Welcome to Issue 8 of our journal! the editors July 2000 Editorial Festival fever has taken hold of Australia currently. The Sydney Film Festival took place recently, and we have a couple of reports from it, and the Brisbane and the two Melbourne (MIFF and MUFF) festivals ...
Tierra: The Exterminator, Ángel Acquarello July 2000 Feature Articles Julio Medem's surreal journey into the human soul.
Out of this World: The Colour of Catastrophe Jake Wilson July 2000 Feature Articles Melbourne becomes unreal in the Cantrills' City Of Chromatic Dissolution.
Decoding Hou: Analyzing Structural Coincidences in The Puppetmaster Gabe Klinger July 2000 Feature Articles Hou Hsiao-hsien's starting point is humanity.
The 49th Melbourne International Film Festival, or: How I Learned to Give Up Resisting, and Consume Hours and Hours of the Moving Image Fiona Villella July 2000 Festival Reports 18 days of madness - here are some tips.
Seijun Suzuki: Authority in Minority Stephen Teo July 2000 Festival Reports This visionary Japanese B-grade director is highlighted in the festival.
Audition Geoff Gardner July 2000 Festival Reports A psychotic thriller to frighten you out of your wits.
Zhang Yuan’s Seventeen Years and Crazy English and Thai film Nang Nak Freda Freiberg July 2000 Festival Reports A preview of three of the fascinating Asian films in the program.
Contemporary French Cinema Reviewed Various July 2000 Festival Reports French critics for Libération shed light on some of the "their" films screening at MIFF.
The Surreal Feel: Luis Buñuel Various July 2000 Festival Reports Various appreciations (including by M. C. Zenner and Acquarello) of the genius of Buñuel.
Taboo, Porn and the Plain Bizarre – A Preview of Three American Documentaries Mim Whiting July 2000 Festival Reports Three documentaries, Wadd: The Life and Times of John C. Holmes, The Girl Next Door and Le Petomane: Fin-de-Siècle Fartiste uncovered.
Spotlight on 49th Melbourne International Film Festival: Daily Reports Various July 2000 Festival Reports During the festival, short reviews and other comments were posted on this page.
Spotlight on 49th Melbourne International Film Festival: Daily Reports: Part 2 Various July 2000 Festival Reports Compiled by Bill Mousoulis Reports posted between Thursday July 20 and Saturday July 29 Posted Saturday July 29 (Of Women and Magic, Branded to...
47th Sydney Film Festival: Errol Morris and the New Documentary John Conomos July 2000 Festival Reports During the last decade or so, there has been a dramatic interest in the documentary film and video, particularly in the postmodern documentary form ...
(An Outsider’s) Overview: 47th Sydney Film Festival Bill Mousoulis July 2000 Festival Reports Filmspeak The Films - Alan Clarke Retrospective The Films - Main Programme This year's 2000 (as opposed to "47th", according to most flyers, ...
Chinese Film Festival Bill Mousoulis July 2000 Festival Reports Following on from the French Film Festival held at the same venue (Como Cinema, Melbourne) a couple of months back, this Chinese Film Festival was pre...
Pumping Up the Volume: Cinesonic – 3rd International Conference on Film Scores and Sound Design Reviewed Fiona Villella July 2000 Festival Reports Three days of non-stop ideas, theories and experiences centred on sound in film.
Cinephilia and Monstrosity: The Problem of Cinema in Deleuze’s Cinema Books Claire Perkins July 2000 Book Reviews Reflections on Deleuze's film theory and philosophy.
Where the Sidewalk Ends Boris Trbic July 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950 USA 95 mins) Source: NLA Prod Co: 20th Century-Fox Prod, Dir: Otto Preminger Scr: Ben Hecht from a novel by William ...
Sink or Swim Michael Zryd July 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film Sink or Swim (1990, USA, 48 mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod, Dir, Scr, Phot, Ed: Su Friedrich Music: "Gretchen am Spinrade" by Franz Schubert, perfo...
