Our Aug 24 Weekly Email to our 229 Members Announcing "The Power of Film"

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Subject: The Focus for our Wed Sep 18 Mtg – “The Power of Film” by the Founding Chair of UCLA’s famous Film & TV Producers Program where he taught for 53 years
Date: Sat, August 24, 2024
To: To Each of Our 229 Members One-By-One
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To Each of Our 229 Members One-By-One – for reasons explained in the 4 postings in Sec. 2 of www.ReadingLiberally-SaltLake.org.


Dear Friends,

Our next meeting is Wed September 18 – 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm MDT via Zoom.


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SEPTEMBER 18 FOCUS

In the past, we have occasionally focused on movies/documentaries rather than a book.

HOWEVER, be sure that you are focusing on Prof. Howard Suber’s six-part documentary that aired on Turner Classic Movies 1/1/2024 - 2/8/2024.

BEWARE Prof. Suber’s book by the same title published 1/1/2006!!!

The book is nothing more than a dictionary of terms used in film making AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SIX-PART DOCUMENTARY THAT AIRED 18 YEARS LATER!!!


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ACCESSING THE SIX-PART DOCUMENTARY

Available on Amazon Prime Video with a Max subscription for $9.99/month (which Max subscription you can cancel afterwards).

Please see https://www.amazon.com/The-Power-of-Par ... 237&sr=8-4.


NB: The $9.99 Max subscription is a fraction of what a book normally costs, even a Kindle version.


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AUTHOR BIO

One of America's most distinguished film professors provides the definitive A to Z course on the intricacies of film. His lifetime of teaching film has already inspired and educated several generations of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers and writers. The patterns and principles that make films popular and memorable will be useful both for those who want to create films and for those who just want to understand them better.


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PUBLIC-POLICY RAISON D’ÊTRE FOR THE PROPOSAL

George Kunath’s original proposal (viewtopic.php?f=820&t=2552&sid=a0b21202 ... 79f0e297d8) said –

Hitler’s “right hand man” was Joseph Goebbels whose official title 1933-1945 was “Minister of Propaganda.”

As we have studied several times, William Shirer recorded in his definitive “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” that the reason why Hitler did not care whether prominent members of the American media including Shirer had free rein to travel throughout Nazi Germany and to interview whomever they wanted FOR 27 MONTHS AFTER BRITAIN’S DECLARATION OF WAR -- was the fact that Hitler knew that his Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels had such tight control over the German media that nothing that William Shirer or his colleagues might report would ever find its way back to the German public.

Yes, in America, we have Free Speech and Freedom of the Press.

Nonetheless, Americans typically believe anything they see in a movie!!!

So let’s take a close look at the movie industry.


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DESCRIPTION OF THE SIX EPISODES

Episode 1 – Popular and Memorable

A tiny fraction of the most commercially successful American films lasts from one generation to another rather than the large proportion. Howard Suber asks why this small minority continues to have such power.

Episode 2 – Trapped Between Fate and Destiny

Nearly all memorable stories, whether told in movies or in real life, are about traps. The most memorable are generally about the loss, sacrifice, and ultimate triumph the central character must engage in to escape their trap.

Episode 3 – The Power of Character Relationships

The structure of memorable stories often focuses on one central character. The drama stems from their relationships and interactions with others.

Episode 4 – Heroes and Villains

Film dramas often portray central characters as heroes or villains, yet the two are frequently quite similar. Memorable films tend to compensate for the real world's lack of justice, commitment and altruism.

Episode 5 – The Power of Paradox

In memorable films, paradoxes create tension as the truth about characters and situations is often the opposite of first impressions. This reveals surprising truths that engage audiences.

Episode 6 – Love and Meaning

Despite Hollywood's penchant for happy endings, many iconic love stories conclude with lovers separated or dead, their bittersweet paradox etched in memory.


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SEPTEMBER 18 MTG INFO –

Wed Sep 18 – 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm MDT via Zoom.

Please RSVP by hitting your Reply Button and typing RSVP.

There is nothing further you need to do such as any special Zoom training. We will send all RSVP’s a few days in advance a URL and meeting name/password.


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We look forward to seeing/hearing each of you on Wed Sep 18!!! Please be well!!!

Your friend,

John K.

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