This is a response paper to the introduction part of the A.O. Scott book “Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth” for my Advanced Film Theory and Criticism class.
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- (Response Paper) Bela Balazs’ Physiognomy of Things: The Power of Close-up in Cinema