Stromboli John Flaus July 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film, John Flaus Dossier Stromboli (1949 Italy 81 mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Berit Film for RKO Prod: Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman Dir: Rossellini Scr: Rossellini...
Act of Violence Mark Freeman July 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film Act of Violence (1949 USA 82 mins) Source: CAC Prod Co: MGM Prod: William H. Wright Dir: Fred Zinnemann Scr: Robert L. Richards from an unpublished...
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 Gra...
Pickup on South Street Rick Thompson July 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film Pickup on South Street (1953 USA 80 mins) Print Source: Prod: Jules Schermer for Twentieth Century-Fox Dir, Scr: Samuel Fuller, from a story b...
A Woman’s Face Karli Lukas July 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film A Woman's Face (1941 USA 106 mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: MGM Prod:Victor Saville Dir: George Cukor Scr: Donald Ogden Stewart, Elliot Paul, based...
L’Amoureuse Rhys Graham July 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film L'Amoureuse (Women in Love, 1988, France, 98 mins) Source: French Embassy/CAC Prod Co: Sept Films, FR3-Cinéma 16, Nanterre Amadiers, Lola Films Dir: ...
This Gun for Hire Rose Capp July 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film This Gun For Hire (1942, USA, 80mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Richard M. Blumenthal Productions for Paramount Prod: Richard Blumenthal Dir: Frank ...
Work Never Done: Australian Women Filmworkers from the 1930s to 1970s Quentin Turnour July 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film Presented in association with ScreenSound Australia, with the support of Film Australia and the ABC Archives. Further details on this program will be...
Stromboli John Flaus July 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film, John Flaus Dossier Stromboli (1949 Italy 81 mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Berit Film for RKO Prod: Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman Dir: Rossellini Scr: Rossellini...
The Shape of Fear: Thoughts after The Thin Red Line Bill Schaffer July 2000 Terrence Malick Windswept waves of fear and apprehension. War like no other.
Death Comes as an End: Temporality, Domesticity and Photography in Terrence Malick’s Badlands Adrian Danks July 2000 Terrence Malick Malick's first film is full of haunting images expressing the melancholic impossibility of life.
On Malick’s Subjects Michael Filippidis July 2000 Terrence Malick A study of how the men in Malick's films always die young.
Because of Tenderness: Thoughts on the Performance of Jean-Pierre Léaud Rhys Graham July 2000 Jean-Pierre Léaud Léaud's range was put to good use in Godard's Masculin/Féminin.
Jean-Pierre Léaud: Unbearable Lightness Philippa Hawker July 2000 Jean-Pierre Léaud From Antoine Doinel to René Vidal, Léaud's has been a fascinating career.
Queer Cinema: A Reality Check Dmetri Kakmi July 2000 Film Criticism There are many types of gay cinema ...
Approaches to African Cinema Study Martin Mhando July 2000 Film Criticism How has African cinema been approached?
L’Affaire Leconte Brad Stevens July 2000 Film Criticism Some months ago, director Patrice Leconte said negative reviews should be banned. Brad Stevens responds.
The Road Home Dimitri Tsahuridis July 2000 Current Releases In considering a response to The Road Home, I am thinking how contrived, unnatural and, why not, futile, recent western cinematic productions seem...
Sex: The Annabel Chong Story Gaby Bila-Gunther July 2000 Current Releases Sex: The Annabel Chong Story (Gough Lewis, 1999) A film titled Sex. It cannot get more explicit or sensational than that. Why choose to be so b...
The War Zone Alex Landragin July 2000 Current Releases Tim Roth's directorial debut feature The War Zone (1999) begins with a shot of a foaming white sea throwing itself against black cliffs so jagged ...
American Psycho Boris Trbic July 2000 Current Releases Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho (1991) is his second novel adapted for the screen. American Psycho is one of the most significant works of late...
