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The State of the Discipline: Film Studies as Bad Object

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Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 24 (5): 791--797 (2010)
DOI: 10.1080/10304312.2010.505942

Abstract

The article focuses on the form and discipline of film studies as bad cinema for film-based courses in Australia. It relates to various forms of exploitation films and paracinema that have no longer in the concept of film theory. It says that film studies have lost its timeliness, wherein students neglect or reduce the value and importance of film studies. It adds that the diverse range of film availability through DVD and Internet archives also produce bad cinema to viewers.

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