Beeban Kidron: The shared wonder of film

http://www.ted.com Movies have the power to create a shared narrative experience and to shape memories and worldviews. British film director Beeban Kidron invokes iconic film scenes -- from Miracle in Milan to Boyz n the Hood -- as she shows how her group FILMCLUB shares great films with kids.

Missed the list of films? Here it is again for you to immerse yourself:

- Miracle in Milan, Vittorio de Sica (1951)
- Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle (2008)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Frank Capra (1939)
- Hotel Rwanda, Terry George (2004)
- Schindler's List, Steven Spielberg (1993)
- To Sir, with Love, James Clavell (1967)
- Persepolis, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi (2007)
- Jaws, Steven Spielberg (1975)
- The Diary of Anne Frank, George Stevens (1959)
- The Great Escape, John Sturgese (1963)
- Shoah, Claude Lanzmann (1985)
- Triumph of the Will, Leni Riefenstahl (1935)
- The Wizard of Oz, Victor Fleming (1939)
- Citizen Kane, Orson Welles (1941)
- Boyz n the Hood, John Singleton (1991)
- Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in Apollo 13, Ron Howard (1995)
- Ben Kingsley as Gandhi in Gandhi, Richard Attenborough (1982)
- Eve Harrington from All About Eve, Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)
- Howard Beale from Network, Sidney Lumet (1976)
- Mildred Pierce, Michael Curtiz (1945)
- Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock (1954)

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  Film & Animation

[Jacob Thiessen]

... Me... I'm going to assume I'm part of the future of this Planet what with finishing school this year, I will propose that the new art form of choice are video games. And obviously there will be people who disagree simply because they cannot imagine video games as art, but you will see that my generation will baffle you all with the worlds and epics we create. Sincerely yours: the future

[DocSolomon]

ok so in 10 years we are going to see a revolution in story telling coming out of the UK.... sweet

[Dove Dee]

watch Indie Game: The Movie

[Spaceisprettybig]

It's not a matter of whether Video Games CAN be the next great art, but WILL they. The game industry grew so quickly, and structured itself off of modern hollywood. Only, modern hollywood is different that what it was, and could not of created the greats wonders that were listed in this TED talk.

The fear is that gems like Bastion, Shadow of the Colossus, and Journey will become even less frequent, and entertaining but ultimately shallow pop-games like Halo and CoD will be the standard.

[sandspar]

I'm 52, and I agree. I have a daughter who is a freshman this year in graphic art with that end in mind. Go forth and prosper!

[1schwererziehbar1]

this is the most bigoted talk i have ever seen on TED.

[bobtehzombie]

I am a 20 year old citizen of the US, and though I agree I am young, I am offended to have my generation's culture described as 'restless and fragmented.' I think it is a huge mistake to assume that my culture is the culture I should raise my children in. Every generation creates it's own iteration of culture. Though culture change speeds up alongside technological progress, there is nothing wrong with our culture. If we need to know where we came from, we will take care of that.

[WickerAndroid]

Some of the previous posters are missing the message. It's about the power of film, not the organisations behind the distribution etc. The flickering images on the big screen should move, educate and entertain. Simple.

[Gordon Parnell]

this is a WRITTEN story---give the spoken version and i'll watch it!

[Syeal7]

08:24 "I have an aunt..." *shows a picture of herself*

[Thomas Rufer]

maybe we want to appreciate all art that is inspirational...

[twilightawakening]

VGs are certainly definitely significant, but I think the play time is generally too long for to completely override a film's place in mass culture consumption.