A Reply From John Flaus John Flaus December 2014 Feature Articles The Flaus Dossier has overwhelmed me – I am at a loss for words. I know that statement will be met with a measure of doubt by many of those who have had dealings with me over the years, but it’s true – almos...
Night People and The Wild One John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier These two articles were originally published in consecutive issues of Voice: The Australian Independent Monthly, vol. 3, no. 11 and 12, August and September 1954. Written when Flaus was 20, they represent what ...
The Western Myth John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Sydney University Film Group Bulletin vol. 4, no. 3, Second Term 1966, pp. 61-63. Republished with the permission of the author. The Searchers For most film commentators the only “resp...
More Than Skin Deep: La Peau douce John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Film Digest no. 28, December 1967, pp. 11-22. Republished with the permission of the author. “All art is life; some life is art” My first response to Truffaut’s La Peau douce is to dec...
The World of Satyajit Ray John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Masque vol. 1, no. 5, May-June 1968, pp. 14-17. This article appeared within a special film issue of this relatively short-lived but significant dramatic and performing arts magazine. Th...
The Killers John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Sydney University Film Group Bulletin no. 50, First Term 1970, pp. 6-7. Republished with the permission of the author. Audiences who try to “read” rather than “see” films, who are more ...
Melville: Le Samouraï John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Cinema Papers no. 1, January 1974, pp. 56-7. Republished with the permission of the author. “There is no greater solitude than that of the Samurai, unless it be that of the tiger in the...
Josef von Sternberg: Morocco and Blonde Venus John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Film Buffs’ Forecast: A Guide to One-off Screenings in Melbourne, Buff Publications, Melbourne, May 1981. This fanzine-style newsletter was compiled and published by Flaus in the late 19...
There’s Always Tomorrow John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Annotations on Film, ed. Michael Koller, Melbourne Cinémathèque, Melbourne, 1990, p. 53. Republished with the permission of the author and the Melbourne Cinémathèque. The most penetrati...
Miller’s Crossing – A Film Neither Structured nor Constrained by Fashion John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Filmnews vol. 21, no. 3, April 1991, pp. 8-9. It appears here with minor corrections. Republished with the permission of the author and the then editor of Filmnews, Tina Kaufman. The Co...
In the Mind’s Eye John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier These articles were originally published in Paul Winkler: Films 1964-94 , Museum of Contemporary Art and Paul Winkler, Sydney, 1995, pp. 9-11 and 24. Republished with the permission of the author and the Museum...
The Big Heat John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in CTEQ: Annotations on Film no. 2, 1996, pp. 7-9. It appears here with minor corrections. Republished with the permission of the author and the Melbourne Cinémathèque. When a police offic...
