The Fate of Kinema Club Website

[Joseph Murphy]

There was some discussion and general agreement in October to update and 
give a little more attention to materials on other parts of the Kinema 
Club website.  I had been reworking one of the links on the "teaching" 
section on Noel Burch's To the Distant Observer anyway, so here's 
delivery #1.  This was something I'd written from html 8 years ago, and 
was graphically very primitive.  The new site should be more readable, 
work better to illustrate the points, and fit the look of Kinema Club a 
little better.  Please take a look and tell me what you think:

       http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/jmurphy/New/title/title_index.htm

The site is meant as a very brutal "reduction" of Burch's argument (see 
the Caveat), and just a sort of conversation-starter for reading it.  I 
have heard rumors that Burch's book is being prepared for reissue, which 
would be a nice coincidence. 
Please let me know if you spot any problems, or have any suggestions.  
Thanks for your input, and thanks to two students of mine, Phill Taylor 
and Taha Sadegi, who did the site design.
yours,
Joseph Murphy

> As a silent but appreciative member I would like to support the 
> proposal to keep and update the Kinema Club website as a teaching and 
> research resource. I have found it very helpful in designing my own 
> film courses and an updated version would be extremely useful for my 
> students as well.
> I would also like to express my appreciation for the work of those 
> very active members of the list, whose contributions both on the email 
> list and on the internet help to ensure that my courses are up to date 
> and engaging in present day debate.