INDEX

In creating this index, every effort was made to include all film titles, individual and organization names, and subjects for which there is a substantial or significant mention. Film stills and quotes are also indexed. Omitted are titles, names, and subjects that are mentioned in passing or as part of a list. Film titles appear in the index as they do in the text, with cross-references to all alternative titles.

A

A la recherche du temps perdu , 55 , 127

African Americans in film, 11 –12, 16 –25, 421 –429. See also Race and racism

African cinema, 51 , 112 –125

Akerman, Chantal, 141

Ali, Muhammad, 421 , 422 , 425 , 426 , 427

Alien , 180 –181

All About Eve , 70 –74

Andrew, Dudley, 398 –399

Androids. See Doubling

Anna Karenina , 498

Année dernière à Marienbad, L'. See Last Year at Marienbad

Anti-war demonstrations, 274 , 276

Anticipation of the Night , 537

Antonioni, Michelangelo, 210 –212

Apocalypse Now , 214

Arendt, Hannah, 176

Arnheim, Rudolf, 45 , 520

Aspect ratio, 363 –367, 371 n14, 371 n15

Astor, Mary, 479 –480

Audiences and viewer reaction, 294 –296, 360 –363, 545 –546

Auteur theory, 6 , 36 , 77 , 207 –208

Automated dialogue replacement, 343 , 344

Avant-garde film, 40 –45, 141 –147, 225 –228, 272 , 503 –505, 510 –541

B

Badlands , 62

Baillie, Bruce, 504 –505, 511 –535

Barr, Charles, 366

Barrymore, Lionel, 424

Barthes, Roland, 58 , 142 , 395

Battleship Potemkin, The , 497

Baudry, Jean-Louis, 398

Bazin, André, 135 –136, 205 –206, 341 , 395 . See also27 –46

Belafonte, Harry, 18

Benjamin, Walter, 362 , 368

Bergman, Ingmar, 350 n14

Best of Amateur Erotic Video Volume II, The , 156 , 228 –231

Beye, Ben Diogaye, 117

Black-and-white films. See Colorization

Black Panther , 273 –274

Blade Runner , 182 –187, 358

Blow-Out , 214 –216

Blow-up , 210 –212, 216

Borom Sarret , 51 , 118 –119

Bourdieu, Pierre, 76

Bowser, Pearl, 284

Brakhage, Jane, 505 , 537 –541

Brakhage, Stan, 505 , 536 –541

Bride of Frankenstein, The , 167

Broken Blossoms , 57

Browne, Nick, 295

Bryant, Jennings, 201 –202n6

Business of America  . . ., The , 279 , 281

Byrne, Pat, 399 , 410 n32

C

California Newsreel, 279 –282

Callenbach, Ernest, 3

Camera movement, 174 n20

Cameras, 344 –345, 348 –349n3

Capgrass syndrome, 167

Capra, Frank, 61

Carrie , 214 –215

Carroll, Noël, 398 , 409 n23

Castle of Otranto, The , 160

Castro Street , 504 , 512 –523

Cavell, Stanley, 395

Ceddo , 121 –122

Censorship, 50 , 95 , 108 –109n6

Chimes at Midnight , 443

Chinese western, 110 n16

Chinoise, La , 299

Choy, Christine, 277 , 283 , 288 n18, 327 n3

Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, The , 61 , 62

Chronicle of Hope: Nicaragua , 238

Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach. See Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

