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Film Art 9th Edition by David Bordwell,Kristin Thompson

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0073386164
book Film Art 9th Edition by David Bordwell,Kristin Thompson cover

Film Art 9th Edition by David Bordwell,Kristin Thompson

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0073386164
Exercise 23
When Pare Lorentz's The River was released in the late 1930s,
A) it was seen only in a few theaters, owing to exhibitors' reluctance to show such a long documentary on their programs.
B) it impressed Pentagon officials so much that they later assigned Lorentz to direct the war-time documentary series "Why We Fight."
C) it impressed President Roosevelt so much that he started the U. S. Film Service.
D) it became the first government-sponsored film to win an Oscar as best short documentary.
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