Since I was one of the folks who suggested Bordwell's and Thompson's _Film Art_ I guess I should weigh in also. I like the sophisticated treatment that the book offers and the fact that it both challenges students and offers them glimpses of films with which they are unfamiliar. I have always balanced it with more familiar texts by showing the students "pretty mainstream movies" as class examples and then discussing the film using B&T's readings as the framework for the discussion. It has worked well for me. >===== Original Message From Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> ===== >That's a great story from Dr. Monti, though of course it's got to be at >least as much about gender as anti-intellectualism in film studies. >Though I understand the cautionary lesson of that student's letter, I >maintain some optomism that we can blend the theoretically sophisticated >with the student-friendly in a way that entertains while impressing >students that we mean (analytic) business. I regard scholars such as >Bordwell, Thompson, and Staiger as important parts of that mix. >Thompson's new book should be helpful in that regard as well. > BTW, has anyone got good scholarship on the teeny-bopper movies, >especially ones focusing on girls? I have students probing deviance and >revenge against guys/adults in movies such as The Craft, Heathers, >Heavenly Creatures, Wild Things, Jawbreakers, Carrie, etc. The slasher >movies are well covered, but I'd like to see chapters/articles on the >other movies as well. thanks. > >Neal King >Belmont University Sociology >http://www.belmont.edu/sociology/classes/popcult.htm > >---- >Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the >University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ----------------------------------- Dr. J. Emmett Winn Assistant Professor Department of Communication 217 Tichenor Hall Auburn University, AL 36849-5211 phone 334-844-2761 fax 334-844-4665 http://www.auburn.edu/~winnjoh [log in to unmask] Auburn Film Society http://www.auburn.edu/student_info/film ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite