VIDEOLIB Archive: Re: [Videolib] In Defense of Film Studies

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Maybe in reply to: Rick Provine: "[Videolib] In Defense of Film Studies"

The really interesting thing abt the NYT article was that it presented Film
Studies (and particularly filmmaking) as a way for students to show that they
have actually finished a complete project. The tone of the article was very
anti-MBA, implyng that business school students learn a lot of theories and
case studies but don't complete any projects of their own. I've given copies
of the article to many of my interns in the past 8 months and it's always
greeted with great relief--at last, a way to justify comm arts not just to their
parents, but also to their friends and potential future employers! Jocelyn
Riley, HerOwnWords.com, Documentaries on Women's Lives

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