tbrennan requests: > I'm developing a course in Asian Film studies -- Japan, China, Hong > Kong, Vietnam, India -- and would appreciate suggestions on texts and > reading sources. Is there a particular focus to the course? Is it lower-level, upper-level and/or grad? Is it part of a particular curricular program? Are you restricting your studies to recent, post-WWII, or earlier films? I ask because Asian Film is a huge area. The literature on Japanese film alone is extensive. If you're concentrating on a few "auteurs," or a particular movement or genre, that's one thing, but the history of the Indian and Japanese film industries are subjects for a whole course of their own. A search of the Library of Congress website for books should give you an hint of the extent of material out there. Also see the bibliographies in David Cook's A HISTORY OF NARRATIVE FILM and Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell's FILM HISTORY: AN INTRODUCTION. Don Larsson ---------------------- Donald Larsson Minnesota State U, Mankato [log in to unmask] ---- 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]