Provide a brief summary of what Sweeney shows us about modernism in his article on the medium (of art).
What exactly is modernism and how is it related to the issue of defining an artistic medium?
How does this transfer into some particular understanding of the film medium–that is, how does this translate into a view about the way films ought to be constructed?
Can you offer an example or two of your own that would illustrate the ideal, according to the modernist view of what film is or ought to be?
