Class Films--Analyses and Contexts
The course texts page contains links to the Internet Movie Database pages on all films and directors.  Below are additional Web resources for A.I., Aparajito,The Color of Paradise, Forbidden Games, The 400 Blows, Kids, Meet Me in St. Louis, Salaam Bombay!, The Secret Garden and Yellow Earth.

A.I.

• A.I. The Movie

From the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, the site includes articles on artificial intelligence and science fiction film's exploration of A.I. issues.  You'll also find reviews of A.I.,  discussions of the film's production, and the text of Brian Aldiss's "Supertoys Last All Summer Long," Kubrick's inspiration for the film.
• Pinocchio, the Fairy Tale

Project Gutenberg presents a "plain vanilla" etext of the 36-chapter Adventures of Pinocchio.  Scroll past the disclaimers and the Project Gutenberg description to get to the text.
• Warner Brothers A.I. Site

Site features materials on artificial intelligence, games, and a section on "the art of A.I."  Go to the message board for other viewers' comments on the film. 

Aparajito

• Indian Film Industry

A brief industrial history from India's Ministry of External Affairs.
• Satyajit Ray Film and Study Collection

A UC Santa Cruz educational organization focused on the preservation and study of Ray's work.  The site contains a biography, articles, a filmography, lists of books by and about Ray, and links to other sites.
• Satyajit Ray: Windows to the Soul

If you can ignore the annoying Tripod pop-up windows, you'll find a fairly lengthy biography and filmography, a technical breakdown of a scene in Pather Panchali, the first film in the Apu trilogy, and other materials.
• Strictly Film School: Satyajit Ray

Site authored by film buff and NASA design engineer Acquarello contains summary of and observations on both Ray's films and his autobiographies, My Years with Apu and Childhood Days: A Memoir. 
• USC Asian Film Archives: Satyajit Ray

Brief biography and collection of articles on Ray.

The Color of Paradise

• Cinema Majidi

Director Majid Majidi's homepage includes a filmography, an image gallery, interviews, and links to information on Iranian film.
• The Flick Filosopher

Review of the film that emphasizes the representation of Mohammad's sight and refers to the film as both fable and fairy tale.
• Internet Islamic History Sourcebook

Site contains a section on Islamic faith and theology with links to texts of the Qur'an, introductions to Islam, and chapters of the Qur'an dealing with God, revelation (including "Muhammad is the messenger of God"), religious life, and eschatology.  In addition to the faith and theology section, the site has links to resources on Islamic history, from the pre-Islamic Arab world to the contemporary period.
• The Qur'an

A searchable version of the Shakir translation.  Searches can be for single words, words in proximity to one another, or combinations of word.
• Sony Pictures Classic Site

Synopsis of the film, Majidi biography, image gallery, and information on cast and crew.

Forbidden Games

• Strictly Film School: Rene Clement

Summary of selected Clement films, including Forbidden Games.

The 400 Blows

• Closeups: French New Wave Cinema and the Face

Iain Morrisson's article from Images Online Film Journal explores the use of the closeup in three French New Wave films, including The 400 Blows.
• The Criterion Collection: Essay on The 400 Blows

Biographer Annette Insdorf on the autobiographical nature of Truffaut's film.
• The French New Wave 

UW student Yi-Chun Chen’s site on the French New Wave includes information on the movement itself, Truffaut, and The 400 Blows.
• The Movie Diva: The 400 Blows

Background on Truffaut and the autobiographical nature of The 400 Blows.
• Strictly Film School: Francois Truffaut

Summaries of Truffaut's key films from Acquarello.
• Truffaut's The 400 Blows

From Senses of Cinema, this article by critic John Conomos discusses Truffaut as an auteur and analyzes the film's conclusion.

Kids

• Kids

Review by film scholar Cynthia Fuchs.

Meet Me in St. Louis

• The Judy Room: Meet Me in St. Louis

Web site dedicated to the life and career of Judy Garland.  Includes a photo gallery, an overview of Sally Benson's "Kensington" stories, and a detailed timeline of the film's production with links to MGM memos and production logs.
• Progress Made Visible: The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition

University of Delaware Library analysis of the exhibition, with links to photo collections.
• World's Fairs and Expositions: Defining America and the World

Collection materials pertaining to the fair, including first-hand accounts, film clips of the float parade, and sheet music.

Salaam Bombay!

• Indian Film Industry

A brief industrial history from India's Ministry of External Affairs.
• Mirabai Films

Home page for Mira Nair's production company, Mirabai Films.  The page includes a short Nair biography, a filmography, reviews of her films from a variety of papers, an image gallery, and recent news about Nair and her film projects.
• Representations of the Subaltern in Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay!

Author Steve Gevurtz, a student in a Mt. Holyoke postcolonial cinema course, analyzes the film's representation of the Other.
• Salaam Bombay!

A general introduction to the film's production and director Mira Nair from Fu Jen University.  The page contains links to reviews and questions for discussion. 

The Secret Garden

• Agnieszka Holland

Site contains a biography and filmography with links to reviews.
• The Annotated "Sleeping Beauty"

Part of Heidi Heiner's SurLaLune Fairy Tale Site, the page contains an annotated version of the story, a history of the tale, illustrations, a discussion of similar tales across cultures, a bibliography, and information on modern literary, cinematic, and musical interpretations of "Sleeping Beauty."
• James Berardinelli Review

Review notes acting and cinematography as among the film's strong points.

