Cinema

CItizen Kane ending via youtube. Part 11 [] Part 12 []

Is film art? Does it belong in the study of English? If drama is considered worthy of literary study, shouldn't film? Or is it is own discipline? Is it closer to art (like photography, painting, sculpture) than literature or is it a combination of both or is it something else entirely? Is it even worthy of serious study?

Ingmar Bergman's //Seventh Seal// Orson Welles' //Citizen Kane// Shakespeare in film (Othello, Macbeth, comedy)

Aesthetic criteria Purpose Effect Technique

II. Citizen Kane William Randolph Hearst "Xanadu" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Hearst Castleat San Simeon, California (The real-life Xanadu)

AFI ([|American Film Institute]) and the 100 Best American Films

Sparknotes for a movie?! [] Influence: [|The Simpsons Do Citizen Kane]

Filmic techniques: Deep Focus Wipe Use of Flashback to order narration Noir atmosphere



I. Ingmar Bergman's //Seventh Seal//

Consider the contrasts: illusion versus reality, nature vs. man, skepticism vs. faith, emotions vs. intellect, courage vs. cowardice, selfishness vs. compassion, lust vs. love.

The Knight's theological and philosophical questions.

Albertus Pintor-- a church muralist who painted Death playing chess. [|BBC reports] original Bergman chess pieces sold for over a million dollars [|Criterion] collection of reviews [|The Auteurs] collection of reviews [|New York Times]critic A.O. Scott [|AV Club] [|Roger Ebert]review from his Essays on Great Movies

Parodies:

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