would guess the same nations dominate Europe in most other walks of life.
The only smaller country that punched above its weight cinematically was Sweden. I imagine its avoidance of the two world wars during the Cinema Age has something to do with it. Maybe teleadmin has a better explanation?
Out of that 44, the same handful dominate in almost every walk of life, cultural, industrial, commercial, military, scientific, etc. Largely through size of population, natural resources, and historically accumulated wealth.
The top 8 by population are:
1 Russia 145,934,462
2 Germany 83,783,942
3 United Kingdom 67,886,011
4 France 65,273,511
5 Italy 60,461,826
6 Spain 46,754,778
7 Ukraine 43,733,762
8 Poland 37,846,611
and these are the main movie producers (though not in the same order). Apart, that is, from Ukraine, which is a recently concocted nation and has a lot of catching up to do, culturally and economically.
I would guess the same nations dominate Europe in most other walks of life.
The only smaller country that punched above its weight cinematically was Sweden. I imagine its avoidance of the two world wars during the Cinema Age has something to do with it. Maybe teleadmin has a better explanation?