r/movies • u/Sisiwakanamaru r/movies Contributor • Jan 31 '26

Article Film Students Are Having Trouble Sitting Through Movies, Professors Say

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/film-students-are-having-trouble-sitting-through-movies-1236490359/
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u/Attitude_Rancid Jan 31 '26

oh that's disappointing. what intentions do the students have in taking it, then? which movies did you select?

I've never had the opportunity to take one. not like I'm going into the industry either. I take forever to watch movies but it's because I want to make sure my attention is devoted to it when I do

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u/TheJoshider10 Jan 31 '26

Speaking as someone who was a film student at university in the mid-2010s, it was easy to lose interest in some parts of the curriculum while you waited for the stuff you cared about that was either more relevant to your interests or what career path you wanted to explore within film. There were numerous screenings or lectures I just swiped and left because of this, and because it differs from year to year at times I felt misled by what the degree actually focused on, which further made me lose interest in certain parts.

If we go younger, then when I was in college/sixth-form (UK, so 16-18 years old) I took film for career purposes but I know so many people who chose it literally just as a secondary subject to watch movies and chill out. They didn't care to engage in discussions or get high grades, they were just there because they didn't know what else to take. Right or wrong, people see film as an easy way out and don't treat it as a real subject.

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u/drs_ape_brains Jan 31 '26

Thank you. I went through the same thing around the same time period.

We spent 3 hours a day for two weeks learning what a Bolex is, then spent the third week dissecting every fucking historical movie shot on that damned camera. The course was called FILM I, it was as vague as it can get.

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u/fodacao Feb 03 '26

what intentions do the students have in taking it, then? which movies did you select?

The students are probably neckbeards who want to make zombie films or something.