"It's A Wonderful Life" and Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers."

The morals and values of Americans are depicted well in both Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life" and Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers." Although they both are trying to illustrate the same thing (American values), the descriptions shown of American values and morals are drastically different from the 1940's to the 1990's. The values and morals held for self, family and community can be contrasted in both films. We will see how these different social …

…unselfish, humble and kind values. On the other hand Stone's film shows how society's values have changed to selfish, arrogant callous ones. Stone not only shows the difference in values but shows how these values got to be so different. Stone gives blame to the media and television for such a change in morals. Stone's and Capra's films illustrate how values can change within 50 years in different social relationships such as family, community, and self.