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Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

Plot: In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's "His Girl Friday" (1940), which he believes to be the apotheosis of classical Hollywood storytelling. Bordwell discusses the film's history and the status of Howard Hawks as an auteur before delving into a detailed analysis of various aspects of the film's narrative, dialogue, use of props, editing, and staging
Release Date: Tuesday, January 10 2017
7 years ago
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Portrait of David BordwellDavid Bordwell
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Portrait of Rosalind RussellRosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell would have been no older than
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as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Tue, Jun 04 1907 –
Sun, Nov 28 1976

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Portrait of Kim HendricksonKim Hendrickson
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Portrait of Peter BeckerPeter Becker
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Portrait of Fumiko TakagiFumiko Takagi
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Portrait of Jonathan TurellJonathan Turell
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Portrait of Gabriel ChávezGabriel Chávez
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Portrait of Grant DelinGrant Delin
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