The River (1951 USA 99 mins) Prod Co: Oriental International Film Inc. Prod: Kenneth McEldowney, Jean Renoir Dir: Jean Renoir Scr: Jean Renoir, Rumer Godden, from Godden’s novel Phot: Claude Renoir Jr., Ed: George Gale Prod Des: Eugène Lourié, Bansi Chandra Gupta Mus: Classical Indian, Schumann, Mozart, Weber (“Invitation to the Dance”) Cast: Nora Swinburne, [...]
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James Leahy is a film historian and screenwriter, and has worked with Nick Ray, Ken McMullen (he co-wrote 1871, an official selection at Cannes in 1990) and Med Hondo. His writings on cinema have appeared in The Guardian, Sight & Sound, Cahiers du cinéma in English, Vertigo and PIX.
Articles by James Leahy:
Ceddo (1976 Sénégal 117 mins) Source: ACMI Collections Prod Co: Filmi Doomi Reew Prod: Robert Loko Dir, Scr: Sembène Ousmane Phot: Georges Caristan, Orlando Lopez, Bara Diokhane, Seydina O. Gaye Ed: Florence Eymon, Dominique Blain Art Dir: Alpha W. Diallo Mus: Manu Dibango Cast: Tabura N’diaye, Alioune Fall, Moustapha Yade, Mamadou N’diaye Diagne, Ousmane Camara, [...]
Sürü/The Herd (1978 Turkey 118 mins) Source: ACMI Collections Prod Co: Güney Film Dir: Zeki Ökten Scr: Yilmaz Güney Phot: Izzet Akay Ed: Özdemir Aritan Art Dir: Rauf Ozangil, Sabri Aslankara Mus: Zülfü Livaneli Cast: Tarik Akan (Sirvan), Melike Demirag (Berivan), Tuncel Kurtiz (Hamo), Levent Inanir, Meral Niron, Erol Demiröz, Yaman Okay “The Herd, in [...]
The Only Son (Hitori Musuko) (1936 Japan 87 mins) Source, Prod Co: Shockiku Films Prod: Den Takayama Dir: Yasujiro Ozu Scr: Tadao Ikeda, Masao Arata, based on a story by “James Maki” (Yasujiro Ozu) Phot: Shojiro Sugimoto Art Dir: Tatsuo Hamada Mus: Senji Itô Cast: Chouko Iida, Shinichi Himori, Masao Hayama, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, [...]
Campe de Thiaroye (1987 Senegal 153 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: ENAPROC/Films Domireew/Films Kajoor/SATPEC/Sociéte Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma Prod: Mustafa Ben Jemia, Ouzid Dahmane, Mamadou Mbengue Dir: Ousmane Sembène Scr: Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow Phot: Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina Ed: Kahéna Attia Mus: Ismaël Lô Cast: Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara, Philippe Chamelat, Ismaila Cissé, Moussa Cissoko, Eloi [...]
Tilaï (1990 81 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Films de l’Avenir/Rhea Films/Waka Films Prod: Béatrice Korc, Idrissa Ouedraogo Dir, Scr: Idrissa Ouedraogo Phot: Pierre-Laurent Chénieux, Jean Monsigny Ed: Luc Barnier Mus: Abdullah Ibrahim Cast: Rasmane Ouedraogo, Ina Cissé, Roukietou Barry, Assane Ouedraogo, Sibidou Sibide, Moumouni Ouedraogo Introduction Much of the following material appeared in the [...]
They Caught the Ferry (De Næde Færgen, 1948 Denmark 12 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Dansk Kulturfilm for Ministeriernes Filmudvalg Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer Scr: Dreyer based on Johanees V. Jensen’s story Phot, Ed: Jørgen Roos Cast: Børge Hallenberg They Caught the Ferry must be the most extraordinary Road Safety film ever made! It is [...]
McMullen’s varied career has taken him from gallery art to feature filmmaking and back again. This 2001 interview focuses on his exhibited video projection Signatures, a response to the technology and ideas of modern physics.
In 1969, Hollywood exile Nicholas Ray arrived in Chicago hoping to film a radical ‘documentary.’ His collaborator recalls the era, the project and the man.
Nuit et brouillard (1955 France 31 mins) Source: Goethe Institut Prod Co: Argos/Como/Cocinor Prod: Anatole Dauman, Samy Halfon, Philippe Lifchitz Dir: Alain Resnais Scr: Jean Cayrol Phot: Ghislain Cloquet, Sacha Vierny Ed: Henri Colpi, Jasmine Chasney Mus: Hanns Eisler Nuit et brouillard grew out of an exhibition at the Institut Pédagogique National in November 1954. [...]
b. September 15, 1894, Montmartre, Paris, France d. February 12, 1979, Beverly Hills California, U.S.A. filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources First Movement: Polemic Renoir’s films were underestimated when they first came out. They were unconventional, complex, and so energetic and technically daring that few noticed their intricate structure. They were often dismissed as [...]
Ciclon (1963 Cuba 22 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Instituto Cubano del Arte Industria Cinematograficos Filmmaker: Santiago Alvarez In December 1970, following a long period of agitation against the continuation of military rule and for the restoration of democracy, elections were held throughout Pakistan. The Awami League, the political voice of the Bengali people of [...]
Leahy introduces his 1967 piece on Blind Date, a film rich in allusion about the commodification of human relationships.
