1. The extract is written by an Ame

1. The extract is written by an American critic. Can you find evidence of this in the text? 2. Why do you think movies are regarded as "truly an art of our time"? 3. What facts given in the extract prove the idea that nowadays people prefer a narrative told in visual images? Do you agree with this opinion? Support whatever you say. 4. How can movies be helpful for people besides relating stories? Which of the spheres do you consider most significant? Give your reasons. 5. Why do you think movies possess the greatest aesthetic and educational force? 6. How can you account for the fact that the capacity of the movies for doing good has been questioned? 7. Why in your opinion do some people regard movies as a rudimentary art? 8. Would you agree that cinema can be regarded as the popular art, that it belongs to mass culture? What do you

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know about this art? 9. What kind of entertainment is nowadays rivalling cinema? Why? 10. What is the place of cinema, as the author sees it, among the other arts? Do you agree with him? 11. Do you think movies should be all fun or rather a thought-provoking and earnest art? 12. What is the main aim of the movies as the author sees it? The only word he uses to denote this art is movies. What synonymous expression would a British critic use? What other synonyms to this word do you know?

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1. The extract is written by an American critics. Can you find evi dence of this in the text? 2. Why do you think movies are regarded as "truly an art of our time"? 3. What facts given in the extract prove the idea that nowadays people prefer a narrative told in al Visual images? Do you agree with this opinion? Support whatever you say. 4. How can movies be helpful for people besides relating sto ries? Which of the spheres do you consider most significant? Give your reasons. 5. Why do you think movies possess the greatest aes thetic and educational force? 6. How can you account for the fact that the capacity of the movies for doing good has been ques tioned? 7. Why in your opinion do some people regard the movies as a rudimentary art? 8. Would you agree that cinema can be regard-ed as the popular art, that it belongs to mass culture? What do you59know about this art? 9. What kind of entertainment is nowadays ri valling cinema? Why? 10. What is the place of cinema, as the au thor sees it, among the other arts? Do you agree with him? 11. Do you think movies should be all fun or rather a thought-provoking and earnest art? 12. What is the main aim of the movies as the au thor sees it? The only word he uses to denote this art is movies. What synonymous expression would a British critics use? What other synonyms to this word do you know?