I WAS recently invited to speak at Glasgow University’s new course on film journalism, where post-graduate film students, under the direction of David Archibald, hone their skills in the art of film-criticism.
Film criticism – as writers as diverse as Graham Greene, James Agee, Pauline Kael, Dylis
Powell and Anthony Lane have demonstrated – is an art in itself. And while it’s true that many working critics currently possess no such formal qualification, the existence of such a course suggests that Scottish film is taking its responsibilities to film culture seriously.
But what awaits the students, upon graduation?
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