In a message dated 5/18/01 12:05:49 AM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > > SURE SEATERS: The Emergence of Art House Cinema > Barbara Wilinsky > University of Minnesota Press | 282 pages | 2001 | Commerce and Mass Cultur= > e > Series > Paperback | 0-8166-3563-3 | $18.95 > Hardcover | 0-8166-3562-5 | $47.95 > > By examining the development of the theaters that introduced challenging > personal, and artistic films, Wilinsky offers a more complete understanding > of postwar popular culture and the often complicated relationship between > art cinema and the commercial film industry that ultimately shaped both and > resulted in today=B9s vibrant film culture. > > For more information, go to: > This topic is a fascinating one since many in my generation (college class of 1963) were exposed to art films during this period in such locations. During my two years at Dartmouth, the Dartmouth Film Society was a terrific source for such films; students purchased a ticket for the semester and had them punched for each screening. It was a wonderful source of inspiration to consider film as an art form..... For an additional report on this topic, see the special issue of Film & History on The Social Construction of Taste (Vol 24 No.3-4). Under a microscopic focus is the Brattle Street Theatre near Harvard Square, a source for the art film for Harvard U students. Details on the issue are on the Film & History Web site: www.filmandhistory.org Best regards, Peter Rollins Peter C. Rollins, Editor Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and TV Studies (Web site: www.filmandhistory.org) RR 3 Box 80 Cleveland, OK 74020 (918)243-7637 and fax 5995 [log in to unmask] Comments: Individual subscription information on the web site as well as information and FAQ's about the CD-ROMs. There are also discussion items and essays on Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, CNN's Cold War, and a host of other topics. The Table of Contents for the last thirty years is there as well. The last two issues dealt with Television as Historian (Vols. 30.1 and 30.2). Next conference is in November, 2002, a year from this Fall, on The American West(s) in Film, Television, and History at the Kansas City Marriott, Country Club Plaza--just a few blocks from the Nelson Art Gallery, a major institution and just next door to the Kansas City Arts Institute. We are looking for energetic people to serve as Area Chairs and will put a list of existing and available Area Chair topics on the web site this summer. www.filmandhistory.org During the Fall of 2002, we will have panels at the Puebla, Mexico meeting of the PCA/ACA. Please contact our panel organizer, James Yates, for details and visit the Mexico web site for lots of information on the place, the meeting, the amenities. Direct flights from Houston to Puebla at discount prices. www.udlap.mx/congress Most sessions will be on the campus of the Universidad de las Americas (UDLA), a school resembling San Diego State U or other Southern California campuses. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite