A Reply From John Flaus John Flaus December 2014 Feature Articles The Flaus Dossier has overwhelmed me – I am at a loss for words. I know that statement will be met with a measure of doubt by many of those who have had dealings with me over the years, but it’s true – almos...
Night People and The Wild One John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier These two articles were originally published in consecutive issues of Voice: The Australian Independent Monthly, vol. 3, no. 11 and 12, August and September 1954. Written when Flaus was 20, they represent what ...
The Western Myth John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Sydney University Film Group Bulletin vol. 4, no. 3, Second Term 1966, pp. 61-63. Republished with the permission of the author. The Searchers For most film commentators the only “resp...
More Than Skin Deep: La Peau douce John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Film Digest no. 28, December 1967, pp. 11-22. Republished with the permission of the author. “All art is life; some life is art” My first response to Truffaut’s La Peau douce is to dec...
The World of Satyajit Ray John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Masque vol. 1, no. 5, May-June 1968, pp. 14-17. This article appeared within a special film issue of this relatively short-lived but significant dramatic and performing arts magazine. Th...
The Killers John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Sydney University Film Group Bulletin no. 50, First Term 1970, pp. 6-7. Republished with the permission of the author. Audiences who try to “read” rather than “see” films, who are more ...
Melville: Le Samouraï John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Cinema Papers no. 1, January 1974, pp. 56-7. Republished with the permission of the author. “There is no greater solitude than that of the Samurai, unless it be that of the tiger in the...
Josef von Sternberg: Morocco and Blonde Venus John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Film Buffs’ Forecast: A Guide to One-off Screenings in Melbourne, Buff Publications, Melbourne, May 1981. This fanzine-style newsletter was compiled and published by Flaus in the late 19...
There’s Always Tomorrow John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Annotations on Film, ed. Michael Koller, Melbourne Cinémathèque, Melbourne, 1990, p. 53. Republished with the permission of the author and the Melbourne Cinémathèque. The most penetrati...
Miller’s Crossing – A Film Neither Structured nor Constrained by Fashion John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in Filmnews vol. 21, no. 3, April 1991, pp. 8-9. It appears here with minor corrections. Republished with the permission of the author and the then editor of Filmnews, Tina Kaufman. The Co...
In the Mind’s Eye John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier These articles were originally published in Paul Winkler: Films 1964-94 , Museum of Contemporary Art and Paul Winkler, Sydney, 1995, pp. 9-11 and 24. Republished with the permission of the author and the Museum...
The Big Heat John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in CTEQ: Annotations on Film no. 2, 1996, pp. 7-9. It appears here with minor corrections. Republished with the permission of the author and the Melbourne Cinémathèque. When a police offic...
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in CTEQ Annotations on Film no. 4, 1996, pp. 6-7. It appears here with minor corrections. Republished with the permission of the author. “Among well-know German authors Kluge is the least ...
Two-Lane Blacktop John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in CTEQ: Annotations on Film included in Metro no. 109, 1997, pp. 47-8. Republished with the permission of the author. Two laconic young men (let’s call them the Driver and the Mechanic) a...
Diary of a Country Priest John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Originally published in CTEQ: Annotations on Film included in Metro no. 110, 1997, pp. 75-76. Republished with the permission of the author. “O wondrous, that we may give what we do not have. O, miracle of our...
Parallacts: Motley Saws and Modest Conceits John Flaus October 2014 John Flaus Dossier Most of these couplets originally appeared in the book Parallacts: Motley Saws and Modest Conceits, published by Mark Time Books in 2012. Parallacts includes pieces on a range of subjects, topics and inspiratio...
Memoir of Albie John Flaus March 2013 Albie Thoms Dossier, John Flaus Dossier “Another sacred fire has gone out…” That’s the opening line of the poem I recited at the wake for Shelton Lea in 2005. Now I want to say it again for Albie. As a filmnik (not the same as “film buff”) during ...
Notes for a Critique of Going Down John Flaus July 2009 John Flaus Dossier, MIFF Premiere Fund/Post-Punk Dossier, Special Dossiers When his 27A won the Australian Film Award for Best Fiction Film in 1974, producer Haydn Keenan brandished the trophy at the august assembly and declared something like, “To all those who said we couldn’t do it...
Back Street (John M Stahl, 1932) John Flaus May 2002 Feature Articles, John Flaus Dossier Precise and measured discussion of Stahl's overlooked gem.
Budd Boetticher John Flaus September 2001 Revisiting Budd Boetticher An overview of the Western myth and the art of Boetticher.
From Stage to Screen: Silent Partner John Flaus September 2001 Contemporary Australian Film, John Flaus Dossier A precise and insightful analysis of the differences between stage and screen in relation to this film.
An Impressionist Work: Mullet John Flaus June 2001 Essays/on/Films, John Flaus Dossier As this is a critique and not a review I won't offer a synopsis, on the assumption that readers have seen the film. Mullet (David Caesar, 2001) is the Australian screen's most perceptive depiction of our 'ol...
À nous la liberté John Flaus November 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film, John Flaus Dossier À Nous la Liberté (1931 France 95mins) Source: CAC Prod Co: Tobis Dir, Scr, Ed: René Clair Phot: Georges Périnal Art Dir: Lazare Meerson Mus: Georges Auric Cast: Raymond Cordy, Henri Marchand, Rolla Franc...
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, Art Cohn, Sergio Amidei, Gian Paolo Callegari, Renzo Cesan...
Parenthood by Arrangement: The Lady is Willing John Flaus June 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film, John Flaus Dossier A discussion of Mitchell Leisen's The Lady is Willing.
A Tale of Sound and Fury: Manpower John Flaus June 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film, John Flaus Dossier An intriguing discussion of Raoul Walsh's Manpower.
Pete Kelly’s Blues John Flaus May 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film, John Flaus Dossier Pete Kelly's Blues (1955 USA 95 mins) Source: ScreenSound Australia/Warner Bros. Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod, Dir: Jack Webb Scr: Richard Breen Phot: Harold Hal Rosson Ed: Robert M. Leeds Art Dir: Field M. ...
