A Field In England: the appeal of arthouse film

1) The suggested audience pleasures for an art-house film would be the 
narrative that is driven by the characters that would go on in this story. This would also have the lack of a new equilibrium. The art-house film would also be "artistic" which would also be another appealing factor for their audience so that they could then have the different factors that would appeal to them. These factors would involve the different stories that may have been featured in the narrative. Subtitles would also be another factor as if a foreign movie is quite wordy then this might seem off putting  for the audience as they would have to try and focus specifically on the dialogue rather than what is on screen. These would also often try and not be as simple with its story as they are purposefully difficult to understand which might not make a mainstream audience seem off putting due to their overall impression of a basic storyline that they could understand due to its simplicity. An example that was mentioned in the article would be Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. This has the audience assuming that this would be a RomCom however there are some aspects of violence which fit into the overall theme of Armageddon.  

2) Some people may not like the art-house films due to it's lack of narrative closure. As previously mentioned an audience would want a story that they could follow through and have a resolution that would make sense rather than an abrupt ending which would stop in the middle of a character's journey. This would be due to how an audience would use arthouse cinema. For a majority of the viewers, they would want to watch it for entertainment purposes. However arthouse films may tend to make the closure of films not really entertaining and so this would be a reason as to why arthouse films would be off putting. This is due to the influence that a majority of the Hollywood films have had which would include the new equilibrium which would resolve the problems and have a new piece that would be a fitting resolution. 

3) One of the main reasons as to why this would be tailored to more of a middle class and an older audience would be due to the cultural capital. This would mean that they could understand the references that would be made by the characters in the film due to the fact that they may have watched these previous films and have seen a diverse range of films which would allow them to understand references. Also since this the film might use these references, a viewer who may not have understood the reference or haven't seen any films referenced may not get the pleasure from understanding it. The class distinction would be due to the films that they would watch. This would be evidenced with the audience for highbrow films as they would understand all if not a majority of the references made so therefore this would be appealing to them in comparison to a Hollywood film which would follow a basic storyline that a mainstream audience could follow.

4) A Field in England would probably be tailored for an older audience due to it's historical setting. They may be interested as to how life was like in that time line so therefore they would want to watch the film. Also since this exhibits the use of drugs, then this would have a mature audience to watch this film with an age range of 35-65. And since this would include drug usage then this film would include more males than females as this might be a story that they would be interested in. Since this would have a cast that mainly consist of men then this would also make this relatable to men as they might understand the struggles that they would go through that a female audience may not understand as well. Since this is a film that would use a monochrome filter, then this would also be another reason for the suggested older audience as they would understand the use and also wouldn't mind it.