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David Bordwell, an Uncommon card
David Jay Bordwell was an American film theorist and film historian.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 109
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 109 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
David Bordwell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the David Bordwell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
With his wife Kristin Thompson, Bordwell wrote the ______ Film Art and Film History.
Answer
textbooks. With his wife Kristin Thompson, Bordwell wrote the textbooks Film Art and Film History. From the David Bordwell article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Film Art, in its 12th edition as of ____, is still used as a text in introductory film courses.
Answer
2010s. Film Art, in its 12th edition as of 2019, is still used as a text in introductory film courses. From the David Bordwell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Delimiter. Delimiter 69 · David Bordwell 66 · Column chromatography 63 · Enol 59 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- After receiving his PhD from the University of Iowa in 1973, he wrote more than fifteen volumes on the subject of cinema including Narration in the Fiction Film, Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema, Making Meaning, and On the History of Film Style.
- With his wife Kristin Thompson, Bordwell wrote the textbooks Film Art and Film History.
- Film Art, in its 12th edition as of 2019, is still used as a text in introductory film courses.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The David Bordwell article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get David Bordwell
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, David Bordwell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wasily at Dutch Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
