Films are . . .
Films are difficult to describe, though many confident attempts have been made. I propose an anthology of descriptions accumulated from published sources that complete the sentence beginning with, "Films are . . ." Please include the exact wording of the quote, author, source and page number so others can trace them.
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posted by D H Friesen @ 1:54 PM
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"Films are modern mystery plays with theological clues." Terry Lindvall, Communication Research Trends, v. 23, no.4, p. 14
I should add that Lindvall's phrase is part of his summary of Neil Hurley's understanding of film as discussed in Theology Through Film (1970).
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"Film is a medium of immediate imaging - where some images and texts require some reflection and repose prior to understanding, most film demands and gets an immediate reaction and understanding. It displays a world much more convincingly and immediately than any other symbolic form. As mechanical reproduction, it gives the illusion of pure reference. As moving picture, it seems to offer an ongoing experience of time present and therefore of presence."
Jeffrey F. Keuss, 'Reading Stanley Kubrick' in Christianson, Eric, et al., Cinema Divinite , 84.
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