Welcome to issue 45 of our journal! the editors November 2007 Editorial Every day, walking up and down the main street of my town, I’d only have eyes for the cinemas, three that showed new films and changed programmes every Monday and Thursday, and a couple of fleapits with older...
Chains of Dreams: Carl Th. Dreyer Tag Gallagher November 2007 Feature Articles “Are the characters responsible for the emotions which destroy them? This is a secret that belongs to the heart and is the constant wonder of Day of Wrath.” With remarkable precision, Tag Gallagher extracts the passions that lie at the heart of Dreyer’s films.
Beautiful Trash: Agnès Varda’s Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse Virginia Bonner November 2007 Feature Articles An insightful analysis of Varda’s use of the documentary form in this much acclaimed film.
Fast Worker: The Films of Sam Newfield Wheeler Winston Dixon November 2007 Feature Articles Through meticulous research, Wheeler Winston Dixon brings to light the fascinating career of one of the forgotten figures working on the margins of Hollywood’s quota-quickie industry.
From Auto-ethnography to Autobiography: Representations of the Past in Contemporary Chinese Cinema Jie Li November 2007 Feature Articles This article examines the representation of history in ‘Fifth’ and ‘Sixth’ generation Chinese cinema, in particular that of Zhang Yimou’s To Live and Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine in contradistinction to Jiang Wen’s In the Heat of the Sun and Jia Zhangke’s Platform.
Paul Thomas Anderson: Tracking through a Fantastic Reality André Crous November 2007 Feature Articles André Crous argues the case for P. T. Anderson as the finest contemporary exponent of the tracking shot in all its varying glory and complexity.
The Treasures and the Fakes: The Last Films of Orson Welles Benjamin Kerstein November 2007 Feature Articles Post-Citizen Kane: a career in ascent or decline? The question still divides Welles scholars. This essay appraises the latter stage of Welles’ majestic career.
Tendentious Innocence: Chaplin’s Use of Doubling in City Lights and The Idle Class Arthur Rankin November 2007 Feature Articles Insightful reading of Chaplin’s cinema in the light of Freud’s ideas in his Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious.
Curse of the Demon: Of Evil, Myth and Reason Pedro Blas Gonzalez November 2007 Feature Articles A cult film, and arguably Jacques Tourneur’s last great metaphysical gem in his long and distinguished B-grade career.
We Are the World Cinema: Chacun son cinéma, ou, Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s’éteint et que le film commence Nicholas de Villiers November 2007 Feature Articles Commissioned to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, this article reflects on the relative merits of the many short films contributed by noted international filmmakers such as Wong Kar-wai, David Cronenberg, Roman Polanski, Jane Campion and Tsai Ming-liang.
Notes From the Edge: The 16th Brisbane International Film Festival Bruce Hodsdon November 2007 Festival Reports 2-12 August 2007 In the first days of the Festival news came through in quick succession of the deaths of Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Anton...
A World of Wounds: The 18th Human Rights Watch International Film Festival Ioannis Mookas November 2007 Festival Reports 14-28 June 2007 Ascend from the tunnel, and there are the scaffolds: that is New York. Block upon block, scaffolding pens the sidewalks and gir...
10 Years Young: The Shanghai International Film Festival Chris Berry November 2007 Festival Reports 16-24 June 2007 What makes a film festival successful today? My first visit to Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has made me wonder. ...
The Responsibilities of Power: The 32nd Toronto International Film Festival Dan Sallitt November 2007 Festival Reports 6-15 September 2007 Each year, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) seems a little grander, more populated, more aware of its world-c...
Cinema and Beyond: The 53rd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen George Clark November 2007 Festival Reports 3-8 May 2007 The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen is the longest running short film festival in the world. The festival, now in its...
Assembly Required: Technique, Style and Story: The 2007 Melbourne International Animation Festival Kate Matthews November 2007 Festival Reports 19-24 June 2007 The selection at this year’s Melbourne International Animation Festival was, as usual, testament to animation’s extraordinary s...
The Blurring of Boundaries: The 15th Vila do Conde Short Film Festival Bárbara Barroso and Daniel Ribas November 2007 Festival Reports 7-15 July 2007 Vila do Conde is a friendly beach town near Oporto, the second largest city in Portugal. Every July since 1993, it hosts one of ...
Treasure-Hunting: The 11th Views from the Avant-Garde Patrick Friel November 2007 Festival Reports 6-7 October 2007 My annual pilgrimage this year to the Views from the Avant-Garde (the experimental film sidebar at the New York Film Festival)...
Observation in Progress: The 11th Views from the Avant-Garde Genevieve Yue November 2007 Festival Reports 6-7 October 2007 Standing outside the Walter Reade Theater in between screenings at this year’s Views from the Avant-Garde, P. Adams Sitney rec...
Coppola, Sofia Anna Rogers November 2007 Great Directors b. 14 May 1971, New York, New York, USA Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources Sofia Coppola is a visually styl...
America First: Naming the Nation in US Film edited by Mandy Merck John Fidler November 2007 Book Reviews WILLIE (eating a TV dinner): Eva, stop bugging me, will you? You know, this is the way we eat in America. I got my meat, I got my potatoes, I got my ...
Rising in the East? Playing to the World’s Biggest Audience: the Globalization of Chinese Film and TV by Michael Curtin Ramon Lobato November 2007 Book Reviews Books on Asian media with “globalisation” in their titles often address a familiar set of topics, such as the migration of Hong Kong film stars to Hol...
“Cinema as I see-I hear-I feel”: The Material Image: Art and the Real in Film by Brigitte Peucker Saige Walton November 2007 Book Reviews The shift towards more sensuous modes of scholarship has been producing exciting interdisciplinary work across the fields of cultural anthropology, fi...
Sensations of Cinema: Deleuze, Altered States and Film by Anna Powell David Martin-Jones November 2007 Book Reviews The publication of Anna Powell’s second book on Gilles Deleuze and cinema immediately illuminates two very important points. Firstly, the continued gr...
The Bridge Catherine S. Cox November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Bridge/Die Brücke (1959 West Germany 105 mins) Prod Co: Fono Film Prod: Herman Schwerin, Joschen Severin Dir: Bernhard Wicki Scr: Michael M...
Bitter Springs Deb Verhoeven November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Bitter Springs (1950 Britain/Australia 86 mins) Prod Co: Ealing Studios Prod: Michael Balcon Dir: Ralph Smart Scr: W.P. Lipscomb, Monja Danisch...
The Big Red One Rick Thompson November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Big Red One (1980 USA 113 mins) Prod Co: Lorimar Prod: Gene Corman Dir, Scr: Samuel Fuller Phot: Adam Greenberg Ed: David Bretherton Art Di...
Some Notes on The Big Red One to Honour the 10th Anniversary of Sam Fuller’s Death Christa Lang Fuller November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Big Red One (1980 USA 113 mins) Prod Co: Lorimar Prod: Gene Corman Dir, Scr: Samuel Fuller Phot: Adam Greenberg Ed: David Bretherton Art Di...
The Wild One Darragh O’Donoghue November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Wild One (1953 USA 79 mins) Prod Co: Stanley Kramer Productions/Columbia Pictures Prod: Stanley Kramer Dir: László Benedek Scr: John Paxton...
Der Verlorene Robert Keser November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Der Verlorene/The Lost One (1951 West Germany 98 mins) Prod Co: Arnold Pressburger Filmproduktion Prod: Heinz Abel, Arnold Pressburger Dir: Pet...
The Professionals David Sanjek November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Professionals (1966 USA 123 mins) Prod Co: Columbia Dir: Richard Brooks Scr: Richard Brooks, based on the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by ...
A Man Out of Time: John Boorman and Lee Marvin’s Point Blank Adrian Danks November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Point Blank (1967 USA 92 mins) Prod: Judd Bernard, Robert Chartoff Dir: John Boorman Scr: Alexander Jacobs, David Newhouse, Rafe Newhouse, from...
John Ford’s Funeral Oration: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Temenuga Trifonova November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962 USA 123 mins) Prod Co: John Ford Productions/Paramount Prod: Willis Goldbeck, John Ford Dir: John Ford Scr:...
A Legend that Dare Not Imprint its Name: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Peter H. Kemp November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962 USA 123 mins) Prod Co: John Ford Productions/Paramount Prod: Willis Goldbeck, John Ford Dir: John Ford ...
Violence and Liberation in The Hour of the Furnaces Paul A. Schroeder November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Hour of the Furnaces (1968 Argentina 260 mins) Prod Co: Grupo Cine Liberacion/Solanas Productions Prod: Edgardo Pallero, Fernando E. Solana...
Emperor of the North: The Last Hurrah of Lee Marvin Tony Williams November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Emperor of the North Pole/Emperor of the North (1973 USA 118 mins) Prod Co: Inter-Hemisphere Productions Prod: Stanley Hough Dir: Robert Al...
The Emperor of the North Pole Alain Silver November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Emperor of the North Pole/Emperor of the North (1973 USA 118 mins) Prod Co: Inter-Hemisphere Productions Prod: Stanley Hough Dir: Robert Al...
Dead Heart Chris Justice November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Dead Heart (1996 Australia 106 mins) Prod Co: Dead Heart Productions Prod: Bryan Brown, Helen Watts Dir, Scr: Nick Parsons Phot: James Bartle E...
ReViewing Jimmie: The Critical Reception of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Glen Donnar November 2007 Australian Cinema How much did Pauline Kael’s 1980 New Yorker review of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith have to do with establishing director Fred Schepisi’s name outside the confines of Australia? This article looks at the ways critics shape and reshape the reputation of a film.
The Many Faces of Disinclination: Australian Feminist/Post-Colonialist Reflections in Flirting Lorrie Palmer November 2007 Australian Cinema Following the acclaimed The Year My Voice Broke, Flirting was John Duigan’s second instalment in a proposed trilogy featuring Noah Taylor in the role of Danny Embling. It also stars Nicole Kidman and has much to say about gender, race and colonial attitudes.
The Cultural ‘Traumascape’: Look Both Ways, Railways Accidents and Trauma David Carlin November 2007 Australian Cinema For some time, much film scholarship has been interested in what can broadly be termed ‘trauma theory’. David Carlin applies the ideas to this recent Australian film dealing with train accidents.
The Documentaries of Louis Malle (Criterion box set) Peter Hourigan November 2007 DVD Reviews After six months in India you’re not even quite sure that two plus two is four. – Louis Malle (1) In 1967, Louis Malle was established as a major in...
Avant-Garde 2: Experimental Cinema 1928-1954 (Kino International) Adrian Danks November 2007 DVD Reviews Avant-Garde 2: Experimental Cinema 1928-1954 is a laudable, curious and at times frustrating collection of French and mostly American experimental fil...
