Film David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson are two of the most important film theorists of the past few decades and there are few people who've studied movies in an academic context who either haven't read their work and also can't say that work wasn't the reason why they managed to pass their course. If it hadn't been for either of them I certainly wouldn't have been able to write my MA dissertation due to their lucid, clear and thoughtful explanations of narrative and genre and of all the books which I read during that year, it's their Film Art: An Introduction which I've kept referring back to. They continue to write about film at their blog, which just yesterday posted about the origins of the very thing my dissertation was about.
Finding material featuring Thompson is tricky because there seem to be a few of them featured on YouTube, but I did manage to find this video essay:
... and appearances in Q&As at Ebertfest in 2011:
Bordwell was much easier to track. For chronological ease, I've put these appearances in the relevant years.
2011
Ebertfest 2011 - Do Film Students Really Need To Know Much About Classic Films?
2012
How Motion Pictures Became the Movies 1908-1920
How Motion Pictures Became the Movies 1908-1920 from David Bordwell on Vimeo.
Constructive Editing in Robert Bresson's Pickpocket
Constructive Editing in Robert Bresson's Pickpocket from David Bordwell on Vimeo.
TIFF Keynote | Industry Dialogues 2012
Ebertfest 2012 - Wild and Weird Q&A
Ebertfest 2012 - ON DEMAND: Movies without Theate
Fantasia 2012 - David Bordwell wins Lifetime Excellence Award.
Ebertfest 2012 Q&A: CITIZEN KANE [Commentary by Roger Ebert Intro by David Bordwell]
Which is incredibly poignant from the off, I think you'll agree. The commentary they're referring to appeared on this 2001 release of the film (along with another by Peter Bogdanovich) but is missing from all subsequent releases, replaced with a track by Ken Barnes.
2013
Ebertfest 2013 - The Ballad of Narayama introduction
Ebertfest 2013 - The Ballad of Narayama Q&A:
Mildred Pierce: Murder Twice Over
Mildred Pierce: Murder Twice Over from David Bordwell on Vimeo.
2014
CinemaScope: The Modern Miracle You See Without Glasses
CinemaScope: The Modern Miracle You See Without Glasses from David Bordwell on Vimeo.
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On Master of the House:
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