Beyond the Film: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Movie Audiences and Their Environments

Featuring talks on film exhibition, movie theater architecture, screening technology, and the social, political, cultural, and economic infrastructures in which film cultures are embedded.

Location: McDonnell Hall 162

Here is the complete conference schedule:

10:00—10:05          Opening Remarks
                                Celebrating 20 Years of FMS at WashU
                                Colin Burnett, Film and Media Studies, Washington University

10:05—11:05          Talk:
                                "Pop Music, Processing Fluency, and Pleasure: Film Songs as Both Hype and Memento"
                                Jeff Smith, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin Madison
                                Introduction by Todd Decker, Chair of Department of Music, Washington University in St. Louis

11:05—11:15          Short Break

11:15—12:15          Talk:
                                “Cinematic Guerrillas: Mobile Film Exhibition in Socialist China”
                                Jie Li, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
                                Introduction by Letty Chen, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Washington University in St. Louis

12:15—1:45             Lunch Break

1:45—2:45               Talk:
                                “Lithos, Stills, and Lobby Cards: Racializing Theatrical Space”
                                 Cara Caddoo, Department of History/Media School, Indiana University, Bloomington
                                 Introduction by Rebecca Wanzo, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Washington University in
                                 St. Louis

2:45—3:00               Coffee Break
                                 Location: outside McDonnell Hall 162 

3:00—4:15                Talk:
                                 “Modernist Cinemas: Black Boxes and Beyond”
                                  Tom Gunning, Department of Cinema and Media Studies, University of Chicago
                                  Introduction by Gaylyn Studlar, Director of Film and Media Studies, Washington University in St. Louis

4:15—4:45                Response by Discussant
                                  William Paul, Film and Media Studies, Washington University in St. Louis

4:45—5:30                Reception
                                  Location: outside McDonnell Hall 162