How to Watch a Movie

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Call Number: 791.43 Th, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Performing Arts / Film & TV / Thomson, David
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	791.43 Th	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Performing Arts / Film & TV / Thomson, David	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	791.43 Th	4-week checkout	Due 05-01-2024

Includes index.
Are we having fun? -- Screens -- Alone together? -- See it once, watch it twice? -- Watching and seeing -- What is cinematic information? -- What is a shot? -- What is a cut, and does it hurt? -- What do you hear? -- What is a story, and does it matter? -- Who makes these movies? -- What does a hero do? -- Can you see the money? -- The document and the dream -- Where is the screen?
A critic shares professional insights into how to derive more from a film experience, analyzing a range of iconic films to reveal metaphorical artistry techniques in the acting, filming, dialogue, and music.

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Flee! Flee! submitted by GJBarnett2 on July 25, 2020, 9:02pm The author succeeds magnificently in reducing the vibrantly enthralling history of movies to an incredibly boring academic treatise. His first chapter is titled, "Are We Having Fun?" I didn't.