Sorry, at the present time these remarks are arranged from more recently seen to less recently seen. To search for a specific title, use the Find function of your browser. Howl’s Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) . 2004. Anime with voiceovers for American release. Visually stunning. Quiet. Beautiful animation. Story, however, lacks internal logic and
Read MoreIncluded on this page are images from films that demonstrate particular characteristics of film art. Errol Flynn: Magnificent acting under the direction of Raoul Walsh in Uncertain Glory (1944), the story of a criminal trapped in a town suffering from Nazi occupation. The Nazis will execute 100 in the town unless a resistance leader comes
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This is an exercise page, with examples of how narrative analysis using Aristotle’s elements and other methods might be applied to specific cases. This might be a good page to use for classroom assignments. Our first example, below, uses a radio play (which, not coincidentally, was written by the author of these pages). You should
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RECOMMENDED FILMS This set of lists makes it pretty easy to find a good film: if it’s on one of these lists, chances are you will enjoy the film. Please Note: Although most of these titles in the table below have been checked for availability, some may be currently out of stock or may have
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Comments on various films from 2014-2021 Pages related to this topic: Recent Best Films 200+ Great Films Narrative Structures in Films: A Mindmap Thomas Mann on film: Text from “The Magic Mountain” Mistakes in Film Criticism Aristotle’s Six Elements of Drama BEST OF 2021 After several years of mediocre films, popular culture finds its roots
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After returning from Bulgaria I became interested in the popular history of communism in films from both the West and the East. Communist culture was both far worse than I imagined, and, in some respects (notably, its educational system), far more sophisticated and enlightened than I imagined. The present list does not do justice to
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A List in Progress Compiled by T. Birch Last Edited: 2/21/02 The following is a brief list of some eminently enjoyable films that are generally not on the standard lists of “all-time great” films. Some are relatively low-budget specials that really had no chance to be popular because of their subject matter or style. Others
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Pages related to this topic: Recent Best Films 200+ Great Films Narrative Structures in Films: A Mindmap Thomas Mann on film: Text from “The Magic Mountain” Mistakes in Film Criticism Aristotle’s Six Elements of Drama Archie Horror – Who Knew? Stopped in the Library yesterday. Spied a comic on the “Take One — Leave One”
Read MorePages related to this topic: Recent Best Films 200+ Great Films Thomas Mann on film: Text from “The Magic Mountain” Mistakes in Film Criticism Aristotle’s Six Elements of Drama Narrative Structures in Films The diagram below indicates relationships among various factors present in the context of film narratives. Some of the considerations used to describe
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Pages related to this topic: Recent Best Films 200+ Great Films Narrative Structures in Films: A Mindmap Thomas Mann on film: Text from “The Magic Mountain” Mistakes in Film Criticism Aristotle’s Six Elements of Drama REMARKS by Anthony Birch, Ph.D. The passage reproduced below, from The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann, is famous in film
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