Analyzing a film generally means

A. placing the film's theme in its appropriate sociological or historical context.
B. breaking up the whole film to discover the nature, proportion, function, and interrelationship of each of its important parts.
C. judging whether or not the film will be commercially successful.
D. suppressing the visceral and emotional reactions to the film.


Answer: B

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