How Do We Deal with Old Movies?

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0:00 - Introduction
5:38 - How Do We Deal with Old Movies?
17:25 - The Searchers
30:08 - Historical Narcissism & Enjoying the Problematic
34:16 - Tone & Framing
39:23 - What Do We Do?

Engaging with film history also means engaging with the problematic. How do we deal with old movies which espouse offensive values and ideologies? This video essay addresses and complicates this question, drawing film film historians, critics, and disparate works from The Searchers to Mae West to James Bond to Gone with the Wind to Dirty Harry (and more!)

Artwork by Brooke Spencer

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Works Cited: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e...

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