Re-writing the History of Movies

“It’s time to redraw the map of movie history that we have in our heads; it’s factually inaccurate, and racist by omission.”

Mark Cousins, The Story of Film, 15 part documentary series.
 

Cousins is proposing, among other things, that the movies are not driven by money but by ideas, which is a potentially hugely liberating notion for our industry.  Controversial, yes, but is this because of the ways the debate has been defined by Hollywood?  What if the facts and omissions were corrected, would we think differently about movies, particularly the movies we are yet to make?

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Comments

[Robert Shaver]

With the Internet offering such rich interactions at a distance, I wonder why more schools don't take advantage of distance learning opportunities. I live in Austin, TX USA and have taken several very good courses from FXPHD for a reasonable price. (Perhaps you know Mike Seymour, one of FXPHD's principals, who's offices are in Sidney.)

But good as they are, FXPHD has a very narrow focus on visual effects classes. I'm looking for broader instruction in all of the cinematic arts such as your school offers in general and the subject of this post in particular. (It's why I read your blog. Thank your for that. The price is right ... but I'd pay for more.)

While I'm sure attending in person would provide a much more powerful learning experience, connecting via the Internet could still be valuable.

Maybe it's something to consider.

Peace,

Rob:-]

[Mike Jones]

We would love to Rob but AFTRS is the Australian National Film Tv and Radio School and is wholly government funded and all students heavilly subsidised. As such our charter extends only to Australian Citizens. That said, we are moving to impliment a comprehsnive online learning system right across all our courses and whilst this will at first only be availible to Australian citizens, in the future who knows...?

Mike