For an example of what Robert Hunt recommends below, see The Classical Hollywood Cinema by Bordwell, Thompson and Staiger, especially Chapter 11. Place, Power, Situation, And Spectacle : A Geography Of Film, edited by Stuart C. Aitken and Leo E. Zonn might be useful for theoretical contexts. In other film histories, look especially at material covering the immediate post-World War II period when smaller cameras and the influence of documentaries and Italian Neo-Realism began to influence some Hollywood directors, especially those who worked with film units in the war--Ford, George Stevens, John Huston, William Wyler, etc. It might also be useful to look at discussions of John Ford's use of Monument Valley in STAGECOACH and later films. Don Larsson ----------------------------------------------------------- "Only connect" --E.M. Forster Donald F. Larsson Department of English, AH 230 Minnesota State U, Mankato (56001) [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Robert Hunt [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 7:10 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Location shooting Hollywood wasn't an alternative to location shooting..it WAS the location. There are many film histories that cover this, but for starters, try Eileen Bowser's "The Transformation of Cinema", (Univ. of California Press, I think). Just about any account of silent filmmaking will have something to add, and for a good fictionalized version, Peter Bogdanovich's "Nickelodeon" summarizes the period nicely. Robert Hunt ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu