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This course will deal with the specific elements of film and the ways in which they convey meaning to the audience. Sequence-by-sequence, shot-by-shot analysis will be applied to a wide variety of film classics. Among the films to be shown are early Dziga Vertov films, Griffiths' "Birth of a Nation," Chaplin's "Modern Times," the Odessa steps sequence from "Potemkin," Ford's "Stagecoach," Welles' "Citizen Kane," Kubrick's. "Dr. Strangelove," and Fellini's "81/2...
...reach of his office and of U.S. policy. His entrée to the spiritual fortress that is the Vatican, the facility with which he dealt with a Communist ruler in Belgrade and a Falangist in Madrid, as well as formal allies in Rome and London-all combined to convey a sense of healthy diversity. Massive television coverage showed him not only in formal association with world leaders but in human communication with ordinary citizens. Grinning, standing on a car, his arms flung to the sky, the huzzahs of foreign crowds filling the air, he was warmed personally and benefited...
...psychology, Director Petri forgoes the subtleties of a typical Jamesian ghost story to concentrate on visceral effects. The movie has many kinky and splendidly horrifying moments, including a sadistic nightmare, a daylight visitation in a garden, and a tumultuous seance sequence Franco Nero, in a difficult part, manages to convey just the right amount of obsessive menace;, while the excellent Vanessa Redgrave, in a simpler one lends to the proceedings a saving edge of meticulously rendered reality...
...chillingly ironic humor ("You can take niggers out of the country/ But you can't take the country out of niggers.") The absolute pathos of poems like "Jones Comin' Down" and "Two Little Boys," both about addiction, do not have the driving frustration of the other songs, but convey more in terms of human values. Rather than an angry tirade, these are short vignettes of ghetto life, the more real because they are understated...
...human stories behind the trends and statistics convey a feel of hard times. Pete Carnes, 35, a Broomfield, Colo., draftsman, has just lost his third job in 14 months. After eleven years of steady work for Chrysler Corp., he was laid off by the company's space division at Cape Kennedy in June 1969. He sold his Florida house at a $2,000 loss and disposed of some Chrysler stock, Government bonds and a small boat to finance a move to Colorado. He was hired by a research firm, but that job lasted only six months. After six weeks...