Film Research and Learning (1956)

★★★ · Dull Film About How Interesting Films Are · Christine Hennig · 2006-06-28

This 50s film, made for teachers, documents the findings of research studies into the effectiveness of using educational films in the classroom. This is all presented very dryly, like the filmed version of an academic journal literature review. The ironic thing is that most of the studies find that films are very effective teaching tools, but youâd never know by the way this film was madeââitâs a sure cure for insomnia. The irony between form and content, as well as the visuals of 50s classrooms, make the film a little more interesting than it might be, but itâs still a snoozer. Ratings…

★★ · Presented in a dry manner · ERD · 2005-12-10

This instructional film made for teachers, is presaented in a very dry manner. The narrator is almost monotone. Direction lacked creativity.

★ · Film about the film. · Spuzz · 2003-05-10

In this curiousity, a film about WHY it's important for kids to watch films, proves the notion that, while films can be interesting to watch, films ABOUT WATCHING FILMS can be somewhat tedious and boring. Various charts are produced to hammer down over and over again, that films are much more interesting to watch then reading or a lecture. Various scenes of kids watching films are shown, and probably the only highlight of this opus is catching the interesting styles the kids were wearing in those dayze.