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Gene Stavis <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 29 Jun 1995 20:23:17 -0700
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what, IN PRINCIPLE, is lost when we access cinematic texts through video
channels?
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I think that the answer to Mike Frank is that he refers to films as
"cinematic texts". This literary model of looking at films indeed barely
requires the films themselves. If all one is concerned about is the "text"
then a videotape is perfectly sufficient.
 
But don't pretend that you are studying "cinema".
 
Gene Stavis, School of Visual Arts - NYC
 
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