Almost every university offers courses in Film History, Cinema Studies, or Film Appreciation. We hope that our students have taken such courses or acquired the equivalent knowledge before they come to the workshop. For those who have not studied film or would like to increase their understanding of film history, there are easy and inexpensive ways to do so.
Television is in fact a great source of film related information.
For example, the Bravo Channel televises excellent documentaries and discussions about filmmakers and film history. PBS has nearly continuous programming on film-related subjects. Of course the library and bookstore offer an enormous collection of excellent film books, from Peter Bogdonavich's interviews with great filmmakers to the series of autobiographies written by the world's most influential film directors. Some Suggested Films to Screen 1. The 400 Blows, Francois Truffaut 2.