Home / Series / How to View and Appreciate Great Movies / Aired Order / Season 1 / Episode 17

Knowing Characters from the Inside Out

Professor Williams introduces the use of masks: public, private, and personal. He demonstrates that as characters pull each one off, we get to know them (and connect with them) better. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Imitation Game provide contrasting studies in the way the masks are used to reveal characters, and more importantly, to help you discern their motivation—What a character wants and what the character is willing to do to get it. Once the motivation is clear, the complexities of the character can be as well.

English
  • Originally Aired August 15, 2018
  • Runtime 33 minutes
  • Network The Great Courses
  • Created June 16, 2021 by
    romipascual_tvdb
  • Modified June 16, 2021 by
    romipascual_tvdb