MIT 21L.011 The Film Experience, Fall 2013
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Instructor: David Thorburn
Define what makes a film a "musical." Key themes: creating community and putting on the show, high vs popular culture, social class vs merit, restraint vs spontaneity. Films discussed: Love Me Tonight, 42nd Street, Top Hat.
00:00 OCW Intro
00:25 An American form
02:30 Numbers
04:56 Themes
09:27 The revue
15:05 The operetta
25:11 Busby Berkeley
35:07 Astaire, Rogers, and RKO
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