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Boris Trbic
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Boris Trbic teaches Scriptwriting at Swinburne University of Technology (TAFE) and Screen Language at RMIT University (TAFE) in Melbourne. He is a reviewer on 3RRR’s Film Buffs’ Forecast, and writes screenplays, short fiction and occasional pieces about oriental carpets.
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This annotation previously appeared in Senses of Cinema, no. 14, June 2001. Kanal (1956 Poland 95 mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Film Polski Dir: Andrzej Wajda Scr: Jerzy Stefan Stawinski Phot: Jerzy Lipman Ed: Halina Nawrocka Art Dir: Roman Mann Mus: Jan Krenz Cast: Wienczyslaw Glinski, Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Emil Karewicz Andrzej Wajda’s war [...]
May 24-29, 2005 Australian Shorts This year’s St Kilda Film Festival (SKFF), held in Melbourne’s famous beachside suburb, introduced some changes in the programming volume, selection and general conception that may significantly impact the future of the festival. The changes are reflected in the reduced number of films, and more emphasis on international retrospectives, technical [...]
A large section of the Festival’s program was devoted to this extraordinarily accomplished national cinema.
Kids Return (1996 Japan 107mins) Source: JIS Prod Co: Office Kitano Prod: Masayuki Mori, Takio Yoshida, Yasushi Tsuge Dir, Scr, Ed: Takeshi Kitano Phot: Katsumi Yanagishima Art Dir: Shibata Hirohide Mus: Joe Hisaishi Cast: Masanobu Ando, Ken Kaneko, Leo Morimoto, Yamaya Hatsuo. Takeshi Kitano’s sixth film, Kids Return, is a cinematic tale about Shinji (Masanobu [...]
“Life in the movie business is like the, is like the beginning of a new love affair; it’s full of surprises, and you’re constantly getting fucked.” (1) The alchemy of business has long been recognised as one of the most intriguing features in David Mamet’s theatrical and film texts. It has in fact proved an [...]
A Generation (1954 Poland 85mins) 35mm Source: Screensound Prod Co: Film Polski Prod: Aleksander Ford Dir: Andrzej Wajda Scr: Bohdan Czeszko Phot: Jerzy Lipman Ed: Czeslaw Raniszewski Art Dir: Roman Mann Mus: Andrzej Markowski Cast: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska, Tadeusz Janczar, Zbigniew Cybulski, Roman Polanski. Kanal (1956 Poland 95 mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Film [...]
They Who Step on the Tiger’s Tail (Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi, 1945 Japan 58mins) Source: FSR Prod. Co: Toho Prod: Motohiko Ito Dir, Scr, Ed: Akira Kurosawa, after a kabuki Phot: Takeo Ito Art Dir: Kazuo Kubo Mus: Tadashi Hattori. Cast: Denjiro Okochi, Susumu Fujita, Masayuki Mori. Akira Kurosawa’s They Who Step on [...]
A fascinating discussion of independent film in a time of severe political oppression, only just recently overturned.
Great Expectations (1946 UK 118mins) Source: CAC Prod Co: Cineguild Prod: Ronald Neame Dir: David Lean Scr: Lean, Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan Phot: Guy Green Ed: Jack Harris Art Dir: John Bryan Mus: Walther Goehr Cast: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Francis L. Sullivan, Alec Guiness, Jean Simmons, Martita Hunt. Great Expectations (1946) is the first adaptation [...]
Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho (1991) is his second novel adapted for the screen. American Psycho is one of the most significant works of late 20th century American literature. It recreates the social landscape of the 1980s, a world in decline with little or no moral complexity, a society based on monetary power and preoccupied [...]
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950 USA 95 mins) Source: NLA Prod Co: 20th Century-Fox Prod, Dir: Otto Preminger Scr: Ben Hecht from a novel by William L. Stuart Phot: Joseph LaShelle Ed: Louis Loeffler Art Dir: Lyle Wheeler, J. Russell Spencer Mus: Cyril Mockridge Cast: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed, Karl Malden, [...]