Cinema verité, 209 , 247 –253, 310 , 315 , 322

CinemaScope, 331 , 366 –367

Citizen Kane , 39 , 57 , 416 –417, 439 , 440 –441, 443 –448, 451 , 456 –473

Civil War, The , 327 n5

Class conflict, 80 , 84 –86, 275 –277

Clay, Cassius. See Ali, Muhammad

Cohn, Harry, 80

Color, use of, 357 , 517 –519

Colorization, 333 –334, 358 –359

Columbia Revolt , 270 , 274 , 275

Confessions of a Cultist , 36

Controlling Interest , 279 , 281

Conversation, The , 210 , 212 –213

Coppola, Francis Ford, 154 –155, 204 –223

Corey, Wendell, 479 –480, 488

Corman, Roger, 208

Cosby, Bill, 425 –426

Costume and fashion, 483 –485

Cultural Revolution, the, 93

D

Dandridge, Dorothy, 19 –20

Daressa, Larry, 268 , 282

Davis, Geena, 546 –547

Day After Trinity, The , 256

de Antonio, Emile, 257 –260

Dead spot, 293

Deinum, Andries, 2 –3

Deming, Barbara, 485

DeNiro, Robert, 218 –219

DePalma, Brian, 154 –155, 204 –223

Desert Fury , 417 –418, 474 –493

Digital imaging, 333 , 392 –411

Discovery plot, 169 –171, 174 n19

Djeli , 119 –120

Doane, Mary Ann, 318

Documentary, 239 –328

Doubling, 154 , 180 –187. See also Fission

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), 168

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), 163

Dracula, 164 –165

Dressed to Kill , 214 –215

Duel in the Sun , 131 –132

Dwight Macdonald on Film , 36 –37

E

Ecaré, Desiré, 116

Economics of production, 346 –347

Edge of the City , 18 , 19

Editing, 243 , 297 –298

8 1/2 , 58 , 59

Eisenstein, Sergei, 34 , 398 , 514 , 521

Eisley, Loren, 182 –183

Epicurus, 368

Essay on Liberation, An , 275 , 288 –289n22

Exorcist, The , 162 –164

Expanded Cinema , 40 –45

Experimental film. See Avant-garde film

F

Faces of Women. See Visages de femmes

Farber, Manny, 37 –40

Fearing, Franklin, 1

Felman, Shoshana, 321

Feminist criticism and theory, 49 , 78 –79, 82 –84, 88 –89, 155 , 191 , 545 –548, 554 –555, 559 –560

Feminist filmmakers, 141 –148, 278

Fetchit, Stepin, 415 –416, 420 –429

Fetish, 83

Figures of Light , 36 –37

Film noir, 485

Film stock, 343 , 349 n3, 349 –350n9, 350 n12

Finye , 117

Fish, Stanley, 458 , 469 –470, 472

Fission, 166 –169, 173

Ford, John, 424 –425

Forrest Gump , 392 , 393 –394, 397 –398, 401 , 402 , 403

Frankenstein , 161 , 165 –166, 179 –180

From Spikes to Spindles , 278

Fruchter, Norman, 275 , 276 , 277

Frugé, August, 2 –3

Fusion, 166 , 168

G

Garbage , 272

Garbage Boys, The. See Nyamanton

Gaze aesthetics, 346

Genette, Gérard, 52 –53, 54 –75, 127 –131, 138 , 143 –145

Genre, 151 –238

Glance aesthetics, 345 –346

Godard, Jean-Luc, 26 , 64 , 282 , 299

Godfather, The , 211

Godfather, Part II, The , 209

Goebbels, Joseph, 431 –437, 494 –500

Graef, Roger, 297

Gramsci, Antonio, 49 , 79 , 89

Great White Hope, The , 427

Griffin, Ada Gay, 285

Griot, 51 , 114 , 118 –120

Griot, The. See Djeli

H

Head, Edith, 483

Henderson, Brian, 128 –131

Hillman, James, 186

Hitchcock, Alfred, 49 –50, 78 –89

Hodiak, John, 479 –480, 481 , 485 , 487 –488

Holliday, George, 310

Hollywood on Trial , 259

Home video, 331 , 352 –371

Homosexuality, 418 , 486 –489

Horror film, 153 , 158 –174

How Green Was My Valley , 52 , 57 , 62 –63, 64 , 65 –67, 69 –74, 128 –129

I

I Married a Monster from Outer Space , 167

Imitation of Life , 22 –24

Immortal Story , 442 , 452 –453

In the Year of the Pig , 258

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), 178

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), 170 , 179

Island in the Sun , 16 , 18 –20

It's a Wonderful Life , 337 , 338

J

Jacobson, Harlan, 318 –319

Jameson, Fredric, 225 , 244 , 286 , 309 , 317

JFK , 310 –312, 313 , 315

Jim, Xie, 109 n7

Job, The. See Posto, Il

Johnson, Jack, 421 , 427

Jones, Ernest, 153 –154, 159 , 161 , 164

Jom , 51 , 120

Judge Priest , 424 –425

Jurassic Park , 394 , 396 , 397 , 400 , 402 , 403

K

Kael, Pauline, 3 , 6 , 14 , 29 , 30 –31, 36

Kaes, Anton, 310

Kaige, Chen, 94 , 108

Kauffmann, Stanley, 36 –37

Kawin, Bruce, 457 –458, 462 , 464 , 467

King of Comedy, The , 220

King, Rodney, 310

Kings Go Forth , 20 –21

Kracauer, Siegfried, 395

Kramer, Robert, 268

L

Lady Windermere's Fan , 67

Lancaster, Burt, 477 –483, 487 –488, 292 n14

Lang, Fritz, 415 , 494 –500

Lanzmann, Claude, 316 –318, 319 –322

Lasch, Christopher, 163

Laserdisc. See Videodisc

Last Year at Marienbad , 33 –34, 57

Lawrence, D. H., 536

Lawrence of Arabia , 331 , 355 , 364 –367

Lawson, John Howard, 1

Letterboxing, 363 –367, 370 n1

Life , 107

Livingstone, Jenny, 312 –313

Lost Horizon , 61

M

McCabe, Colin, 398

McDaniel, Hattie, 422

Macdonald, Dwight, 6 , 36 –37

Macgowan, Kenneth, 2

Mack, Kevin, 397 , 401 –402, 404

Magnificent Ambersons, The , 416 –417, 439 , 441 –442, 444 , 445 , 448 , 451 , 452

Marcuse, Herbert, 275 , 288 –289n22

Martin, Ann, 3

Mask, The , 406

Matrix , 41

Matting process, 515 –517

Mean Streets , 217

Mekas, Jonas, 227 –228

Messidor , 558 –560

Metropolis , 178

Metz, Christian, 67 , 232 , 475 –476, 477

Mitry, Jean, 341 , 348

Models , 253

Moore, Michael, 318 –319, 327 n6

Morris, Errol, 313 –318, 319 , 322 –325

Mouchette , 39

Murch, Walter, 210 , 212 –213

N

Naremore, James, 460 –461, 462 , 467 –468

Narrative, 54 –75, 126 –150, 417 , 550 –554

Narrator, 51 , 70 –75, 417 , 457 –458. See also Griot

Negative Space , 37 –40

Neo-realism, 133 –141, 205 –206, 220 –221

New Left, the, 242 –243, 269 –278

Newsreel, 269 –289

Nichols, Bill, 395 , 405

Nicht versöhnt. See Not Reconciled

Night of the Quarter Moon , 21 –22

Nightmare, 153 , 158 –174

No Game , 276

Not a Love Story , 191

Not Reconciled , 58 –60, 71

Novak, Kim, 80 –81

Nyamanton , 122 –124

O

Off the Pig. See Black Panther

Olympia , 415 , 430 –437

One Man, Several Women. See Sey Seyeti

Open City , 154 –155, 206 –207

Overreacher plot, 170

P

Pacific Film Archive, 41 , 496

Paige, Satchel, 426

Pan-and-scan, 364 –366

Paris Is Burning , 326 n2

Pechter, William, 33 –36

Perceptual realism, 394

Perry, Lincoln. See Fetchit, Stepin

Perse, Elizabeth, 400

Petit Soldat, Le , 62 , 63

Phobias, 168 , 173 –174n18

Photo Wallahs , 290

Pinney, Christopher, 292

Place in the Sun, A , 132 –133

Plaisir, Le , 70 –71

Poitier, Sidney, 18

Political movements and issues, 156 , 206 , 222 n2, 225 , 242 –243, 268 –289. See also Anti-war demonstrations; New Left, the

Polonsky, Abraham, 1 –2

Polygamy, 117 –118

Pornography, 155 –156, 190 –202, 224 –238

Postmodernism (in film), 224 –238, 309 –328

Posto, Il , 53 , 137 –141

Power baby, 439 –453

Proust, Marcel, 55 , 127 –129

Psychoanalysis, 82 –84, 153 –154, 160 –174, 454 n3, 454 n4

Punk rock, 232 –236

Q

Quixote , 515

R

Race and racism, 16 –25, 85 –86, 283 , 421 –429

Raging Bull , 208 , 219

Rape, 191 , 198 –199, 201 –202n6, 506 –507, 554 –555

Rear Window , 211 –212

Remembrance of Things Past. See A la recherche du temps perdu

Respectable Life, A , 252 –253

Rich, B. Ruby, 190

Riefenstahl, Leni, 415 , 430 –437

Ritual, 155 , 207

Rocky , 218 –219

Roger and Me , 318 –319, 327 n3.

