
Understanding Movies: The Art and History of Film
The Modern Scholar
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Professor Raphael Shargel
Why does the cinema have the power to move the heart, stimulate the mind, and dazzle the imagination? How did the art of film develop from its origins to the present day?
This course covers the history and aesthetics of the movies. It traces the experiments and innovations that gave rise to the modern cinema, developing a vocabulary that helps explain the variety of choices filmmakers make when they construct shots and edit them together.
In each lecture, Professor Raphael Shargel introduces a period of film history, talks about its importance, covers aspects of cinematic technique, and illustrates his points by analyzing specific movies from the era under discussion. The course thus has both breadth and depth, covering the major movements in film history while at the same time focusing on key pictures worthy of study and enjoyment.
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good book
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Mr. Shargel is a passionate and charismatic lecturer, compelling to listen to. But he's a hard swallower, I must admit. But anyway, if you're interested in film studies, don't hesitate to buy it.Educational! But ...the mike's too close!
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All of the reviews pointing out the mouth noises, etc. as being "too distracting" or taking stars off because of that, either have ever heard recordings of lectures but how much were found on this, or expecting a professional reader reading a book.
This is not that. it's a very interesting course, put together, and read by the professor himself. It serves it's purpose well, and if you find the subject interesting, you will not have a problem with the so-called "mouth noises" or whatever.
Highly recommended for aficionados, fans, students of film and filmmakers
As a mini-course: just fine
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Understanding Movies
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Very worthwhile
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I agree with all previous reviews, the lecture is pretty interesting, especially if you are a beginner in this topic, BUT these noises, it is SO annoying, he doesn't even shot the mike to take a sip of water... egh.. sounds disgusting (despite the fact that he has very pleasing sound voice)Nice Lecture, but noises are just ruining it
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Amazing Overview of Movie History
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Great info, but author should watch mouth noises
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His views on The Godfather is very personally opinionated and biased, instead of scholarly. He talks about Marlon Brando being the king of Method acting, or even the father of method acting, when he wasn’t. He never wanted to be referred as a method actor because he studied under Stella Adler and not her rival Lee Strasberg, who was actually known as the Method Teacher. He also analyses Micheal Corleone as “satanic”… but that’s a flawed observation since there many listeners who belong to religions who don’t believe in satan and therefore may not know what he means by it. Also, there could be people who don’t believe “Satan” is an evil entity, or similar to Michael Corleone. He should have used adjectives that actually describes what he means that can be understood by a wider group of listeners.
He’s analysis is personal and not scholarly.
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Good Information But Regrettable Recording
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