http://www.filmsite.org/filmh.html Filmsite: Film History

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cinema Wikipedia: History of Film

http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/movies.html Media History Project: Film History

http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Movies_and_Film/History/ Yahoo: Film History Links

http://www.earlycinema.com/index.html Early Cinema.Com

http://www.filmsite.org/afi100films.html AFI: 100 Greatest American Movies

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=REVIEWS08 Ebert: Great Movies

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/papr/mpixhome.html Library of Congress: American Memory Collection Finder

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html American Memory: Inventing Entertainment – The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml/awlhome.html American Memory: America at Leisure, 1894-1915

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/nychome.html American Memory: The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html American Memory: The Origins of American Animation, 1900-1921

http://www.asianfilms.org/ Asian Films Connection

http://www.inblackandwhite.com/FrenchFilmsv2.0/index.html French Films of the 1930s

http://www.inblackandwhite.com/FedericoFelliniv2.0/index.html Spotlight on Fellini

http://www.inblackandwhite.com/ItalianNeorealismv2.0/ Italian Neorealism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_new_wave Wikipedia: French New Wave

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_New_Wave Wikipedia: Hong Kong New Wave

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood Wikipedia: Bollywood

1			Look over the film history website above, particularly that of filmsite.org. Choose a particular decade and discuss the relationship between American and world cinema during that time. What effect did each have on the other? Which was more important at the time? What were the great movies of that particular period?
2			What do you think played a larger role in the eventual commercial supremacy of Hollywood over the world film industry – economic advantages and developments or the adaptability and universal appeal of American films? Support your answer with specific historical examples.
3			Examine a particular global film movement, such as the French New Wave of the 1960s, the Hong Kong New Wave of the ‘70s or 80s, or another of your choosing. What were the defining characteristics of the films made in this particular country and era? How did they come to impact on American cinema? Can you think of American movies or directors that were particularly influenced by this movement?