Favourite Film Things 2001
Parts of this article are now hosted on the PANDORA archive of the National Library of Australia and Partners.
Critics, programmers, filmmakers and film lovers from around the globe list their film highlights for 2001.
Compiled by Fiona A. Villella
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Historical and cultural perspectives on Australian film
White Panic or, Mad Max and the Sublime by Meaghan Morris
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History, art, literature, myth, film, culture and politics combine in this insightful analysis of the discourse of Australian 'nationalism'.
More Australian than Aristotelian: The Australian Bushranger Film, 1904-1914 by William D. Routt
An original account of the 'Australian Western' and its significant role in the early days of Australian feature film production.
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Film and the Other Arts
Compiled by Adrian Martin
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Mirror, Muse, Medusa:
Experiment Perilous by Thomas Elsaesser
An examination into the relations between cinema, painting, the painted portrait, and 'woman'.
Opaque Melodies That Would Bug Most People - A Short History of Dislocation in Six Tracks by Darren Tofts
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Angling in on the poetics of dislocation, Tofts argues for a co-evolutionary continuum that includes cyberculture, the historical avant-garde, and new media artists.
An Abandoned Mine: Notes on Orson Welles' Radio Work by Adrian Martin
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An introduction to Welles' little-known radio work and its relations to his film work.
The Lady in the Frame: Two Portraits by Henry James and Jane Campion by David Kelly
A careful and thought-provoking examination of Campion's adaptation in The Portrait of a Lady.
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Symmetry and Structure in Greenaway's A Zed and Two Noughts by Daniela Espejo
The role of the other arts and precise plot structures in Greenaway's cinema here discussed.
Jazz and Cinema: An Interview with Gilles Mouëllic by Jean-Baptiste Thoret
This article is now hosted on the PANDORA archive of the National Library of Australia and Partners.
Pursuing the formal intimacy of jazz and cinema: what a fascinating project.
Concerning Manny Farber: An Interview with Robert Walsh by Noel King
Walsh talks freely about his discovery of the paintings and criticism of Manny Farber.
Luchino Visconti
Visconti's Cinema of Twilight by Maximilian Le Cain
A detailed examination of Visconti's later period films, their majestic style and personal resonance.
Hong Kong Pt 2
Interview: Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai by Shelly Kraicer
Two very smart, very cool figures in Hong Kong freely discuss their films and filmmaking strategy.
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Ludwig
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Underrated and Overlooked
Rich and Strange: An Introduction to the live action features of Walerian Borowczyk by Joe Ruffell
Ruffell argues for Borowczyk as one of the most important filmmakers of '70s cinema.
A Key Unturned: Seconds by Peter Wilshire
There's more than John Randolph turning into Rock Hudson in this tale of self-interest and surface-beauty.
Book Reviews & Interviews
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Monsoon Wedding
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Interview with J. Hoberman by Steve Erickson
John Ford Made Westerns:
Filming the Legend in the Sound Era Book review by David Boyd
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Essays/on/Films
Riding Towards the Future: Wang Xiaoshuai's Beijing Bicycle by Elizabeth Wright
Wang focuses on the central role of the bicycle in Beijing to explore wider social and historical issues.
Delhi deluge of colour and movement in Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding by Rose Capp
Women are once again the centre in Nair's latest offering, abundant in optimism, colour, and movement.
Festivals
Report on the 4th Annual Bangkok Film Festival by Maria San Filippo
An overview of the program at this young Asian film festival.
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