How much variety do you see in the world view of the films you watch?
So I stay home and watch a Netflix series instead.
For broad appeal on the world market, I doubt most films have much of a 'worldview', other than platitudes about good and evil, striving for a goal, boy meets boy, that sort of thing. There are 'message' films, but their message is usually pretty simple and not part of a larger worldview.
Is it possible to create a film that doesn't have a worldview? I wouldn't think that's the case, so I'll ask how much variety you see in these platitudes you mentioned.
Films that are meant to appeal to a broad audience would not seem very likely to have a well-defined distinct worldview.
Does Solaris (1972) have a Communist worldview? Does Solaris (2002) have a capitalist worldview? Not that I can see.
Most films have a worldview- except for certain types of indie/art films. I look at a variety of films because I enjoy other cultures and Hollywood is in a rut. We watch a fair amount of Asian movies in our household- Chinese, Korean & Japanese specifically.
I saw an excellent comparison of the different versions of A Star is Born that shows how views on the roles of men and women have changed, views of alcoholism, views about music, even views about profanity.
I guess I don't see these as worldview (which I find a vague term anyway). This is culture. Modern American films reflect a modern American culture. More guns but fewer boobies than European films.
And I'm still curious what differences you see in your example of different versions of Solaris?
Couldn't say.
OK. Well, if you've got an example for something you've seen and recall effectively, I'd like to hear your thoughts.
Perhaps the best example I can think of is Seven Samurai and the Magnificent Seven (1960). Both are great movies (Seven Samurai often makes critics' best of all time lists). The Magnificent Seven is, I think, a quite faithful adaptation of the original. The themes of honor, protecting the weak, the humble nobility of ordinary farmers are all there. It's too much for me to juggle 14 people, but clearly some of the characters are direct analogues of each other, with their own stories.
Obviously there are differences when your settings are feudal Japan and the Wild West. Race is a minor issue in The Wild West that doesn't exist (so far as I can see) in Seven Samurai. But largely these differences are just set dressing: swords for sixguns, kimonos for leather. The stories and worldview are quite similar (though perhaps this wouldn't be the case for a less faithful or unfaithful adaptation, like the more recent Magnificent Seven).
A reviewer's take.
I once explained the plot of Shane to a Japanese guy, and he immediately "got it" as a ronin story.
Perhaps the best example I can think of is Seven Samurai and the Magnificent Seven (1960). Both are great movies ...
But largely these differences are just set dressing: swords for sixguns, kimonos for leather.
The most consistent moral worldviews I see in American cinema are either dualistic or vague Buddhist/Hindu.