[6] The portrayal of Asians in American films and the images they created in the minds of the audience are discussed.

The usage of Japan as a shooting spot has been discussed by citing the examples of Tokyo File 212 (1951), Three Stripes in the Sun (1955), Teahouse of the August Moon (1956), Sayonara (1957), and My Geisha (1962).

[1] In her conclusion, Roan analyses David Cronenberg's M. Butterfly (1993), shot on location in Hungary, China, France, and Canada, and posits her reasons for the negative reception of the feature.

[9] Monica Rico wrote in the journal Film & History that "Envisioning Asia deserves to be widely read and assigned" and that the author relies "perhaps a bit too heavily on quotations" from others.

[10] Kent A. Ono (in American Quarterly) opined that Roan had "[emphasized] context itself", taking a cultural studies approach to her study of “on location” cinema[7] and concluded by saying that "Roan questions the very need and rationale for the authenticity that location shooting ostensibly allows and provides.