From: "valerie orpen" <mfgssvo2-AT-fs1.art.man.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:56:22 BST
Subject: Re: (no subject)


I had to laugh. This is just soooo true! But students are full 
of surprises. Try showing them something that you think might be 
boring (e.g. Godard's 70s films, Warhol, some avant-garde) and 
they suddenly come to life! I screened Godard's _Two or Three 
Things I Know About Her_ thinking they'd hate it, but they seemed 
to find it far more fun than Carné's _Hôtel du Nord_. Weird! I 
really don't think it's to do with MTV, because they can still 
get excited about the quick/jump cuts in _A bout de souffle_. 
Students will never cease to amaze us...

Valerie.

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        Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:07:04 EST Subject:       Re: (no subject) 
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I teach a variety of analytic film courses and I'm amazed that students find 
not only silent films but much later works boring.  Mayabe it's just the 
breed of students we have, but they sleep through screwball classics and find 
John Cassavetes stultifying.  I'm convinced it's having come of age after the 
emergence of MTV and MIAMI VICE, with the frequent cuts and pounding music.


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Lecturer in French Screen Studies
Department of French Studies
University of Manchester
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