Analyzes Latin American film histories, emphasizing the cinema in Argentina, Chile, Cuba, and Bolivia. (PD)

This 677-item bibliography consists of articles, periodicals, and books in English dating from 1930 to the present, on various aspects of documentary film and video. The material is organized alphabetically under each author's surname. (NKA)

Explores silent film actress Norma Talmadge's "star persona" in the 1920s. Focuses on the public discourses that provide the background for Talmadge's departure from the screen. Analyzes why her two "talkies" failed commercially and critically. Concentrates on promotional and publicity materials and on the films themselves. (PA)

Examines how, in the film "Lady of the Lake," an experiment with the conflation of the look of the camera with that of the protagonist through extended first-person camera techniques dismantles conventional voyeuristic visual pleasure, affects the representation/fetishization of women in the film, and figures into the debate on the…

Muses on the reasons for a "director's cut" of the 1969 Soviet film "The Color of Pomegranates," produced after the official version had initially been heavily reedited. Offers historical background on the film. States that it places unusual demands on its audiences, especially because of its density of texture and its…

This paper describes how director Spike Lee changed Hollywood's representations of African Americans in a dramatic way. He returned to traditions of early African American filmakers like Oscar Michaux by casting all-black movies. In his first film, "She's Gotta Have It", he broke with the Hollywood tradition of using a classic beauty…

Film historians have tended to overlook the industrial film even though it has been widely used as a sales tool since early in this century. The Caterpillar Tractor Company was one of the first to adopt this medium as a means of demonstrating what its machines could do in a variety of situations. While other types of films have been made by…

States that African American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux earned himself a special place in the film history of the 1920s and 1930s for his artistry and his persistence and inventiveness in negotiating financial arrangements, which enabled him to continue producing films. Gives examples of and discusses Micheaux's skill at entrepreneurship. (PA)

Examines how movies have formed history by (1) analyzing theories of history; (2) comparing historical perspectives in certain films; and (3) exploring how film language and techniques reflect history. Focuses on films from the United States, Europe, Japan, or Brazil. (PD)

An address before the University Film Association (1980) in which a filmmaker/university teacher talks about the Hollywood studio system and various aspects of film: acting, directing, editing, writing, and teaching. (PD)

Rhetorical studies of film and television arose more or less independently at a number of universities during the 1960s and 1970s. At Cornell University (New York), the accident of a combined speech and drama department gave rise to the study of the rhetoric of film. At the same time, other theorists were approaching film rhetoric from literature.…

This classic, definitive study of Black images in American movies has been completely revised and updated to include new chapters on the films of the 1970s and 1980s. This new version of the book reveals the way in which the image of Blacks in American movies has changed--and also the way in which it has remained the same. Following a preface to…

Provides a course description that emphasizes a structural and functional approach to the musical as genre film and as entertainment. Covers the history of the genre from 1929 to the present. (PD)

Reflects on the evolution of a British Film Institute course in avant-garde film. Discusses the historical development of the genre; production, distribution and exhibition of avant-garde film, as well as political relevance. (JMF)

This study guide offers a different approach, teleconferencing, to new information, ideas, and resources on the film, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Following general information on "then and now," the guide consists of sections entitled: Preparing to Teach TKM: Special Considerations (by Charles Suhor and Larry Bell); Historical…