Discussed the films of Ingmar Bergman as well as his own character and added the credits for the Seventh Seal, a sequence outline of the film, and some study questions for group discussion. (RK)

Article discussed the films of Alfred Hitchcock and followed with the credits of North By Northwest, a sequence outline of that film with study questions interspersed within the outline. (RK)

Fellini's film career was considered and the credits of 8 1/2 were added with a sequence outline and study questions for classroom discussion. (RK)

This book presents a history of the experiences (cultural, economic, and political) which influenced artistic expression in film and those which influenced the advancement of the film industry (technological, managerial, and distribution). The book is divided into three parts. Part one presents the beginnings of film and continues through the…

The 32nd annual edition is a complete, cummulative catalog of 4,779 free films, 828 of which were not listed in the previous edition. A table of contents provides a curricular classification of the materials listed, the body of the guide gives full information on each title by curricular area, a title index provides access to any specific listing…

Recounts the Floridians attempts over a seventy year period to make the state a center for filmmaking, noting that Florida currently ranks fourth in total film production expenditures. (MH)

Investigates the ethical dimension that separates films that purport to deal with actualities from other types of cinema. (MH)

Discusses the American film history myth about the chaos of sounds entry into motion picture production and concludes that the major studios were well-prepared for the innovation. (MH)

Discusses the criteria for analysis of excellence in children's films and factors involved in the production of a good film, and offers an analysis of three children's films: "The Bridge of Adam Rush,""Angel and Big Joe," and "A Pretty Kettle of Fish." Three references are provided. (EJS)

Examines the classical paradigm in which both temporal and spatial cohesion constitute a popular and desirable characteristic in presentational story-telling. Argues that fragmentation's maneuvers are as effective as a configurating tool and as cohesion because they advance the ideological, psychoanalytic, aesthetic, essentialist, and story…

Proposes a revisionist account of the immediate conditions and consequences of the 1919 Soviet cinema nationalization decree. Argues that nationalization was the least successful of a set of stop-gap measures; that it dispersed and diluted control; and that it actually retarded the growth of the film industry. (KEH)

Argues that the rhetorical impact of "Agnes of God" stems from the unconventional treatment of dialectical conflict, and from the film's "dialectical disorientation." Discusses rhetorical implications of form, arguing that "Agnes of God" is representative of a class of highly configural films that function to jar…

During the late twentieth century, Kanaka Maoli have struggled to push back against these representations, offering a rewriting of Hawaiian history, quite literally. Infused by Hawaiian nationalism and a growing library of works that investigate the naturalization of American colonialism in Hawai'i, innovative Kanaka Maoli representations in the…

This article queries how one type of human difference--alterity, the experience of multiple distinct consciousnesses, or "alters," by one person--is pathologized in American culture. This experience is inscribed as a mental illness, labeled now as dissociative identity disorder (DID) and formerly known as multiple personality disorder (MPD). In…