The first film journal devoted to the Asia-Pacific region as a whole provides a forum in which Asian and Western cinemas can be introduced to and appreciated by a world-wide audience.

Contents:

SPECIAL ISSUE ON HUMOR IN CINEMA

Editor’s Note

The Dimensions of American Humor

by Arthur Power Dudden

Screwball Comedy

by Duane Paul Byrge

Humor in Japanese Cinema

by Ian Buruma

Satisfied or Not: Desire and Discourse in the Chinese Comedy of the 1960s

by Ma Ning

You Could Die Laughing: Jewish Humor and Film

by Patricia Erens

Raj Kapoor and the Indianization of Charlie Chaplin

by Malti Sahai

Humor in Australian Cinema

by Nadia Tass

Humor in Korean Cinema

by Ahn Byung Sup

In Conclusion…

by Susan Sontag

Book Reviews