Welcome to Issue 12 of our journal! the editors February 2001 Editorial If this issue seems like a hodgepodge of themes and topics then that's because it is. One thing that Senses of Cinema aimed to achieve when it was first set up was an eclecticism in topics and a seriousness...
East of Eden Terry Ballard February 2001 Feature Articles Ballard's personal and insightful discussion of a film he has loved for 40 years.
Voyeurism of the Soul: The Films of Philippe Garrel Maximilian Le Cain February 2001 Feature Articles Criminally ignored by the Anglophone film festivals, Garrel's razor-sharp, intense and brooding cinema is here paid loving tribute.
Waiting for the Prince – An Interview with Béla Tarr Fergus Daly and Maximilian Le Cain February 2001 Feature Articles A fascinating insight into the working methods, philosophy, and influences of one of contemporary cinema's most important directors.
The 30th Rotterdam International Film Festival – 18 Films Spotlighted Christoph Huber February 2001 Festival Reports Film festivals usually take place in a realm of their own. You fear intensely you might miss something that will never surface again or you're so ...
30th Rotterdam International Film Festival Bree McKilligan February 2001 Festival Reports The Rotterdam International Film Festival 2001, which ran from 24 January to 2 February, celebrated its 30th birthday with a mammoth 502 films in ...
Report from Sundance Maria San Filippo February 2001 Festival Reports Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the 2001 Sundance Film Festival was blessedly low on buzz, hype, and Hollywood power players. The threat of union ...
The 5th Newcastle Film Festival Andrew Slattery February 2001 Festival Reports The 5th Newcastle Film Festival (NFF) was held from the 17th to the 19th of November 2000 with filmmaking seminars, international short films and the ...
Un Chien Andalou Michael Koller February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Un Chien Andalou (1928 France 17 mins) Source: CAC/NLA Prod Co: Ursulines Film Studio Prod, Dir, Ed: Louis (Luis) Bunuel Scr: Louis (Luis) Bunuel, ...
The Draughtsman’s Contract James Mackenzie February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Draughtman's Contract (1982 UK 108 mins) Source: CAC/NLA Prod Co: BFI/Channel 4 Prod: David Payne Dir, Scr: Peter Greenaway Ph: Curtis Clar...
Les Enfants du Paradis Girish Shambu February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Les Enfants du Paradis (1945 France 195 mins) Source: Potential Films Prod Co: Pathé Prod: Raymond Borderie Dir: Marcel Carné Scr: Jacques Prév...
It Happened One Night Martha P. Nochimson February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film It Happened One Night (1934 USA 105 mins) Source: CAC/NLA Prod Co: Columbia Pictures/A Frank Capra Production Prod, Dir: Frank Capra Scr: Rober...
Metaphor and Metonymy in Greenaway: M is for Man, Music, Mozart William Van Wert February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film M is for Man, Music, Mozart (1991 Britain 30 mins) Source: CAC/NLA Prod Co: Artifax Prod: Elisabeth Queenan, Anette Moreau Dir, Scr: Peter Gree...
Notes on Negative Space Benjamin Halligan February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Negative Space (1999 UK 39 mins) Source: CAC/NLA Prod Co: Illuminations Television Prod: Keith Griffiths Dir, Scr, Ph: Chris Petit Ed: Emma Mat...
Full Moon in New York Stephen Teo February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Full Moon in New York (1990 Hong Kong 88 mins) Source: CF Prod Co: Shio-bu Film, Golden Glory Productions Prod: Henry Fong Dir: Stanley Kwan Sc...
Office Killer: A Movie Not for Every Taste Constantine Santas February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Office Killer (1997 USA 81 mins) Source: Palace Prod Co: Good Machine/Kardana-Swinsky Films/Strand Prod: Pamela Koffler Dir: Cindy Sherman Scr:...
Outer Space: The Manufactured Film of Peter Tscherkassky Rhys Graham February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Outer Space (1999 Austria 14 mins) Source: CAC/NLA Prod Co: P.O.E.T. Picture Filmmaker: Peter Tscherkassky In half-light and fractured, stag...
Red River Adrian Miles February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Red River (1948 USA 127 mins) Source: CAC/NLA Prod Co: Monterey/United Artists Prod, Dir: Howard Hawks Scr: Borden Chase, Charles Schnee Ph: Ru...
Scarface Michael Cohen February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Scarface (1932 USA 93 mins) Source: CAC/NLA Prod Co: United Artists/Atlantic Prod: Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks Dir: Howard Hawks Scr: Ben Hecht...
