David Bordwell Movies

  • 2016
    Cinema Futures

    Cinema Futures

    Cinema Futures

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    The “digital revolution” reached the cinema late and was chiefly styled as a technological advancement. Today, in an era where analog...

    Cinema Futures
  • 2013
    Functions of Film Sound

    Functions of Film Sound

    Functions of Film Sound

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    This visual essay sets clips from Robert Bresson's "A Man Escaped" to a reading of "Functions of Film Sound," a chapter from David Bordwell and...

    Functions of Film Sound
  • 2017
    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

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    In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's "His...

    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
  • 2019
    The Gift to Be Simple: Satire and Sympathy in 'The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice'

    The Gift to Be Simple: Satire and Sympathy in 'The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice'

    The Gift to Be Simple: Satire and Sympathy in 'The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice'

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    David Bordwell, author of Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema, discusses some of the key themes and stylistic qualities that define Yasujiro Ozu's work and...

    The Gift to Be Simple: Satire and Sympathy in 'The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice'