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The Way I See It - Classic Cinema: A Users Manual

The Way I See It - Classic Cinema: A Users Manual

Author(s): Robert A. Jordan

Edition: 3

Copyright: 2019

Pages: 204

Edition: 3

Copyright: 2019

Pages: 204

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The Way I See It is not a conventional cinema book. It is written in a casual, direct style. Each essay is short and easy to read, either before or after viewing a particular film. Dozens of films are discussed, including many that are sure to be on your screening list.

This user’s manual is less like a textbook and more like a discussion group. Subjective opinions will be offered and questions will be raised about each film. The difference is that this study group will be led by a veteran cinema instructor! The goal is to make your film viewing experience a more informed and exciting one.

Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction

Part One: The Basics
The Last Samurai
The Dark Knight
Objective and Subjective
Singin’ in the Rain
The Director’s Toolbox: Visual Design
The Films of D. W. Griffith
The Director’s Toolbox: Sound
Sunset Boulevard
The Director’s Toolbox: Acting
Pretty Woman
Taxi Driver
Witness and the Film Script
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Donnie Darko
Citizen Kane

Part Two: The Studio Era
Studio Production
The Films of Charlie Chaplin
The General
Stagecoach
High Noon
Scarface: The Shame of a Nation
Gangster Films: The Next Generation
Detective Films
Style, Not Genre: Film Noir
Screwball Comedies
Musicals
Casablanca

Part Three: Changing Times
Bonnie and Clyde
A Fistful of Dollars
True Grit
Race in Cinema
Dr. Strangelove
Chinatown
Young Frankenstein
The Usual Suspects
Fatal Attraction
The Godfather
Jaws
Alien
Raging Bull
The Lord of the Rings
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Odyssey
Victor / Victoria
The Shining
Dunkirk (2017)

Robert A. Jordan
Robert Jordan has over twenty-five years’ experience, teaching a wide variety of film, television and screenwriting courses at San Diego State University.

New Edition Now Available!

The Way I See It is not a conventional cinema book. It is written in a casual, direct style. Each essay is short and easy to read, either before or after viewing a particular film. Dozens of films are discussed, including many that are sure to be on your screening list.

This user’s manual is less like a textbook and more like a discussion group. Subjective opinions will be offered and questions will be raised about each film. The difference is that this study group will be led by a veteran cinema instructor! The goal is to make your film viewing experience a more informed and exciting one.

Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction

Part One: The Basics
The Last Samurai
The Dark Knight
Objective and Subjective
Singin’ in the Rain
The Director’s Toolbox: Visual Design
The Films of D. W. Griffith
The Director’s Toolbox: Sound
Sunset Boulevard
The Director’s Toolbox: Acting
Pretty Woman
Taxi Driver
Witness and the Film Script
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Donnie Darko
Citizen Kane

Part Two: The Studio Era
Studio Production
The Films of Charlie Chaplin
The General
Stagecoach
High Noon
Scarface: The Shame of a Nation
Gangster Films: The Next Generation
Detective Films
Style, Not Genre: Film Noir
Screwball Comedies
Musicals
Casablanca

Part Three: Changing Times
Bonnie and Clyde
A Fistful of Dollars
True Grit
Race in Cinema
Dr. Strangelove
Chinatown
Young Frankenstein
The Usual Suspects
Fatal Attraction
The Godfather
Jaws
Alien
Raging Bull
The Lord of the Rings
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Odyssey
Victor / Victoria
The Shining
Dunkirk (2017)

Robert A. Jordan
Robert A. Jordan
Robert Jordan has over twenty-five years’ experience, teaching a wide variety of film, television and screenwriting courses at San Diego State University.