Re: Multiple Responses: cinema program recommendations

From: Janet Staiger [[email protected]]

In reply to Mike's points about production student apathy toward
theory:  Actually, I was thinking more about the faculty in film/TV
departments.  I think if faculty (both production and studies) lead
students in the view that both "sides" of the field are valuable, they are
more willing to be interested in studies.  And by studies, I was thinking
about criticism and history as much as about theory.  I do think that
students can be excited by continental theory, cognitive psychology,
psychoanalysis, etc., especially if directed toward thinking about why
audiences respond.  Filmmakers often care much about what might excite and
provoke their audiences.