The Yellow Earth

• The Best Film

Asiaweek.com's review places Yellow Earth within the context of Fifth Generation film and discusses the film's exploration of the land/people/party relationship central to Maoist thought.
• Screening Modern China: Chinese Film and Culture

Professor Eileen Cheng-yin Chow’s course site includes a syllabus with background reading, class discussions, handouts, and a historical timeline.  The Yellow Earth is one the films featured on the site.  You may find her students' discussion of the film of particular interest.
• Third Cinema in China: The Yellow Earth

A scholarly treatment of from Queen's University graduate student Amanda Selfridge argues for a Third-World aesthetic at work in The Yellow Earth.
• USC Asian Film Archives

A Quick Time movie of a discussion Professors Zhou Chuanji (Beijing Film Academy), Paul Clark (University of Aukland), and Jeannette Paulson Hereniko (then Director of the Hawaii International Film Festival) discuss the significance of The Yellow Earth.
• Yellow Earth

1-World's review of the film touches on cultural traditions, women's roles, and cinematography.

Web Theaters

• American Memory Collection:  Motion Pictures

A page that links to some of the Library of Congress's motion picture holdings, including films made by Edison, early animated films, and films that recorded famous figures and daily events.  Many of the motion pictures can be viewed via computer for free.

Book Site

• Film Art Online Learning Center

List of objectives for each chapters, discussion questions with links to relevant Web resources, and interactive chapter quizzes.

Film Research

• AFI Online

Site of the American Film Institute.
• American Studies Web

An essential Internet research tool for American Studies scholars. The site has numerous links to sources on American literature, history, art, material culture (including film), gender studies, performing arts, religion and psychology, legal studies, race and ethnicity, economics, politics and social sciences.
• Childhood on Film: A Research Guide

UW Librarian Glenda Pearson created this Web guide to research materials and search strategies for class presentation topics.
• Cinemedia

"The Internet's largest film and media directory," Cinemedia contains links to resources on cinema, directors, organizations, networks, actors, particular films, and research.  Browse the categories to view Cinemedia's 25,000+ links.
• Deep Focus: A Complete Guide to Motion Pictures

Information on film history, the development of motion picture technology, directors, and specific films, performers and directors.
• English Server

Links to multiple resources in the humanities and social sciences.
• Internet Movie Database

Searchable index of over 125,000 films.  Contains links to biographies of directors, screenwriters, producers and actors; commentaries on individual films; and links to popular film reviews.
• Movie Review Query Engine

Use the query engine to search for Web reviews of particular films.
• Library of Congress Internet Resources Page

Links to U.S. and international research sites on film and filmmakers.
• UCLA Arts Library Selected Internet Sources on Film

Links to sites on directors, actors, studios, unions, electronic journals, film research, festivals, movie reviews, searchable databases, and internet guides to film.
• UW Libraries Cinema Studies Research Site

Authored by a cinema studies librarian, the site has information on finding cinema studies resources in the UW libraries and links to electronic journals and cinema studies resources on the Web.

Film Terminology

• SOFIA (Study of Film as Internet Application)

Click on "Camera," "Genre," "Editing," "Story," and "Form" for extended definitions and discussion of cinematic terms.  The site contains material on technical aspects of filmmaking, discussions of genres and arguments regarding the relationship between film and society.  Also contains book reviews, an essay gallery of works on film and film theory, and links to material on Hollywood film studios, critical theory and writing.
• Reading a Film Sequence

A short guide on how to to read the text and context of a film.  The page has excellent questions to guide students in their analysis of narrative, staging, cinematography, editing and sound.

Writing About Film

• Citing Film, Video, and Online Media

Information on how to correctly document citations of film, video and online media materials.
• Critical Writing Online

Papers by students at Queen's University Film Studies program, including a paper on The Yellow Earth. 
• GMU Writing Center's "Writing About Film" Page

George Mason's step-by-step guide to writing film analyses.
• MLA Style

The only MLA-approved guidelines for citing electronic sources.  From the main page, go to "MLA Style," then choose "Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style."  This page links to a page on citing Web sources.
• MLA, APA and Turabian (Chicago) Citation Guides

This site not only reviews MLA, APA and Turabian citation guidelines, but also gives links to citing electronic sources.
• Thinking Critically about Discipline-Based Web Resources

Authored by UCLA librarian Esther Grassian, this page offers criteria for evaluating discipline-based world wide web sites.  Writers can use Grassian's list to help them decide whether a particular web source is appropiate for an academic research paper.

Seattle Film Scene

• Cinema Seattle

Sponsors of Seattle International Film festival, The Women in Cinema Film Festival, the Screenwriter's Forum, and The Talking Pictures series 
• Northwest Film Forum

An organization supporting local film, Northwest Film Forum operates The Little Theater, the Grand Illusion, and Wigglyworld Studios.  NFF also curates various Seattle film programs.
• 911 Media Arts Center 

911 seeks to increase community participation in the media through education programs, equipment access, screenings, and Web-based film distribution.
• Seattle Film Institute

Seattle Film Institute concentrates on film, offering courses in Super 8, 16 mm, sync sound, screenwriting, and the language of film.
• Three-Dollar Bill Cinema

Sponsor of the Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and other events, including The Sound of Music Sing-a-Long.
• Wiggly World Studios

As the Web page states, "WigglyWorld Studios provides a wealth of material, financial and human resources for local filmmakers, including production and post-production equipment, workshops, guest lectures and open screenings."