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Student begins presentation, asking the question: Why study film?
Singer discusses the interpenetration of realism and formalism in film.
In response to a student's description of problem-solving in engineering, Singer argues that mathematics is an abstract art form.
Discussion of the aesthetic differences between film and photography.
Student talks about Cocteau's film, Beauty & the Beast.
Further discussion of Cocteau; Singer explains that in Cocteau's work, film lends itself to poetry.
Student continues presentation with analysis of Citizen Kane.