Discusses the cinema verite works "Best Boy,""Grandpa," and "Murita Cycles" as well as selected dramatic films that deal with the problems and concerns of aging men and how they relate to a younger male generation. Briefly reviews 15 film portraits of aging women. (FL)

Describes activities selected from study guides supplied by educational film distributors that provide a feel for the experimental approach to film appreciation and a stimulus for teachers to develop similar activities. (FL)

Examines the portrayal of innovation and innovators in movies. Relates the treatment of innovation to the genres and eras of the films and the motives of the innovators. (JMF)

Examines the ownership and policies of the dominant firms in the Canadian film market to explain Canada's dependence on imported films. Demonstrates how the economic relations existing between Canadian and U.S. film industries limit the profitability of films made in Canada. (JMF)

Analyzes "The Deer Hunter" in terms of a psychological/ritual model of criticism. Argues that the rhetorical force of the film is explained by men's participation in rituals, such as deer hunting, which affect the patterns of psychological change they experience during and after war. (JMF)

Looks at educational factors in using television or cinema film for non-formal education in developing nations. Styles of presentation in films are discussed, and suggestions are made for assessing effectiveness. (JEG)

Discusses the value to film studies of a 1971 publication, "The World Viewed," a serious study of film which was not well received by the field and whose usefulness is still almost unknown. Finds that the author, Stanley Cavell, endeavors to find words of a common language and that his writings exemplify the importance of intuition and…

Argues that a postmodern theory of identity (i.e., the subject as coherent, integrated, discoverable self is a fiction of modernity) links Martin Scorsese's major films. Examines "Taxi Driver,""Raging Bull," and "King of Comedy." Concludes that these films articulate a major cultural shift and chronicle a…

Suggests students will view film adaptations of Shakespeare plays more critically by carefully analyzing the same scene from several different film versions. Discusses relevant scenes from "Romeo and Juliet" for classroom interpretation. Suggests that by providing students the vocabulary to discuss the film, educators can encourage them…

Investigates the rhetoric of the posthuman bodies of heroin addicts in the 1996 film "Trainspotting." Notes that the film epitomizes the permeable, fluctuating nature of the physical body and thus highlights the limitations of critical approaches grounded in moral judgment and linear reason. Concludes by drawing out some possible social and…

Critiques three contemporary films, "Rocky IV,""Blade Runner," and "The Terminator." Constructs an evolving dystopian shadow myth that expresses the culture's repressed fears about its relationship to technology. Offers implications for the reinterpretation of the dystopian myth and for the conduct of other cultural…

Examines the film "The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus" and the text upon which it is loosely based, the "Chin P'ing Mei," and the relationship between it and modern Chinese culture. States that the film's screenplay is much less an adaptation of the source novel than it is a female-centered reworking of a particular narrative…

Examines three classroom techniques for facilitating actor/filmmaker collaborative scriptwriting situations: improvisation, "contentless scenes" used to develop notions of subtext, and beat analyses (breaking scripts into character beats) used by directors to create characters that come alive on the screen. (SR)