1. Summary of Ideology and Criticism
Jean-Louis Comolli and Jean Narboni are very structuralist in nature, when it comes to thinking of film critically. They show support towards this ideology when they state that "scientific criticism has an obligation to define its field and methods. This implies awareness of its own historical and social situation, a rigorous analysis of the proposed field of study, the conditions which ... by the laws if the market" (688). They also believe that it's "an ideological product of the system, which means capitalism" (688). They believe filmmakers can't change this and that criticism helps defin...
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