Definitions of Film Theory and Criticism
From Biology by Campbell the 5th Ed. page 426 “The colloquial use of “theory” comes close to what scientists mean by a “hypothesis.” Campbell defines a hypothesis on page 14 as being “…a tennative answer to some question – an explanation or trial.” So a film theory could be understood as a potential explanation for what a film does. Unlike scientific theories they are grounded more in dogma and tradition but like scientific theories they must be justified by a rigid methodology of observation and analysis of facts.
Criticism is finding the proper context to judge a work of art and then applying the expectations
that come with that context to arrive at a judgement about how well the artist has fulfilled these
expectations.
” . . . or we could take my car. Gosh!”
Man, how’d you find that?
That still makes me smile. My smile is only slightly diminished by the humble realization that only you can successfully pull that joke off. I’m pretty sure I tried with 3 different people on 3 separate occasions, and none of them showed any reaction.
Which just shows that they don’t appreciate art.
I’m not sure it’s the right sculpture I just “Goolged” Baby at Getty or something like that. Hey don’t feel bad I think you might have been the only person that actually laughed at that joke anyway. I had Johnny try it out on some girl when we was down there and it was a flop. I’m not sure if Rachel thought it was funny or that guy that was with her that one time.