When a technological divergent can teleport an individual into the past and reconstruct previous time settings, a historical relationship is explored as an American cultural context through the classic creation of cinema. As a non-traditional presentation of a significant text, the film's perspective is explored on the discourse of beauty, traveling through time in a film captured on film. The 1985 science fiction comedy, “Back to the Future,” produced by Robert Zemeckis, tells the story of a teenager named Marty, who travels through space-time to 1955, where he meets his future parents and Unexpectedly, his mother becomes interested in him romantically. By creating the obstacle, he must determine a solution for his parents to fall in love. When past history is repaired with the help of scientist Dr. Emmett, he helps Marty find his way back to the future of 1985. In Relation to "Classic Hollywood Cinema: Narrative Principles and Procedures", David Bordwell presents the analysis of the way in which the cultural text can have importance for formalism in the control of the film. He states: "the classic film respects the canonical pattern of establishing an initial state of affairs which is violated and which must then be corrected." (Bordwell. 1986, p. 19.) Using Bordwell's approach, for this article I will focus on an excerpt from "Back to the Future" to determine the implications presented in the creation of this scene in relation to the context American culture. The topics that will be discussed throughout the essay are studies of narrative, device, and ideology as depicted in the context of American culture represented through the use of film. The s...... middle of paper..... .American cultural context, of what individuals like to interpret through the cinematic presentation of "Back to the Future." Through a strong connectivity between Bordwell's text and the representation of the American cultural context, the scene demonstrates these interpretations. Philip Rosen (New York; Columbia University Press, 1986), 17-34. Sutherland Meghan, “Ideology & Formalism in Classical Hollywood Style” (PDF document). Course notes retrieved from online website: https://portal.utoronto.ca/bbcswebdav/pid-3760169-dt-content-rid-20682759_2/xid-20682759_2Zemeckis Robert, (director). 1985. “Back to the Future” (film). United States: universal. 4/10 (movie clip). Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95_DB6GgLQs