The present contribution focuses on Benigni's auteur film "La vita è bella" (Italy, 1997) as a tool for the development of language competence in L2 English, Spanish and German, as well as of translation skills from Italian into these languages. The project, developed at the CLASS Language Centre at the University for Foreigners of…

The real impact of cinema consists in its ability to translate symbols, the mind's form of language, into dynamic moving images. Man's visual orientation produces both his positive reaction to motion--a key element in cinema--and his perceptions of coded, visual information--symbols. The complex relationship between symbols and rhythmic motion…

Presents the text of an interview with Andrew Sarris discussing film criticism and critics and possible futures for the film. (TO)

Discusses the different approaches to truth employed in both the novel and film, "They Shoot Horses, Don't They. (SW)

Discusses how the film endings of Hemingway's works differ in both content and intent from the original publications. (TO)

Describes a 12 week elective English program in Hickory Township, Sharon, Pennsylvania, where the media as art form is taught. (MB)

Discusses and attempts to define literature as an art comprised of more than one medium and film as a medium for more than one art. (TO)

A description and course outline of a British film study course which stressed an auteristic approach to cinema. (CH)

A structuralist-semiotic study of film theory. (CH)

This paper traces the history of motion pictures from Thomas Edison's vision in 1887 of an instrument that recorded body movements to the development of synchronized sound-motion films in the late 1920s. The first synchronized sound film was made and demonstrated by W. K. L. Dickson, an assistant to Edison, in 1889. The popular acceptance of…

This bibliography covers the literature on four of the feature films of Milos Forman: "Black Peter (Peter and Pavla)" (1964), "A Blonde in Love (Loves of a Blond)" (1965), "The Firemen's Ball" (1967), and "Taking Off" (1971). Listed separately by type are materials found in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and…

Film editing is discussed from the point of view, not only of the person in the cutting room, but also of the person who has responsibility for the final film. Part I outlines the history of editing from the silent film to 1953. It discusses the practice of editing for action, dialogue, comedy, and montage sequences, as well as in documentaries,…

Film instruction has been distinctly marked by three major developments that have evolved over the past decade. First of all, a film genre has emerged which is relatively free of the old pedagogical emphasis. The attributes of film form and content that were once rejected by classroom teachers now have become the legitimate raw material for film…

Discusses use of films and film-making in secondary school English classes, pointing out the value of film study in literature and drama appreciation, and stating that film study is now an established teaching method growing in popularity. (JB)