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Exploding the Film Canon

Professor Ian Christie FBA · Gresham College

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About

For nearly seventy years, what might be called ‘the canon’ of greatest films has been arbitrated by an international poll of critics delivering a ‘ten best’ list every decade, published in the BFI’s Sight & Sound.

Lectures

  1. What Makes a Film Classic? 2021-01-18 · YouTube
  2. Far From Hollywood: New Kinds of Classic Film 2021-02-15 · YouTube
  3. Could Streaming Change the ‘Classic Film’ Canon? 2021-03-15 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Ian Christie FBA
Year
2021
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
Source
Gresham College
Licence
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