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- course description, dates and requirements
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- suggestions and style recommendations when about "wrting films" as a critic
Film Techniques terms |
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- UNDERSTANDING MOVIES terminology in brief
Un Chien Andalou film review |
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- Bunuel and Dali slash the conventions of traditional cinema
The Exorcist film review |
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- scariest film ever is also extremely well crafted
Rosemary's Baby film review |
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- a formulistic/realistic trip with genuine scares and frights
Days of Heaven film review |
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- an essential film in the canon of great movies
Freaks film review |
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- still relevant (and frightening) after more than 70 years
Psycho film review |
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- the mother of all horror films from the master of suspense
The Godfather film review |
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- the greatest film ever made? or, the only film to be surpassed by its sequal
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parlor scene in Psycho explaining mise en scene- shot by shot explanation of how Hitchcock used elaborate shots and angles to help develop "psychology" of Norman Bates
Children of Men film review |
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- kinetics...visuals...story...our future?...
Last of the Mohicans film review |
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- aesthetically pleasing 1757 perspective of American landscape via the contemporary vision of director Michael Mann (HEAT, ALI, MIAMI VICE)
Amores Perros film review |
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- academy award winning, controversial film about dog fighting, fractured lives and connected stories in Mexico City
Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography |
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- clips and conversation aplenty
Annie Hall film review |
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- Welcome to Manhattan--according to Woody Allen
John Cazale bio |
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- six degrees with Pacino and DeNiro: godfather, godfather II, conversation, dog day afternoon, deer hunter
Dog Day Afternoon film review |
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- what should have been an easy bank robbery on a sunny afternoon in 1972, turned into a media circus
Casablanca film review |
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- "here's looking at you, kid!"
Fanny and Alexander film review |
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- part fairy tale, part fantasy, part memoir, pure Bergman
The War Room film review |
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- Clinton, Carville and Stephanoupolis wacky, unpredictable road to the White House
Night and Fog film review |
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- a once banned film lives on due to its brutal honesty
Halloween film review |
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- for better or worse...the film credited with creating the slasher genre
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On the Waterfront film review |
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- ideology and great acting combine to make one of Hollywood's greatest achievements
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Citizen Kane film review |
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- best film ever? or simply the best film to show as a conclusion to a film techniques class?
The Lady from Shanghai and film noir |
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- a comprehensive study of film noir and its use in Welles' "The Lady from Shanghai"
Dystopia in Film |
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- a brief explanation and listing of many dystopian themed films
Un Chien Andalou study guide |
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- in-class study guide for the viewing of the film "Un Chien Andalou"
Days of Heaven study guide |
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- in-class study guide for the viewing of the film "Days of Heaven"
Exorcist study guide |
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- in-class study guide for the viewing of the film "The Exorcist"
Fanny and Alexander study guide |
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- in-class study guide for the viewing of the film "Fanny and Alexander"
Psycho study guide |
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- in-class study guide for the viewing of the film "Psycho"
The Godfather study guide |
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- in-class study guide for the viewing of the film "The Godfather"
Visions of Light study guide |
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- in-class study guide for the viewing of the film "Visions of Light"
Chapter One: Photography study guide |
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- key terms and concepts regarding "photography"
Chapter Two: Mise en Scene study guide |
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- key terms and concepts regarding "mise en scene"
Chapter Three: Movement |
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- key terms and concepts regarding "movement"
Chapter Four: Editing |
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- key terms and concepts regarding "editing"
Chapter Five: Sound |
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- key terms and concepts regarding "editing"
Chapter Six: Acting |
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- key terms and concepts regarding "acting"
Chapters Seven and Eight: Drama and Story |
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- key terms and concepts regarding "drama" and "story"
Chapter Nine: Writing |
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- key terms and concepts regarding "writing"
Chapter Ten: Ideology |
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- key terms and concepts regarding "ideology"
Chapter Ten In-class Study Guide |
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- "ideology" in-class study guide to assist with viewing
Chapter Eleven: Critique |
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- key terms and concepts regarding "critique"
Chapter Twelve: Synthesis |
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- key terms and concepts regarding "synthesis"
THE WAR GAME film review |
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ul>film review of Peter Watkins' THE WAR GAME
Suggestions on writing about films |
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ul>guide to successfully writing about film
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