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What does it mean, Mr. Holmes? An approach to film study
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It can be difficult to introduce film analysis to students in a beginning English course not primarily oriented around film. Students taking such a class probably have never looked at movies in a serious way. They may be compared to fans at a ballgame who sit behind a post and miss the action. Time is limited, funds are scarce, and equipment is minimal. The challenge, therefore, is how to sensitize such students both to the medium of film and to how that awareness relates to the field of Engl...
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Who Killed the Movies We All Loved?
The Washington Post
; THE MOVIES aren't "the movies" anymore. It isn't that there aren't wonderful filmmakers around, but even if there were many, many more, the aggregate today still wouldn't add up to "the movies." That experience belongs to the studio days, and to the classical Hollywood cinema, as it's now called.
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The American Film Institute leads a whirlwind tour of the best movies ever made.
The Boston Herald
; In theaters right now, the parade of summer movies is zooming by so quickly that it's hard to recall last weekend's blockbuster by the time this weekend rolls around. But on TV this summer, a good movie memory is definitely an asset. Under the auspices of the American Film Institute (AFI), three TV
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Planning trip to movies: Plot almost always same
Oakland Tribune
; 'DO YOU WANT to try to go to the movies tonight?" My husband asked the question in all earnestness, without a hint of irony. He might have been asking whether we should try to broker peace in the Middle East or look for a cure for the common cold. I just laughed. As it turned out, we didn't make it
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ONCE UPON A TIME, THE SOUND THE MOVIES MADE WAS KISS, KISS, BANG, BANG. NOW IT'S . . . BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
The Boston Globe
; ... Then they keeled over, almost went belly-up. They were saved by the '70s, when a new crop of revitalized movies reflected -- as network TV wasn't prepared to do except on its news programs -- the tumult that convulsed post-Kennedy America. The Ho
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For a fan of old movies on TV, it just isn't what it used to be
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; ... room. I had the TV on CNN, but after an hour of hearing the same news every 10 minutes, I decided to do some surfing -- and take a ... world of tacky celebrity bios, bad talk shows and CNN's endless news cycle. But I'm going to make a point of slowing down and catching ...
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