Cavell on film

[Lewis Cook]

Off-topic query: has anyone present tried using Cavell's _The World  
Viewed_, or perhaps _Reading Cavell's the World Viewed_ (Rothman and  
Keane), in teaching Japanese film to undergraduates? I'm offering a  
course this fall on Ozu (with Tanizaki Jun'ichiro). Our primary text  
for film will be Bordwell on Ozu, but I will use excerpts from both  
of the above titles for leavening. One of my colleagues, a film  
specialist, tells me Cavell doesn't 'get' film. I gather, from  
Rothman and Keane, that this view is not uncommon among those in the  
field at large. I'm skeptical. Any comment?

L Cook