Welcome to Issue 26 of our journal! the editors May 2003 Editorial By chance more than design, this issue has a sombre cast to it. Some of the films discussed here explore contemporary scenarios of social alienation and sexual abjection; others touch on the historical enor...
Ford Rises from the Dead. Again. Tag Gallagher May 2003 Feature Articles John Ford's early film, Bucking Broadway, was recently 'found' in Paris and later restored. Ford expert, Tag Gallagher appraises the restoration.
The Book, the Goddess and the Hero: Sexual Politics in the Chinese Martial Arts Film Bérénice Reynaud May 2003 Feature Articles An examination into the martial arts genre that reveals the extent of its ambivalence and complexity toward questions of gender, femininity and the submissiveness of 'woman'.
The Atheist’s Shoah – Roman Polanski’s The Pianist Christos Tsiolkas May 2003 Feature Articles An analysis of Polanski's film in light of the question: can narrative cinema, with sensitivity and vision, conjure the complexity of history and, specifically, the "unspeakable" tragedy of the Holocaust?
A Propos of None Shall Escape Sylvie Pierre May 2003 Feature Articles Can cinema help us understand the sources of fascism? Pierre argues that this 1943 film succeeds in giving a human face to evil.
Underground Features of Yesterday and Today: Palmer & Weisman, Fotopoulos, Jolly, Packard Brian L. Frye May 2003 Feature Articles Frye explores the various, diverging sensibilities of filmmakers from both the past and present working in cinema's 'underground'.
A Journey Through Italian cinema Alberto Pezzotta May 2003 Feature Articles Pezzotta argues that a good deal of Italian cinema's innovative and politically-engaged directors remain unexplored in Martin Scorsese's Il Mio Viaggio in Italia.
Infernal Affairs: High Concept in Hong Kong Charles Leary May 2003 Feature Articles Hong Kong's most ambitious blockbuster reveals shifts in the industrial logic of world cinema.
Catch Me If You Can, Auto Focus, Far From Heaven and the Art of Retro Title Sequences Deborah Allison May 2003 Feature Articles A look at the stylish heyday of title sequences in the 1950s and '60s - and some current films that playfully revisit this era.
Fespaco and the Transformations of Pan-African Film Promotion Niels Buch-Jepsen May 2003 Festival Reports Although the journey through Burkina Faso's savannah is indeed scenic, one would perhaps not expect soon to hit upon the film centre of Africa. Bu...
Face Masks at the 27th HKIFF Stephen Teo May 2003 Festival Reports The 27th edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) opened on April 8th overshadowed by the deadly SARS virus. The festival was ...
Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Sydney Film Festival at 50 Tina Kaufman May 2003 Festival Reports The 50th Sydney Film Festival runs from 6 to 20 June 2003. Program information and ticketing is on the website. The 'Persistence of Vision' sympos...
Going Far for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference Renata Murawska May 2003 Festival Reports Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference (SCMS) Minneapolis, Minnesota 6-9 March 2003 It was possible to set the Society for Cinema an...
Arzner, Dorothy Theresa L. Geller May 2003 Great Directors b. January 3, 1897(?), San Francisco, California, USA d. October 10, 1979, La Quinta, California, USA filmography bibliography articles in S...
Burnett, Charles Nelson Kim May 2003 Great Directors b. April 13, 1944, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA filmography bibliography web resources I think a strong case can be made that Charles Burnett is the ...
Coen, Joel and Ethan Paul Coughlin May 2003 Great Directors Joel Coen: b. November 29, 1954, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Ethan Coen: b. September 21, 1957, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA filmography bibli...
Dante, Joe Martyn Bamber May 2003 Great Directors b. November 28, 1946, Morristown, New Jersey, USA filmography bibliography web resources Although known chiefly for Gremlins (1984) and In...
Demy, Jacques Caroline E. Layde May 2003 Great Directors b. June 5, 1931, Pontchâteau, France d. October 27, 1990, Paris, France filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Jacques ...
Korine, Harmony Fergus Grealy May 2003 Great Directors b. 1974, Bolinas, California, USA filmography bibliography web resources To a sizeable majority of film enthusiasts, the question of Harmo...
Lester, Richard Peter Tonguette May 2003 Great Directors b. January 19, 1932, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA filmography bibliography web resources Looking back on the career of Richard Lester i...
Naruse, Mikio Alexander Jacoby May 2003 Great Directors b. August 20, 1905, Tokyo, Japan d. July 2, 1969, Tokyo, Japan filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources The films of Mi...
Ozu, Yasujiro Nick Wrigley May 2003 Great Directors very occasionally credited as James Maki or Uinzato Mone (1) b. December 12, 1903, Tokyo, Japan d. December 12, 1963, Tokyo, Japan filmograph...
Rosi, Francesco Gino Moliterno May 2003 Great Directors b. 15 November 1922, Naples, Italy d 10 January, 2015, Rome, Lazio, Italy filmography bibliography web resources Widely-known and respected b...
Teshigahara, Hiroshi Dan Harper May 2003 Great Directors b. January 28, 1927, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan d. April 14, 2001, Tokyo, Japan filmography web resources “What were you looking at? “A window. ...
Tsai Ming-liang Darren Hughes May 2003 Great Directors b. 1957, Kuching, Malaysia filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources The River (1997), Tsai Ming-liang's third feature-le...
Wenders, Wim David Tacon May 2003 Great Directors Wilhelm Wenders b. August 14, 1945, Düsseldorf, Germany filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Born only a few months...
Emir Kusturica by Dina Iordanova Daniel J. Goulding May 2003 Book Reviews (London: British Film Institute, 2002) Dina Iordanova's imaginative analytical investigation of the films of Emir Kusturica is a distinguished cont...
Beginning Again from Zero: Post-War Reconstruction: Germany Year Zero Megan Carrigy May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Germany Year Zero (1947 Italy/West Germany/France 78 mins) Source: Goethe Institut Prod Co: Tevere/Sadfilm Prod, Dir: Roberto Rossellini Scr: R...
Il Grido: Modernising the Po James Brown May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Il Grido (1957 Italy 106 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Cei-Incom/SPA Cinematografica-Robert Alexander Productions Prod: Franco Cancelli...
The Last Detail Richard Armstrong May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Last Detail (1973 USA 104 mins) Source: ScreenSound Australia Prod Co: Bright-Persky Associates/Acrobat (Columbia) Prod: Gerald Ayres Dir:...
Lisbon Story: Portugal Year Zero Carloss James Chamberlin May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Lisbon Story (1994 Germany/France 105 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Mikado Film Prod: Paulo Branco, Joao Canijo, Ulrich Felsberg, Wim Wenders...
Mother Joan of The Angels Jorge Didaco May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film This article was published first in Issue 26 of Senses of Cinema (May 2003) and re-published in Issue 76 (September 2015) Mother Joan of The Angels (...
Nuit et brouillard James Leahy May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Nuit et brouillard (1955 France 31 mins) Source: Goethe Institut Prod Co: Argos/Como/Cocinor Prod: Anatole Dauman, Samy Halfon, Philippe Lifchi...
The Puppetmaster Howard Schumann May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Puppetmaster (1993, Taiwan, 142 mins) Source: Chinese Taipei Film Archive/Eracom Prod Co: ERA/Nian Dai Int'l/Qui Fusheng Prod: Chiu Fu-She...
Yellow Submarine Martyn Bamber May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Yellow Submarine (1968 UK 90 mins) Source: Chapel Distribution Prod Co: Apple Films, King Features Prod: Al Brodax Dir: George Dunning Scr: Lee...
The Boys from Fengkuei Kevin Lee May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Boys from Fengkuei (1983 Taiwan 98 mins) Source: Chinese Taipei Film Archive/HHH Films Prod Co: Evergreen Prod: Liu Sheng-chung Dir: Hou Hs...
California Split Peter Tonguette May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film California Split (1974 USA 108 mins) Source: ScreenSound Australia Prod Co: Columbia Pictures Prod: Robert Altman, Joseph Walsh Dir: Robert Alt...
A City of Sadness Acquarello May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film A City of Sadness (1989 Taiwan 157 mins) Source: Chinese Taipei Film Archive/Eracom Prod Co: 3-H Films/Era Prod: Chiu Fu-sheng Dir: Hou Hsiao-hsien...
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero Marc Lauria May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1991 France/Germany 60 mins) Source: Goethe Institut Prod Co: Antenne-2/Brainstorm Production Prod: Nicole Ruellé Di...
Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls Lindsay Henderson May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls (1970 USA 32 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Merchant Ivory Productions Prod: Ismail Merchant Dir: Anthony Kor...
Making Films like a Viking Marauder – Interview with Rob Nilsson Stephen Teo May 2003 Interviews - Various Fiercely independent, committed to the expansive, beautiful qualities of "actual human behaviour" and inspired by the work of Bergman and Cassavetes, Rob Nilsson is a rarity in contemporary cinema.
“The relationships that are created here are durable”: Jerry Rudes and the Avignon Film Festival Noel King May 2003 Interviews - Various Celebrating its 20th anniversary this June, the Avignon Film Festival's continuing values of exchange, community and cinema as an art form ensure it occupies a unique position in international film culture.
Interview with Kent Jones Steve Erickson May 2003 Interviews - Various New York-based writer, critic and programmer, Kent Jones discusses his early experiences of cinema, beginnings as a film critic, being an editor at Film Comment, Robert Bresson, and much more.
The Lady Vanishes: Alexandra’s Project and Rolf de Heer Jake Wilson May 2003 Australian Contemporary Cinema De Heer continues in his latest, minutely controlled film a 'naïve' sensibility that resonates with contemporary trends in international cinema.
New Histories of the Kelly Gang: Gregor Jordan’s Ned Kelly Ina Bertrand May 2003 Australian Contemporary Cinema How does the latest portrait of the legendary bushranger stack up against previous versions?
Do the Right Thing: the Films of Michael Haneke Maximilian Le Cain May 2003 Michael Haneke Fragmented yet logical, estranging yet compassionate, Haneke's films find new ways to dramatise and diagnose contemporary alienation.
Between Action and Repression: The Piano Teacher Nina Hutchison May 2003 Michael Haneke Haneke's latest film takes us to the limits of empathy in its analysis of sexual dysfunction and the repressions of high culture.
Stan Brakhage: A Short Introduction Fred Camper May 2003 Remembering Stan Brakhage Camper explores the visionary, innovative and beautiful nature of Brakhage's film work, and the man's generous spirit.
A Remembrance for Stan Brakhage Phil Solomon May 2003 Remembering Stan Brakhage A celebration of Brakhage's inspiring life and work, by a friend and collaborator.
