Description

The Dames discuss the meaning and background of Film Theory and Criticism. Plus listener questions and a Very Special Contest announcement!

Further reading:

• Francois Truffaut's "A Certain Tendency" essay: https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/TruffautInCahiers31/Truffaut%20A_certain_tendency_translated.pdf

For Next Week:

• Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema": https://www.asu.edu/courses/fms504/total-readings/mulvey-visualpleasure.pdf
• Barbara Creed's "The Monstrous Feminism": http://ieas-szeged.hu/downtherabbithole/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Barbara-Creed-The-Monstrous-Feminine-2007.pdf

To enter the Criterion Contest, send an email with subject line Criterion to: citizendamepod@gmail.com
 
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