The power of film. Part 3, Character relationships.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Gabbert, Laura, director.

Suber, Howard, 1937- host.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (00:38:19)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Good Docs, 2024.

Language Note:

Closed-captions in English.

Summary:

The Power of Film is a 6-part series about the inner workings of America's most popular and memorable films. It's hosted by legendary UCLA Film School Professor Emeritus Howard Suber, Ph.D., whose insights are interwoven with dramatic clips from an incredible array of powerful and beloved movies from the last century through today. For over fifty years, Professor Suber taught directors, screenwriters, producers, and scholars the defining principles and hidden patterns of great films. The Power of Film distills these teachings into six episodes with clarity, humor, and an understanding of the history of storytelling from Aristotle to Shakespeare to Coppola and beyond. Neither a technical analysis nor a review, this series reveals the psychological underpinnings of why certain films affect viewers so deeply and can impact viewers for generations beyond their release. Using dramatic film scenes, Suber uncovers mysteries, dispels myths, and explains powerful themes that have impacted us for millennia. Though The Power of Film is about movies, it's really about ourselves. By examining the psyche of the audience, Suber ultimately inspires us — as the heroes of our own stories — to realize that we can seize our own destinies, "that we CAN change our world." Character Relationships explores the myriad ways characters relate to one another and to their communities in films such as "Sideways," "E.T.", "Thelma and Louise," and "Do the Right Thing." As Howard Suber says, "there's no such thing as an interesting character; there are only interesting character relationships," which is why there are so few monologues in our greatest films. But, like religions, myths, and the most durable dramas, most memorable plots center on a single individual, around whom the action and characters revolve, like a solar system. Suber builds on his idea that we're all "trapped" by looking at the way traps are constructed through the "triangulation of characters" in movies such as "Jaws," "Paths of Glory," and "Arrival." Finally, Suber explores how most memorable heroes are intermediaries (Oscar Schindler in "Schindler's List," Rick Blaine in "Casablanca," and George Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life"), someone who seamlessly moves between different groups and communities in their lives, giving themselves and the structure of the film its power.

Participant:

Director, Laura Gabbert ; Host, Professor Howard Suber.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781036248314

OCLC:

1584443038

Publisher Number:

301829