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Six Critical Essays on Film is a clear, succinct guide to studying and understanding feature films as both a medium of communication and artistic expression. Intended for college and adult school students, this book offers a short - but diverse - selection of quality films from the 1920s through 1970s for review and application. The text provides active, workable solutions to break films down into their component parts, evaluate elements that work well, and identify those that miss their mark. Critical thinking skills and an outside-the-box approach are encouraged to help students write film essays of their own that stand out boldly from the college crowd.

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"""Mike Kimmel scores again with his Six Critical Essays On Film. This book, packed with critical information, hits a home run for students, fans and professionals. It truly provides an awareness to the details of filmmaking."" - William Wellman, Jr., Actor and Producer Actor of over 200 movies, television shows, documentaries ""Mike Kimmel gives the film student and film buff a look way behind the scenes as to how these objects of our admiration have been created. If you want to be in the film industry or if you want to learn how it's done, this is a must read."" - Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D. Author of the Emotional Fitness and 100 Ways book series. ""Mike Kimmel's look at six classic films is a masterpiece. The insights he provides give college students such a thorough perspective on the films that will only enhance their understanding and appreciation. (Mike is able to provide such a high level of insight and detail that usually would only be experienced through a graduate level college course on filmography.) After reading Mr. Kimmel's book the readers will be able to appreciate these films much more through the knowledge gained and having been equipped with a critical lens."" - Emilio Urioste Jr.
Director, Adult Education Burbank Adult School"

Mike Kimmel scores again with his Six Critical Essays On Film. This book, packed with critical information, hits a home run for students, fans and professionals. It truly provides an awareness to the details of filmmaking. - William Wellman, Jr., Actor and Producer Actor of over 200 movies, television shows, documentaries Mike Kimmel gives the film student and film buff a look way behind the scenes as to how these objects of our admiration have been created. If you want to be in the film industry or if you want to learn how it's done, this is a must read. - Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D. Author of the Emotional Fitness and 100 Ways book series. Mike Kimmel's look at six classic films is a masterpiece. The insights he provides give college students such a thorough perspective on the films that will only enhance their understanding and appreciation. (Mike is able to provide such a high level of insight and detail that usually would only be experienced through a graduate level college course on filmography.) After reading Mr. Kimmel's book the readers will be able to appreciate these films much more through the knowledge gained and having been equipped with a critical lens. - Emilio Urioste Jr. Director, Adult Education Burbank Adult School

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Mike Kimmel is a film, television, stage and commercial actor, acting coach, and college instructor. He is a twenty-plus year member of SAG-AFTRA with extensive experience in both the New York and Los Angeles markets. He has worked with directors Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Townsend, Craig Shapiro, and Christopher Cain among many others. TV credits include Game of Silence, Zoo, Treme, In Plain Sight, Cold Case, Breakout Kings, Memphis Beat, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. He was a regular sketch comedy player on The Tonight Show, performing live on stage and in pre-taped segments with Jay Leno for eleven years. Mike has appeared in dozens of theatrical plays on both coasts, including Radio City Music Hall, Equity Library Theater, Stella Adler Theater, Double Image Theater, The Village Gate, and Theater at the Improv. He trained with Michael Shurtleff, William Hickey, Ralph Marrero, Gloria Maddox, Harold Sylvester, Wendy Davis, Amy Hunter, Bob Collier, and Stuart Robinson. He holds a B.A. from Brandeis University and an M.A. from California State University at Dominguez Hills. As an educator, he has taught at Upper Iowa University, University of New Orleans, University of Phoenix, Glendale Community College, Nunez Community College, Delgado Community College, and in the Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Burbank, California public school districts. He is a two-time past president of New Orleans Toastmasters, the public speaking organization, and often serves as an international speech contest judge. Mike has written and collaborated on numerous scripts for stage and screen. In Lincoln's Footsteps, his full-length historical drama on Presidents Lincoln and Garfield, was a 2013 semifinalist in the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. He is the 2014 recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from Upper Iowa University. Mike is a full voting member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the organization that produces the Emmy Awards. He is the author of Scenes for Teens, Acting Scenes for Kids and Tweens, Monologues for Teens, and Monologues for Kids and Tweens, One-Minute Monologues for Teens, and Monologues for Adults. He is also featured in Francis Ford Coppola's 2017 book, Live Cinema. Dr. Henry Hoffman holds a B.A. from California State University at Fullerton, and an M.A. from Illinois State University at Normal. He also holds two advanced doctoral degrees. Dr. Ho man earned his rst Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. He earned a second Ph.D. in Film Studies from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Henry studied acting with Harold Clurman at The Actors Studio. He also studied directing with both Peter Brook and Edward Duerr. He complet- ed advanced studies in textual analysis of William Shakespeare's work with Joseph Chaiken. Henry studied Critical Theory with Dr. John Kirk and trained personally under Werner Erhard, as well. He was a leading actor with many premiere regional stages, including the Mark Taper Forum, Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Boulder), A Con- temporary Theatre (Seattle), PlayMakers Reperto- ry Company (North Carolina), Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and the American Conservatory The- atre (A.C.T.). As a performer, he has worked with some of the aristocrats of the profession, including 97 Mike Kimmel Dame Eileen Atkins, Jose Ferrer, Jack O'Brien, William Ball, Ellis Rabb, and Salome Jens. As an educator, Dr. Ho man has taught at the American Conservatory Theatre, American Acad- emy of Dramatic Arts, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, and the California State Universities at San Jose and Chico. He has directed Equity stage productions in both New York and Los Angeles. Dr. Hoffman currently directs teenage actors in the Young Shakespeare Company. In 2002, he was named one of the twenty leading educators in the United States by USA Today, earning him a position on the newspaper's All USA Teacher Team. Excerpts from Dr. Hoffman's forthcoming book Tyrone Power: A Luminous Pause have been published in Xavier Review of New Orleans.

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