Great films and how to teach them /

Costanzo, William V.

Great films and how to teach them / William V. Costanzo. - Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English, c2004. - xxi, 329 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Revision of the author's Reading the movies.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-328)

Reading the movies -- Art of fiction film -- Languages of film -- Technology of film -- Brief history of film -- Business of film -- Theories of film -- Film genres -- Representation in film -- Film in the English class -- Fourteen 14 great films on video and DVD -- Casablanca -- North by Northwest -- To kill a mockingbird -- Romeo and Juliet -- Godfather -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest -- Glory -- Mississippi Masala -- Schindler's list -- Shawshank redemption -- Run Lola run -- Matrix -- Bend it like Beckham -- Whale rider-- Appendix 1: More great films -- Appendix 2: Student film study projects -- Appendix 3: Great film web sites -- Glossary -- Bbliography.

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Motion pictures--Study and teaching.
Motion pictures and literature.
Motion pictures--Philosophy.
Film criticism.

PN1993.7 / .C59 2004