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Film Literacy by Louis Forsdale — 1966When Gilbert Seldes says "there's no 'illiteracy' in films," he is making the perfectly justified point that motion pictures have vastly increased audiences for "literary" experiences. We all understand reasonably well a John Wayne western, but such barely innovative films as L’Avventura and Last Year at Marienbad, when they first appeared, set most of our even highest browed critics to howling "obscure!" The radically experimental work of the mounting wave of individual film makers—such as those represented in the Film-Makers' Cooperative in New York City—embody formal inventions which have already transformed L’Avventura into a familiar "classic."To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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