A well—made film offers a whole world of things to watch. First, there are the story aspects—characters, dialogue and themes. Then there are the technical aspects—the camera workA well—made film offers much more than you see in one way.
They can teach you things just as newspapers do, or television, or any other ways or communication. Sometimes they communicate important things to you, and sometimes not.
Notice, for example, the way films sometimes affect fashion.
Boys in the 1950s could sometimes be seen wearing black leather jackets, walking here and there around the street corners and doing nothing seriously, just smoking cigarettes. They were coping Marlon Brando's style. His films taught them a certain way to behave.
Films can also teach politics (政治). In Star Wars, the heroes were, rather like the British in the early days of World War II. Their enemies, like the Nazis, in fact, was re—run (再上演), and taught values like faith and love of freedom. This is all to the good.
A. The more you can realize, the better you are. B. It's difficult to find out how many characters there are in a good film. C. Films are a way of communication. D. But the point is, did you notice it? E. The film will help people to know our country better. F. And there are many other things, like the credits (演职人员表). musical score and acting. G. A star dresses or wears her hair in a certain way, and gradually everyone is copying her style. |