PLEASE POST! CALL FOR PAPERS/CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT Hollywood & its Discontents: Subverting the Hollywood System 1930-70 An international conference May 12-14, 2001 The University of Arizona A conference considering the broad range of alternatives to Hollywood cinema, and the mavericks, independents, and rebels within the studio system. We are seeking papers on American and International films, filmmakers, and institutions working in dialectical opposition to classical Hollywood or formulating alternatives to standard studio practice. Abstracts are being accepted, with a target length of 250-500 words and a deadline of February 15, 2001. Remit abstracts to Noah Lopez via e-mail at [log in to unmask], or by fax at 520-621-3269. Website -- http://w3.arizona.edu/~uaextend/discontents We are especially interested in papers that address the following topics: Renegade Directors (Welles, Fuller, Ray, Cassavetes, etc.) Race Films Avant-Garde Cinema Women Directors (Lupino, Arzner, etc.) Alternative Circuits of Distribution & Exhibition (drive-ins, roadshow, cinema societies, etc.) Shock Film (Castle, H.G. Lewis, Wood, etc.) Art House Cinema New Wave/Neorealism World Melodrama (India, Mexico, Philippines, etc.) Immigrant Invasion (Lang, Siodmak, Ophuls, Losey, etc.) Non-Narrative Cinema/Documentary Cinema Studio Failures Rebellious Stars Poverty Row Pre-1960 Porn Blacklisted Artists Serials and Shorts Influence of Theater (Odets, Brecht, Mercury Theater, etc.) ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite