call for papers

[ckaratnytsky at nypl.org]

     Two items from H-Film.
     
     Sojourner need not apply until behavior mod therapy and cinematic 
     repentance has been completed in truly sterling fashion.
     
     Add:  Pasolini.  Forget:  Morality.  Art is amoral.  
     
     Chris
     
     P.S.  Time's up:  "Everybody back--radioactive" is from the American 
     release of the first Godzilla movie, which starred Raymond Burr in 
     scenes interpolated with the original Japanese cut of the film.  When 
     you're done with the Marx brothers fest, bone up on Godzilla movies, 
     especially Godzilla vs. Mothra, Godzilla vs. Megalon, the truly 
     awesome Destroy All Monsters, a-& the Rodan and Mothra movies.  Your 
     penalty for failing to answer this question is to watch the wretched 
     Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster.
     
     When you're done with monster movies, we'll talk you through Ozu and 
     Kurosawa. 
     
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     1. Call for papers.

     MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ARTS AND LETTERS
     
     CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS
     
     1998 CINEMA STUDIES SECTION
     
     
     The Cinema Studies Section of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, 
     and Letters will hold its annual conference on February 27 and 28 at Alma 
     College in Alma, Michigan.
     
     Paper proposals are invited in all areas of the history, theory and 
     pedagogy of the moving image.  The Cinema Studies Section of the Michigan 
     Academy is national in scope; scholars throughout the U.S. and Canada 
     present research at our meetings.  The Cinema Studies Section endorses 
     a policy of informality and creative networking to provide the most 
     productive atmosphere possible for scholarly exchange.  Papers from 
     past sessions have been published in a variety of scholarly journals.
     
     Two copies of paper/panel proposals in abstract form are due no later 
     than October 30th, 1997 to the section chair.  Abstract should include 
     the name of section in which the paper is proposed, author's name, 
     address, institutional affiliation, telephone and e-mail address.
     
     Please direct all paper proposals and queries to:
     
             Jennifer A. Machiorlatti, Ph.D.
             Chair, MASAL Cinema Studies Section
             Communication Department
             The University of Michigan-Flint
             526 CROB
             Flint, MI 48502
             (810) 766-6812
             jamfilms at umich.edu


     2.  Proposals for panel discussion.

     This panel for the 1998 Society of Cinema Studies conference will 
     examine the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings system.  
     It will address race, class, gender, violence, and other 
     socio-cultural issues in the context of the ongoing negotiation 
     between producers, exhibitors, special interests groups, the 
     government, and trade organizations in determining the rating (or
     lack of one) for a film.  Papers could explore MPAA policy 
     similarities and differences between other countries, the recent 
     television ratings system and its relationship to feature film 
     ratings, or current or past controversies surrounding individual film 
     or genres such as Adrian Lyne's Lolita or Showgirls.  Please contact 
     Kevin S. Sandler, Sheffield Hallam University at Heneryhawk at aol.com or 
     by phone at (248) 737-4681 or fax (248) 737-5116 send proposals to 
     3302 Winchester, West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322  USA.