Tag: film studies
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Amy Cook, Stony Brook University – The Art and Science of Casting
There’s an art and a science to casting your favorite movie roles. Amy Cook, Associate Professor in English and Theatre Arts at Stony Brook University, discusses how casting that goes beyond our expectations can bring new narratives to the forefront. Amy Cook is Associate Professor in English and Theatre Arts and Graduate Director in the…
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Marsha Gordon, North Carolina State University – The Water Cooler Event of 1983: The Day After
Does art predict the future? Marsha Gordon, professor of film studies in the Department of English at North Carolina State University, says a nuclear disaster movie from the 1980s rings true today. Marsha Gordon is the author, most recently, of Film is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller’s War Movies (Oxford University Press, 2017) and is…