World Cinema’s ‘Dialogues’ with Hollywood looks at the way Hollywood has interacted with a range of national and transnational cinemas, from German Expressionism to Bollywood and Chinese film. While Hollywood has had a profound impact upon the history of the medium – suggesting that if there is ‘dialogue’ to be identified it is one where Hollywood has done all the talking – it is impossible to understand this history without examining the impact of World Cinema’s economic, aesthetic and political relationship with Hollywood.