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Topics/Questions/Exercises Of The Week—6 November 2009
theauteurs.com - 16 days ago
Topics/Questions/Exercises Of The Week—6 November 2009
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The Hitman As Existential Hero: A Film Noir Invention?: Why is it that even the most unpretentious, not to say dumb, film noir is so easy to intellectualize? One could blame Sartre, Camus, or any number of French guys and/or whoever it was who coined the phrase "radical will." Or is it ...
Topics/Questions/Exercises Of The Week—13 November 2009
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Topics/Questions/Exercises Of The Week—13 November 2009
— theauteurs.com — On The Evolution Of CinemaScope: Or, of you're going to be a stickler about names of formats and such, "The 2.35:1 Or So Aspect Ratio." Above: The Robe (Henry Koster, 1953). Above: Bonjour Tristesse (Otto Preminger, 1958). Above: Le ... Topics/Questions/Exercises Of The Week—13 November 2009

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Some Came Running — ... It was a slow news week, movie-wise, so I used the opportunity to wax a little more philosophical about the prerogatives of film noir, particularly the above, in today's installment of Topics, etc.  over at ...

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