Unit 4: Leisure Unit 4: Leisure TimeTime

4.1: Silver Screen

1. How often do you watch 1. How often do you watch films?films?

2. Do you usually watch films 2. Do you usually watch films at home or at the cinema? at home or at the cinema? Which do you prefer? Why?Which do you prefer? Why?

3. How often do you go to the 3. How often do you go to the cinema? Who do you go cinema? Who do you go with?with?

VOCABULARYVOCABULARY: types : types of filmof film

an action/ adventure film

an animation

a horror film

a western

a romantic comedy

a love story

a musical

a historical film

a comedy

a war film

a science

fiction

a thriller

Examples Examples for Each for Each Type of Type of

FilmFilm

an action / adventure filman action / adventure film

an animation filman animation film

a horror filma horror film

a western filma western film

a romantic comedya romantic comedy

a love story (romance) filma love story (romance) film

a historical filma historical film

a musical filma musical film

a comedya comedy

a war filma war film

a science fiction (sci-fi) filma science fiction (sci-fi) film

a thrillera thriller

Can you think of an example of each type of film?

Which types of film do you like? Why?

What types of film are on at the cinema in your town/ city now?

Country profile: IranCountry profile: Iranby Mahsa Namiby Mahsa Nami

These days, Iranian films are quite popular, thanks to the work of three or four famous film directors, for example Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and his daughter, Samira. Iranian directors don't usually make thrillers or romantic comedies, but they make films about the lives of ordinary people, and life in the city or the country.

The week's film: MachucaThe week's film: MachucaDirector: Andres WoodDirector: Andres Wood

This film is about two 11- year old boys in Chile, in 1973. The two boys, Pedro Machuca and Gonzalo Infante (the excellent young actors Ariel Mateluna and Matias Quer), come from different families. Gonzalo lives in a rich part of the capital city, Santiago, but he's unhappy at home and at school - a private school for rich children. The head teacher of the school opens it to children from the poor area . . .

1. a film from Ireland2. films in Iran3. the number of cinemas in Iran

4. a film from Chile5. Hollywood films

1. actor2. director3. ordinary

4. private school

5. head teacher

a.) This person controls a school.

b.) It's normal, not different or unusual.

c.) Students (or their parents) pay to go here.

d.) You see this person in films or plays.

e.) This person gives instructions to actors in a film.

dd

ee

bb

cc

aa

Country profile: IranCountry profile: Iranby Mahsa Namiby Mahsa Nami

These days, Iranian films are quite popular, thanks to the work of three or four famous film directors, for example Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and his daughter, Samira. Iranian directors don't usually make thrillers or romantic comedies, but they make films about the lives of ordinary people, and life in the city or the country.

1. People outside Iran don't like Iranian films.?

Country profile: IranCountry profile: Iranby Mahsa Namiby Mahsa Nami

These days, Iranian films are quite popular, thanks to the work of three or four famous film directors, for example Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and his daughter, Samira. Iranian directors don't usually make thrillers or romantic comedies, but they make films about the lives of ordinary people, and life in the city or the country.

2. Mohsen Makhmalbaf is Samira's father.

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Country profile: IranCountry profile: Iranby Mahsa Namiby Mahsa Nami

These days, Iranian films are quite popular, thanks to the work of three or four famous film directors, for example Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and his daughter, Samira. Iranian directors don't usually make thrillers or romantic comedies, but they make films about the lives of ordinary people, and life in the city or the country.

3. Iranian directors make a lot of action films.

F

The week's film: MachucaThe week's film: MachucaDirector: Andres WoodDirector: Andres Wood

This film is about two 11- year old boys in Chile, in 1973. The two boys, Pedro Machuca and Gonzalo Infante (the excellent young actors Ariel Mateluna and Matias Quer), come from different families. Gonzalo lives in a rich part of the capital city, Santiago, but he's unhappy at home and at school - a private school for rich children. The head teacher of the school opens it to children from the poor area . . .4. Gonzalo in Machuca lives in Chile, but we

don't know where.F

The week's film: MachucaThe week's film: MachucaDirector: Andres WoodDirector: Andres Wood

This film is about two 11- year old boys in Chile, in 1973. The two boys, Pedro Machuca and Gonzalo Infante (the excellent young actors Ariel Mateluna and Matias Quer), come from different families. Gonzalo lives in a rich part of the capital city, Santiago, but he's unhappy at home and at school - a private school for rich children. The head teacher of the school opens it to children from the poor area . . .

5. The rich area is near the poor area.

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The week's film: MachucaThe week's film: MachucaDirector: Andres WoodDirector: Andres Wood

This film is about two 11- year old boys in Chile, in 1973. The two boys, Pedro Machuca and Gonzalo Infante (the excellent young actors Ariel Mateluna and Matias Quer), come from different families. Gonzalo lives in a rich part of the capital city, Santiago, but he's unhappy at home and at school - a private school for rich children. The head teacher of the school opens it to children from the poor area . . .

6. The main actors are very good.T

very good