> These are the first two citations for the word "genre" in the sense
we
> are using it here in the 1987 supplement to the First Edition of
the OED.
>
> Some college students on this list may have free access to the
online
> in-progress third edition
I have access to the online edition and there aren't any earlier
citations for this entry in the sense you're talking about. No
update.
... It's a very good article, with a lot of insights. I'm especially interested in your idea (via Zanuck) that Ford's shots somehow suggest a comprehensive...
Dan Sallitt wrote ... Precisely. I urge you to watch early 30s Ford with this in mind, particularly when close shots of people are being exchanged. e.g., AIR...
... Interesting. I'd certainly go as far as saying that realism is a relative concept: that there's no such thing as an absolute standard of realism in any ...
... So can you give me a short concise definition of "realism" à la Auerbach, one which I can repeat the people on the street which they'll all understand...
... Do you mean this literally? He would have heard it in the (possibly unlikely) event that he'd read, say, V.F. Perkins' pre-'65 review of HATARI! (later...
... So we can date "genre" to the time of HATARI in both languages. Now: how far back can we date it in either language? As applied to movies. ... I'm not...
... If we stopped using all words that academics abuse, we'd have to talk in monosyllables. ... I don't think we're talking theory here. Filmmakers know about...
... "With regard to the genre, I am of the opinion that an English audience will not relish it so well as a more characteristic kind of comedy." - C. Jenner,...
... we ... the OED. ... online ... I have access to the online edition and there aren't any earlier citations for this entry in the sense you're talking about....
... So? And who said "all words that academics use"? How many words did I fault? Two? Three? Now suddenly according to you I'm against all words that aren't ...
... I think that a film is a reponse to, possibly, everything that has gone in the world prior to its existence. I never said anything to the contrary. I've...
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