Crabbe, Eoghan. “The Shadow Of German Expressionism In Cinema.” Film Inquiry, 16 Oct.

2017,

www.filminquiry.com/german-expressionism/.

“Expressionism” is an art form where what something stands for becomes more important than

what the thing physically is. Expressionism started in Germany, and made its way into German films.

This influenced the culture of Germany and films from other countries.

This article was written solely to inform. It’s on a site dedicated to film knowledge. The

audience is anyone interested in film. I don’t think this changes any of the information, but there would

be no reason for anyone in this setting to intentionally mislead.

The writer of the article is someone employed by the website. The website itself is dedicated to

TV and film news, discussion, and analysis. There are few ads. There are also pages with background

and contact info about the people who run the site. I believe this source to be reliable.

I can use this piece to discuss characteristics of German cinema. I could also use it to show a

certain country’s influence on film in our country. I could also refer to some of the films discussed in

the article, which many people may not have known were German.

Ogan, C. “The Audience for Foreign Film in the United States.” Journal of Communication, vol. 40, no.

4, Sept. 1990, p. 58. Education Research Complete, EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/j.1460-

2466.1990.tb02282.x. Accessed 26 Feb. 2019.

This paper examines the decrease in popularity of foreign films in America. It concludes that

average people aren’t interested anymore. Instead, it says, foreign films remain popular only with those

already interested in foreign cultures.

I found this paper on EBSCOhost. The author is a professor at Indiana University’s School of

Journalism. I can not identify any bias the author may have. I believe this source is credible.
 This paper was published in 1990, and examines film viewership trends as far back as the 60s.

The information in the paper could be considered outdated because of this. I think that the figures

presented in the article are still useful. I also believe that the general attitudes towards films discussed

in the paper are still present in today’s society.

I could use this source to discuss the decline in foreign film viewership. I could also use it to

discuss the type of person most likely to be interested in foreign films. This source could also provide

information on what could make someone not interested in foreign cultures interested in foreign films.

Paquet, Darcy. “A Short History of Korean Film.” Korean Movie Reviews for 2005: A Bittersweet Life,

Crying Fist, The President's Last Bang, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Welcome to Dongmakgol,

and More., 2007, koreanfilm.org/history.html.

This website is a comprehensive history of Korea’s most influential films. The first entry is

from 1903, and the most recent is from 2006.

This website is maintained and published by a film awards academy in Korea. The page’s

author is clearly stated, and contact information can easily be found. The author’s credentials can be

found just as easily. The site is frequently updated, and the design of the site is simple and excludes ads.

This particular page was last updated in 2007. This means that the information may not be up to

date. However, given the nature of this page, I don’t think that impacts the quality of the information.

It’s possible the author feels the same way, and simply hasn’t updated the page because there haven’t

been any of what he considers to be major developments in Korean cinema.

This source could be extremely useful in determining characteristics of film in another country.

It could also show again how the film industry of a foreign country influenced the US industry. The

timeline on the page could be compared to a timeline of US films to show how the two indsutries

evolved separately from each other.

Pokorny, Michael, and John Sedgwick. “THE LONG-RUN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE US FILM

INDUSTRY.” London Metropolitan University, 2017.

This paper examines the US film industry over 70 years. The analysis stretches from 1930 to

2000.Profit numbers, demand, and objective characteristics of films released in this time are used for

the analysis.

The paper was written in part by a professor at London Metropolitan University. The other

author is implied to be a professor at the same place, but if that is true and what department he is in is a

mystery. However, the paper cites sources frequently and contains original graphs and figures.

This is another source whose coverage ends around 2000. Again, however, I don’t think this in

significant. The authors of the paper are also not US citizens. I believe this will give them a less-biased

and more accurate view of the US film industry.

This paper could be used to detail traits of the US film industry. I could use it to draw

comparisons to the film industries of other countries. I could also use the figures for demands it

presents and compare them to the figures for foreign film viewership from another source to see if

there’s any correlation.

Sylla, Fanta. “What Is French Cinema Anyway?” TIFF, 9 Aug. 2016, www.tiff.net/the-review/what-is-

french-cinema-anyway/.

This article details and dissects aspects commonly associated with French cinema. It does so an

attempt to pin down what exactly French cinema is.

This article was published on a website dedicated to film literacy in Canada. The organization

that runs the site holds film workshops and screenings. The author of the article is from France, and

would know about French cinema. The article seems like it was written solely to inform.
 The article was written in 2016, so it’s fairly recent. I think the fact that it was written by a

former Parisian now living in Canada means it’s written by someone in a position to be extremely

knowledgeable about the topic. The website itself is clean and professional.

This page could easily be used to talk about the characteristics of French film. I could also

reference it as it talks about popular French films American audiences may have seen. There’s also a

part where it compares French cinema to US cinema. I could easily use that in my paper.

Thompson, Veronica, and Manijeh Mannani. Familiar and Foreign : Identity in Iranian Film and

Literature. AU Press, 2015. EBook Collection,

sinclair.ohionet.org:80/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk

&AN=1076473&site=eds-live. Accessed 26 Feb. 2019.

This text revolves around film in Iran. It features analyses of individual Iranian films and

background on the people on who made them.

This books seems to have been written solely to inform. There are many contributors, many of

whom seem to be from Iran or a near-by country. The book seems to have a focus on women, and there

is definitely a bias against what the author and artists agree to be oppressive powers.

The author of this book seems to have consulted with a lot of different people to make this book.

They seem to have even collaborated with the artist whose piece they were analyzing to make the book.

The analyses are thoughtful, and no one is more suited to analyze media than anyone else.

This book could be used to discuss characteristics of film in Iran. It could also be used to show

how the experiences of those filmmakers shape the industry in that country. This book could also be

used to humanize a far-away group of people and make their art seem more worthwhile to the reader.

Tu, Haijing. “Foreign Language Films Among Young Americans: A Study of Exposure and Attitude.”

Conference Papers -- International Communication Association, 2008, pp. 1–31. Communication

 & Mass Media CompleteTM, EBSCOhost,

sinclair.ohionet.org:80/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&

AN=36957144&site=eds-live. Accessed 26 Feb. 2019.

This paper takes a look at how young people in our country feel about foreign films. It also

examines the reasons behind these attitudes. Its conclusion that those who already interact with foreign

cultures are more likely to enjoy foreign films echos another source.

This paper seems to be written as academic study. The purpose would be to inform. It was

written in 2008, and so is the most recent of these type of papers. The audience would be anyone who

wants to read it.

The author of this paper is a professor at the University of Massachusetts. This paper was also

discussed at a conference given by the author. I found this paper through the Library search.

I could use this paper to discuss current foreign film viewership trends among young people. I

could also present solutions to the reasons given for why people don’t watch foreign films. This paper

also contains datasets I could reference in my paper.