Rogin, Michael, 83 –84, 86

Roma, città aperta. See Open City

Rosie the Riveter , 254 –255

Rossellini, Roberto, 64 , 206 –207, 222 n1, 317

Rubin, Rebecca, 400

Rushes, 243 , 296 –298

S

Sarandon, Susan, 546 –547

Sarris, Andrew, 6 , 36 , 480

Schefer, Jean-Louis, 490

Science fiction, 154 , 159 –160, 176 –188

Scorsese, Martin, 154 –155, 204 –223

Scott, Lizabeth, 477 –485, 491 n8, 492 n14

Scott, Ridley, 543 –545, 557 –558

Screwball comedy, 548 –550

SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), 276 , 287 n7

Searchers, The , 554 –555

Sembene, Ousmane, 118

Sexual Meditations , 536

Sexuality and horror, 163 –165

Sey Seyeti , 117

Shaffer, Deborah, 271

Shelley, Mary, 165 –166

Sherman's March , 327 n5

Shoah , 244 –245, 316 –318, 319 –322, 324 –325, 327 n7

Shockproof , 491 –492

Shot length, 293 –295, 295 –296, 527 –531

Siegel, Allan, 277 , 283

Siegel, Don, 178

Simon, John, 28 –29

Sisters , 161

Sitney, P. Adams, 521 , 537 –538, 539

Soldier Girls , 249 –252

Sontag, Susan, 174 n19

Sound of Trumpets, The. See Posto, Il

Spoto, Donald, 79

Stallone, Sylvester, 218

Stepford Wives, The , 178 –179

Stone, Oliver, 310 –312, 315

Stranger, The , 416 –417, 443 , 448 –449, 450 , 451 –452

Straub, Jean-Marie, 58 –61

Streetcar Named Desire, A , 38 –39

Summer '68 , 288 n7

T

Tajima, Renee, 327 n3

Taxi Driver , 218

Technology and technological developments, 41 –45, 304 , 329 –411

Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The , 495 –497

Texture-mapping, 410 n32

Thelma & Louise , 505 –508, 542 –560

They Call Us Misfits , 252

Thigh Line Lyre Triangular , 505 , 538 –541

Thin Blue Line, The , 244 , 308 , 313 –318, 319 , 322 –325

Thing, The (1982), 177 , 181

Third World Newsreel, 282 –285

To Parsifal , 504 –505, 524 –534

Todorov, Tzvetan, 187

Touch of Evil , 449 –450

Toute une nuit , 53 , 141 –148

Trenker, Luis, 497

Trinh, T. Minh-ha, 309 –310

Trouble in Paradise , 65

Troublemakers , 274 , 287 n7

True Lies , 397

Twenty-four Times a Second , 33 –36

U

Umberto D ., 134 –137, 139 –141

Union Maids , 261

V

Variety Girl , 492 n14

Vaughan, Dai, 292

Vertigo , 49 –50, 76 –90

Vertov, Dziga, 270 –271, 398

Video assist, 332 –333

Videodisc, 353 –371

Visages de femmes , 116 –117

Voellmann, Chris, 401 –402

W

Walpole, Horace, 160

Wayne, John, 424

Wedding Camels , 263 –265

Welles, Orson, 210 , 214 –217, 438 –454, 456 –473

Weston, Edward, 512

Who Killed Vincent Chin? , 326 –327n3

Williams, Christopher, 405

Wilmar 8, The , 257

Wind, The. See Finye

Window Water Baby Moving , 505 , 536 –541

Wiseman, Frederick, 253

Wizard of Oz, The , 362

Woman's Film, The , 278

Women, representation of, 49 –50, 78 –84, 86 , 101 –103, 116 –118, 144 –145, 191 –202, 284 , 285 –286, 534 , 545 –550, 554 –560

Wood, Robin, 78 , 161

World, The Flesh and the Devil, The , 24 –25

X

Xala , 115 –116

Y

Yellow Earth , 50 –51, 92 –111

Youngblood, Gene, 40 –45

Z

Zapruder film, 311 , 315

Zillmann, Dolf, 201 –202n6