Stop blaming ‘Jaws’ for ruining movies
The impact of “Jaws” on contemporary cinema has been so thoroughly researched, prosecuted and scientifically proved that it has taken on the contours of catechism: Lo, it came to pass that Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel about a man-eating great white shark opened in a record number of theatres, became the first film to earn more than $100 million at the box office and thus invented the modern Hollywood blockbuster, transforming and redefining (or – tomato/tomahto – ruining and destroying) American movie culture forever and ever. Amen and pass the popcorn.
