Four essentials in staging film festivals and competitions are: facilities, films, equipment, and an audience. Basic steps in getting these essentials together are outlined. Surveying available facilities first helps you gauge the scale of the festival, estimate the likely costs and receipts, and plan for the projection equipment necessary.…

Most of this book is a glossary of film production terms. Many of the terms are technical ones, defined here in a non-technical way, and other terms are film-makers' slang, e.g., "bananas on bananas,""kill the baby." Briefer sections present production charts, which explain what film personnel are involved in various stages of shooting and…

This catalog lists some 14,600 books, magazines, photos and other material related to the film industry that are available from Larry Edmunds Bookshop Inc., Hollywood, Calif. The 488-page catalog is divided into eight sections. The first and largest section is labelled "Literature of the Cinema" and lists books in categories from aesthetics and…

A film study course written for the Dade County, Fla. public schools is described which covers techniques of motion pictures and their historical development. Techniques include the "language of pictures" (distance shots, angle shots, color, lighting, arrangement), the "language of motion" (camera movement, subject movement),…

The mythical hero figure is examined in various genres of film. (DE)

Explodes the popular biases that state that cartoons produced by Walt Disney studios are too cute, too commerical, or too realistic. (KS)

Discusses the Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School and how it offers a way of seeing normally obscured relations of social power in the details of modern capitalist culture. Concentrates on claims about critical theory that have functioned as strategies of denial. (MS)

Claims that one of the most important developments in American film culture during the sixties was the emergence of a new academic film discourse. Argues that film studies can not ignore its political dimensions, and that teachers should help students clearly identify political positions. (MS)

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

Discusses the moral and ethical aspects of documentary film from the prospective of both filmmakers and the public. (MH)

The content of and rationale behind the Film in Communication'' course given at the School of Library Science, Simmons College is discussed. The course centers on the film as an art form, but consideration is also given to problems of collection building, programming, service and maintenance of film collections and equipment. (Author/KE)

If motion pictures are going to press toward their own artistic maturity, all artificial barriers against their serious treatment of all areas of life must fall. (Author)

Traces the Romanticism in the work and persona of film director Jean-Luc Godard. Examines the contradictions posed by Godard's politics and representations of sexuality. Asserts, that by bringing an ironic distance to the works of such canonized directors, viewers can take pleasure in those works despite their contradictions. (MM)

Argues that visits by independent filmmakers to campus are exciting and intellectually invigorating for students and teachers, and these visits add to the cultural energy of the college. Notes that a commitment to independent cinema challenges the assumptions and the economics of conventional cinema. Discusses how much independent filmmakers are…

Discusses the 1955 Vladimir Nabokov novel "Lolita," and the central theme of "Lolita" being a prize in a struggle between two men. Examines some of the moments of sadomasochism in the novel and film, and the relationship between director Stanley Kubrick and the lead actor Peter Sellers. Concludes with an analysis of Kubrick's…