Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с видеофильмом "Casablanca". Дворжец О.С. - 9 стр.

2. Where were the moving pictures invented? Was the first public demon-            1. Look at the headlines of the articles and say what films you think the arti-
   stration before a paying audience given in London?                              cles might be about. Have you seen these films? What do you know about
3. Why were the first cinemas called "Nickel Odeons"?                              them?
4. How did it happen that the film makers move across the country to Hol-          2. Divide into two groups.
   lywood?                                                                         Group A. Read the article "The most popular film in history".
5. Who formed United Artists in 1918?                                              Group B. Read the article "Gumption".
6. The Hollywood films are considered by the author of the profile to be               Answer the comprehension check questions as you read.
   'super', 'colossal' or 'fantastic', aren't they?                                    Comprehension check.
7. What is the Hollywood philosophy?                                               What book is the film based on?
                                                                                   When was the film shot?
3.3 How much do you know about the cinema industry in your country? Can            Are there any facts in the article about how the film was shot?
     you answer these questions?                                                   How were the actors who played the main parts in the film chosen?
A How many films are made in your country on average every year?                   Is it an expensive film?
B Is the number of films being made going up?                                      What description of the film is there in the article?
C What successful films have been made in recent years?                            What prize did the film win?
D Does the government fund the film industry?
E What film would you choose to show what your country is like?                       When you have answered the questions, find a partner from the other
                                                                                   group.
4 Which are the ten greatest movies ever made? In some ways that's an im-             Compare your answers and swap information.
possible question to answer, because everybody's list of favourite films is dif-
ferent. On the other hand, certain pictures have become landmarks in the his-       The most popular film in history                            Gumption
tory of movie-making. They may not be the greatest, but they're definitely cin-               By Robert Kent                               By Kristen O'Neill
ema classics. Here are five out of ten movies which are considered to be cin-          Gone With The Wind, the classic              The afternoon of October 16,
ema classics by New York Film Academy. Can you continue the list by adding         story of the American South, was             1985 was the first day of what
five more movies?                                                                  set at the time of the American Civil        would be a nine-year process to
1. Battleship Potemkin                                                             War. Released in 1939, it is now the         bring Forrest Gump to the big
2. Ben Hur                                                                         most popular film in history: more           screen – a process marked by mis-
3. The Wizard of Oz                                                                people rate it as a favorite movie           steps, high drama, bruised feelings,
4. Gone with the wind                                                              than any other film.                         and, eventually, unequalled tri-
5. Citizen Kane                                                                        When the producer, David Sel-            umph.
                                                                                   znick, bought the film rights to Mar-            It was on that memorable after-
5 Jigsaw reading                                                                   garet Mitchell's best-selling novel,         noon that Wendy Finerman from
You will now read articles about two Hollywood films from English Digest           thousands of letters arrived demand-         Warner Bros. Was sitting in her of-
and Premiere.                                                                      ing that Clark Gable play the role of        fice, alternatively laughing and cry-
                                                                                   Rhett Butler.                                ing as she read the manuscript for a
                                                                                       When Selznick started filming,           soon-to-be published novel called

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