Saturday, September 15, 2018, 2 p.m., Dryden Theatre
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David Bordwell, Emeritus Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies at University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Celebrated American film historian David Bordwell will discuss filmmaking in the 1940s, the techniques that became part of our standard film lexicon, and the filmmakers who brought about these changes. His latest book, Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s Filmmakers Changed Movie Storytelling, details some of the major shifts in cinematic narrative, including voice-over narration, non-linear storytelling, and movements to both the more realistic and the fantastic. Bordwell will be signing copies of his book after the lecture.
Free to all; no museum admission required.