Self-paced
The following passage is adapted from a 2001 article by a film historian.
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Question ·
Which works of art should be shown together?
Answer 1 ·
Group art according to artist
E.g. Rembrandt paintings
Answer 2 ·
Group art according to theme/period
E.g., Modernist art
Similarity ·
Both answers use common characteristics to group art togther
Analogy ·
Film retrospectives are like art exhibits
Similar works of film are grouped by a common feature and screened together
narrowing topic ·
Early nonfiction film retrospectives
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Main point / author's criticism ·
Early films shouldn't be grouped by similarity
Premise: such films were never originally shown this way
Support criticism ·
Original format for screening films
Author gives more detail: instead of grouping similar films together, cinemas originally showed different films together in "mixed program"
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target of criticism ·
Film archives and retrospective festivals
Their priority is to showcase how films supposedly originally looked; author implies this shouldn't be sole priority
support criticism ·
Authenticity in how films were originally grouped is important
Screening films in mixed-program format adds context and improves viewing experience
clarify main point ·
Exhibition of early films shouldn't ignore the context in which they were originally viewed
Passage Style
Problem-analysis
Single position
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The author would agree with this.
b
Dissimilar works of ███ ██████ █████ ██ █████████ █████████
The author would disagree with this. He argues that dissimilar films should be displayed together.
c
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The author would agree with this.
d
Art exhibitions should █████ ██ ████████ ███████ ██████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ███████████ ██ ███ ██████
This says exhibitions should always at least consider how each work contributes to the whole. The author never suggests otherwise, so we can’t say he’d disagree.
e
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The author gives no opinion on this.