Dear all, this is a question to all of you who teach film at universities: Do you consider it legitimate to teach a course on national cinemas of countries whose language you don't speak so that you will not be able to give any attention to the dialogues in their original language? Or do you consider this a violation of academic standards? So, as an example, would you teach a course on New German Cinema only if you speak german or would you dare to just rely on english subtitles in your own understanding of the films? I am asking because I think about teaching a course on asian cinemas but I am very unsure about this project as I do not speak nor understand any asian language. Thomas Morsch Film Dept. Freie Universitaet Berlin ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite