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  1. Seth Paxton

    Films You've Intently Studied

    Murnau is one of my favorite directors with Faust being my 2nd favorite of his. For my Sunrise paper I described his work as poetic film rather than prose film, in that he makes hard use of metaphor and symbolism to jam his films full with minimal scenes. The devil standing over the town as a...
  2. Seth Paxton

    Films You've Intently Studied

    I've done papers on tons of films, but perhaps the longest was for Sunrise, about 25-30 pages IIRC. I've studied all of Murnau's work basically. I wrote several Studio Era papers of 5-10 pages, including extensive reading/research, most notably on Public Enemy and Singin' in the Rain. I...
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