From MUFS to the Melbourne Cinémathèque: Our Evolving Journey Through Cinema Part I Michael Koller November 2024 “A very open-ended canon”: The Many Histories of the Melbourne Cinémathèque MUFS In the early 1970s, major Hollywood films were generally released within a relatively short worldwide window, while many non-English language and arthouse films could take years to get to Australia. There...
Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges, 1948) Michael Koller January 2022 CTEQ Annotations on Film This essay was originally published in Cteq: Annotations on Film, no. 1 (1996), pp. 18-20, and appears here with a small number of minor changes. Any brief, general, introduction to Preston Sturges would tal...
Equinox Flower Michael Koller March 2018 CTEQ Annotations on Film Equinox Flower (1958 Japan 118mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Shochiku Dir: Yasujiro Ozu Scr: Ozu, Kogo Noda from the novel by Ton Satomi Phot: Yuharu Atsuta Ed: Yoshiyasu Hamamura Art Dir: Tatsuo Hamada Mus:...
Kohlhiesels Töchter and Schuhpalast Pinkus Michael Koller October 2010 CTEQ Annotations on Film Ernst Lubitsch’s meteoric German career spanned ten years, with him acting in about a dozen films before directing several dozen shorts and twelve features. The shorts Lubitsch featured in or directed were main...
Waterfall Michael Koller October 2010 Arthur and Corinne Cantrill Dossier This article was first published in Cinema Papers no. 102, December 1994, pp. 10-11. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of the author. Waterfall (Arthur and Corinne Cantrill, 1984) is a true film...
The Unknown Michael Koller July 2010 CTEQ Annotations on Film WARNING: This article divulges most of the film's major plot elements. "Don't step on it, it might be Lon Chaney." - A 1927 quip. As in any art form, the history of cinema contains many works that are, for...
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc Michael Koller May 2008 CTEQ Annotations on Film La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc/The Passion of Joan of Arc (1927 France 90 mins) Prod Co: Société Générale de Films Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer Scr: Dreyer, Joseph Delteil based on the original records of the tr...
Erich von Stroheim’s Damned Queen: Queen Kelly Michael Koller August 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Queen Kelly (1928 USA 96 mins) Prod Co: Gloria Swanson Pictures Corporation/United Artists Prod: Erich von Stroheim, Joseph P. Kennedy , Gloria Swanson Dir, Scr: Erich von Stroheim Phot: Paul Ivano, Gor...
The Joyless Street Michael Koller July 2004 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Joyless Street/Die Freudlose Gasse (1925 Germany 145 mins) Source: Munich Film Archive Prod Co: Sofar-Film Dir: G.W. Pabst Scr: Willy Haas, based on the novel by Hugo Bettauer Phot: Robert Lach, Curt...
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Michael Koller April 2004 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1932 Germany 122 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Nero-Film Prod: Seymour Nebenzal Dir: Fritz Lang Scr: Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang, from the novel by Norbert Jacques Phot: Fr...
Faust Michael Koller October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Faust (1926 Germany 85 mins) Source: Murnau Stiftung/Transit Film Prod Co: UFA Prod: Erich Pommer Dir: F. W. Murnau Scr: Hans Kyser, based on the play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Phot: Carl Hoffmann Ed...
So This is Paris Michael Koller March 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film So This is Paris (1926 USA 66mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod, Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Scen: Hans Kraly, based on the play Reveillon (1872) by Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy Phot: John J. Mes...
I Don’t Want to be a Man! Michael Koller October 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film I Don't Want to be a Man! (Ich Möchte Kein Mann Sein) (1918 Germany 48 mins @ 18fps) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Union Atelier Prod: Paul Davidson Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Scr: Hans Kräly, Lubitsch Phot: Theodo...
Kitsch, Sensation – Kultur und Film: Die Spinnen Michael Koller July 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film (1) Die Spinnen (The Spiders) Part One. Der Goldene See (The Golden Lake 1919 Germany 112 mins) Source: Deutsches Institue für Filmkunde Filmarchiv, Wiesbaden. Prod Co: Decla-Bioscope Prod: Erich P...
The Long Riders and Wild Bill Michael Koller May 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Long Riders (1980 USA 100 minutes) 35mm Source: Chapel Prod Co: Huka Films for United Artists Prod: James Keach, Stacy Keach Dir: Walter Hill Scr: Bill Bryden, Steven Phillip Smith, Stacy Keach, Jame...
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner Michael Koller March 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974 West Germany 45mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod. Co: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion Prod, Dir: Werner Herzog Phot: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein, Francisci Joán, Frederik H...
Equinox Flower Michael Koller November 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Equinox Flower (1958 Japan 118mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Shochiku Dir: Yasujiro Ozu Scr: Ozu, Kogo Noda from the novel by Ton Satomi Phot: Yuharu Atsuta Ed: Yoshiyasu Hamamura Art Dir: Tatsuo Hamada ...
The Mummy Michael Koller September 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Mummy (1932 USA 72mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Universal Studios Prod: Carl Laemmle Dir: Karl Freund Scr: John L. Balderston from the story by Nina Wilcox Putnam Richard Schayer Phot: Charles Stuma...
The Unknown Michael Koller September 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Unknown (1927 USA 49mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: MGM Dir: Tod Browning Scr: Waldemar Young, Browning, Joe Farnham from a story by Browning Phot: Merritt B. Gerstad Ed: Harry Reynolds, Errol Taggart...
The Patriot Michael Koller June 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Patriot (trailer, USA, 1928 5mins) Source: ScreenSound Australia The Patriot was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and was his second last silent film. It featured Emil Jannings as Czar Paul 1, the son o...
Destiny Michael Koller June 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Destiny (1921 Germany 85mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Decla-Bioscope Dir: Fritz Lang Scr: Lang, Thea von Harbou Phot: Erich Nietzschmann, Fritz Arno Wagner, Hermann Saalfrank Art Dir: Herman Warm, Rober...
Duck Soup Michael Koller April 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Duck Soup (1933 USA 68mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Paramount Dir: Leo McCarey Scr: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman, Nat Perrin Phot: Henry Sharp Ed: Leroy Stone Art Dir: Hans Dreier, Wiard B. ...
Shadow of the Vampire Michael Koller April 2001 Current Releases A frequently mentioned subtext in vampire movies is that of the vampire as homosexual. Occasionally the theme is covert as in the many adaptations of Sheridan Le Fanu's lesbian vampire story Carmilla includ...
Un Chien Andalou Michael Koller February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Un Chien Andalou (1928 France 17 mins) Source: CAC/NLA Prod Co: Ursulines Film Studio Prod, Dir, Ed: Louis (Luis) Bunuel Scr: Louis (Luis) Bunuel, Salvador Dali Ph: Duverger (Albert Dubergen) Assist Dir: Pie...
The Three Musketeers Michael Koller November 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Three Musketeers (1921 USA 139mins) Source: CAC Prod Co: Fairbanks/United Artists Prod: Douglas Fairbanks Dir: Fred Niblo Scr: Edward Knoblock, Lotta Woods Phot: Arthur Edeson Ed: Nellie Mason Art Di...
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu Eine Symphonie des Grauens) Michael Koller July 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film Nosferatu (Eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1921 Germany 70 mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Praha-Film G.m.b.H. Prod: Enrico Dieckmann and Albin Grau Dir: F. W. Murnau Scr: Henrik Galeen, based on Bram Stoker...
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc Michael Koller April 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion Of Joan Of Arc) (1927, France, 90 mins) Source: Vigo Films Prod. Co: Société Générale de Films, Paris Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer Scr: Dreyer, Joseph Delteil based on the...