What is Film Studies?

This video essay seeks to clarify what the academic study of film entails.
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Written version of this video: https://www.zacharyxavier.com/what-is...
David Bordwell’s essay, ‘Studying Cinema’: http://www.davidbordwell.net/essays/s...

References:
Bordwell, David. (2000). ‘Studying Cinema’, David Bordwell’s website on cinema, viewed 20 November 2020, http://www.davidbordwell.net/essays/s...
Stone, Rob. (2018). The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don’t Run. Columbia University Press.

Films Featured:
Le Voyage dans la Lune/A Trip to the Moon (Georges Méliès, 1902) https://amzn.to/3P6c5By
A Single Man (Tom Ford, 2009) https://amzn.to/3923lM4
Ladri di biciclette/Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948) https://amzn.to/3ylm2oC
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) https://amzn.to/38714PW
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013) https://amzn.to/3FrTRGe
Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1990) https://amzn.to/3LVvRO1

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‘Your Destiny’ – Barrie Gledden, Jason Pedder

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