Sullivan’s Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941) Dan Harper February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Sullivan: I want this picture to be a . . . document. I want to hold a mirror up to life. I want this to be a picture of dignity . . . a true canvas o...
The Big Sleep Andrew Slattery February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Big Sleep (1946 USA 114 mins) Source: CAC/NLA Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod, Dir: Howard Hawks Scr: William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Fu...
I Was a Male War Bride Adrian Danks February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film I Was a Male War Bride (1949 USA 105 mins) Source: CAC/NLA Prod Co: 20th Century-Fox Prod: Sol C. Siegel Dir: Howard Hawks Scr: Charles Lederer...
From Wogboy to Mallboy: The Good, The Bad and The Lovely Andrew Bunney February 2001 Contemporary Australian Film Just which Australian films were the most successful for 2000, and what were their dominant themes?
Packaging Australia: Working Dog’s The Dish Mark Freeman February 2001 Contemporary Australian Film An intriguing consideration of strategies taken by the internationally-premiered The Dish to present 'Australia'.
Mallboy Jake Wilson February 2001 Contemporary Australian Film A sensitive account of this recent Australian film.
Autumn Moon Stephen Teo February 2001 Director: Clara Law Law's understated, soulful meditation on migration here discussed.
Floating Life: The Heaviness of Moving Stephen Teo February 2001 Director: Clara Law Another meditation on migration, but this time also sketching a possible Asian-Australian cinema.
Temptation of a Monk Stephen Teo February 2001 Director: Clara Law Teo considers Law's take on the epic, period film.
Specular Failure and Spectral Returns in Two Films with Maggie Cheung (and One without) Carlos Rojas February 2001 Contemporary Asian Cinema Center Stage, Irma Vep and Flowers of Shanghai considered in light of Walter Benjamin's 'aura'.
On Four Prosaic Formulas which Might Summarize Hou’s Poetics Fergus Daly February 2001 Contemporary Asian Cinema A solid and fascinating account of the ideas at play in Hou's cinema, and their relation to Mizoguchi.
Notes on Tsai Ming-Liang’s The River Fiona Villella February 2001 Contemporary Asian Cinema Some general observations on a contemporary masterpiece.
The Belated Auteurism of Johnnie To Andrew Grossman February 2001 Contemporary Asian Cinema From genre thrashing to genre deconstruction; an overview of this prolific Hong Kong filmmaker.
Help!!! Shelly Kraicer February 2001 Contemporary Asian Cinema A discussion of this recent exciting, provocative film by Johnnie To and Wai Kai-fai.
The Unkindest Cut of All? Some Reflections on the Recent Cinematic Release of the Uncut Version of Nagisa Oshima’s Ai no corrida (1976) Freda Freiberg February 2001 Contemporary Asian Cinema A monumental moment in world cinema considered.
“We all have it coming, Kid”: Clint Eastwood and the Dying of the Light Tim Groves February 2001 Actor/Auteur: Clint Eastwood An examination of the evolving Eastwood screen persona.
Andromeda Heights Christoph Huber February 2001 Actor/Auteur: Clint Eastwood An astute, lively discussion of the director's subtle, ongoing project of revising and interrogating the classic Eastwood screen persona.
Unsentimental Journey: A Glimpse into the Cinema of Mikio Naruse Acquarello February 2001 Overlooked & Underrated Acquarello gives due to a cinema devoted to human struggle in the face of despair.
Perception II: Mindwalk Keith Uhlich February 2001 Overlooked & Underrated A little known film about philosophy.
What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: William Greaves’ Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One Maria San Filippo February 2001 Overlooked & Underrated A fascinating discussion of this most overlooked yet seminal American independent director.
Dungeons and Dragons Mark Angeli February 2001 Current Releases Dungeons and Dragons (Courtney Solomon, 2001) is an adaptation of the oldest and most popular English language role-playing game. It is a worth...
Harry (He is Here to Help) Mark Freeman February 2001 Current Releases It's touted as a smash-hit thriller, a film of Hitchcockian suspense. To be truthful, it's only moderately successful on both counts. Yet Dominik ...
Requiem for a Dream Megan Ratner February 2001 Current Releases In Requiem for a Dream (2000), director Darren Aronofsky taps into several obsessions of American culture, chiefly the idea of happiness, which is...
The Sixth Day Michael Cohen February 2001 Current Releases I remember the days early in Schwarzenegger's career. From the early '80s, right up until the start of the '90s. He was king of the hill, a man ab...
The Big Ride: Almost Famous Fiona Villella February 2001 Current Releases Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical Almost Famous (1999) may just be one of Hollywood's most enjoyable and rewarding films of the year. For thos...
