Citizen Kane “the best film of the 20th century” according to the AFI and many other film organizations. André Bazin describes this film as “a discourse on method”. What Bazin is basically trying to say is that Citizen Kane is a technical movie for its time. Citizen Kane is a realistic film and it is number one because of it ’s cinematography‚ the framing‚ editing‚ kinetics‚ storytelling‚ soundtrack and it ’s overall message. Citizen Kane ’s photography was not like most films of their era. The
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Auteur Theory suggests that a director can use the commercial equipment of filmmaking in the same way that an artist uses a paintbrush to paint. Auteur Theory is an avenue for the personal artistic expression of the director. The film theoretician‚ André Bazin‚ explained that‚ “Auteur theory is a way of choosing the personal factor in artistic creation as a standard of reference‚ and then assuming that it continues and even progresses from one film to the next.” The style of art and personal expression
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Man with a Movie Camera FA / FILM 1900 Anatomy of Feature Film Course Instructor: Firoza Elavia‚ Ph.D. Paola Jesamine Cortez Student no: 213159934 Tutorial 4 October 22 2013 Andre Bazin‚ a film critic‚ once said‚ “Photography does not create eternity‚ as art does; it embalms time‚ rescuing it simply from its proper corruption.”1 Like photography‚ film captures different moments in time and in many cases‚ it captures‚ or attempts to capture‚ real life. Vertov’s film‚ Man with a
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the text suggests attainable." This also reflects upon the 1944 audience whereby they will be "yearning" for a happier past when there is no war. The film uses the device of music to make it seem as if this is attainable for the audience. Andre Bazin saw the movement of film as a total progression towards: "A progressive movement toward an ultimate goal a total and complete representation of reality...
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critics in the 1920s. However much controversy regarding the use of auteur was brought about by a new film critic group called Cahier Du Cinema. It was founded by a French critic called Francois Truffaut. film club and met André Bazin‚ a French critic‚ who becomes his protector. Bazin helped the delinquent Truffaut and also when he was put in jail because he deserted the army. In 1953‚ he published his first movie critiques
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his films. However‚ despite what Geldzahler suggested as abandonment of life in order to pursue the themes of death and mortality‚ Warhol never abandoned the subject of life. In fact‚ within his works lies a concern for life‚ which Andre Bazin calls a “mummy complex.” Bazin states in his seminal essay‚ “The Ontology of the
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The Battleship Potemkin (Segei Eisenstein‚ 1925‚ USSR)‚ an attempt to record the historical 1905 mutiny upon the Russian Naval ship Potemkin‚ is renowned for its application of the Soviet Montage technique; A methodology pioneered by Eisenstein himself. The aim of this brave new cinematic vision was to elicit emotional and intellectual responses from audiences; A dialectic approach to film harking back to the ideals of Karl Marx. This particular strategy toward filmmaking proved incredibly useful
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The Auteur Theory began in France during the late 1940’s and was created by a group of critics like Andre Bazin who wrote for Cahiers du Cinema and was later given the name by Andrew Sarris in 1962 and is the belief that a film is a reflection of the creative vision of the director. The director is the most important person just like an author is in a novel. Over time two different types of opinions were born which derived from the original theory. Those who sided with Auteur‚ and those in favor
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THE FRENCH NEW WAVE LA NOUVELLE VAUGE During the German occupation French cinema thrived‚ this was due to the protection given to it from foreign competition. When the war ended American films flooded into the French market‚ these films were greeted with great enthusiasm‚ as many were curious about all aspects of American culture. The Blums-Byrnes Agreement regulated the flow of foreign films in the French market. This agreement stated that French films could only be shown for 13 weeks
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Luc Godard and to a lesser extent Jacques Rivette‚ Jacques Daniol-Valcroze and Eric Rohmer. All were critics for the influential film magazine ’Cahiers du Cinema’‚ where they worked under the guidance of film theorist and co-founder of ’Cahiers’‚ André Bazin. Intellectual Cinema French cinema has always held a reputation for producing experimental films and forging sometimes tenuous links with the world of fine art. Luis Bunuel’s 1928 collaboration with Salvador Dali Un Chien Andalou is a case
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