TC Great Books Group Discussing Ch 3+4+Poem _Double Features: Big Ideas in Film_

January 9, 2020 we will continue discussing essays from our timely new text for 2019-2020 Double Features: Big Ideas in Film
which "examines our understanding of movies and the effect they have on our wider culture.

The twenty-three selections in this innovative new anthology explore different aspects of film and filmmaking, from the perspective of artists and creators, directors and producers, and audiences and critics."
https://store.greatbooks.org/colleges-book-groups/double-features-big-ideas-in-film.html

This third discussion of our text will focus on the book's third & fourth essays from our text's "Creating" section:
"Shooting to Kill (selection)" by Christine Vachon
and
Laugh, Cry, Believe: Spielbergization and Its Discontents

Plus, we'll spend just a little time discussing the poem, "Edward Hopper's New York Movie", by Joseph Stanton on pages 169-170, the third reading in our text's "Watching" section.