Welcome to Issue 28 of our journal! the editors October 2003 Editorial A number of articles here approach the outer limits of cinema: cinema outside the space of the movie theatre; cinema where the focus is no longer on the screen (Anthony McCall's Line Describing a Cone ); ci...
Dancing with Myself, Drifting with My Camera: The Emotional Vagabonds of China’s New Documentary Bérénice Reynaud October 2003 Feature Articles A sweeping analysis of the rise and history of documentary filmmaking in China, its significance as a formally innovative medium and a voice for the marginalised.
The Cliff and the Flume Bill Krohn October 2003 Feature Articles A "great poet of space", Hollywood director Allan Dwan pursued consistent formal interests across 50 years, multiple genres and hundreds of films. Krohn provides a partial map of the territory.
The Rise of the Mandacaru: Brazilian Cinema Renewed Jorge Didaco October 2003 Feature Articles An account of Brazilian cinema post-1992 that interweaves the country's politics and temperament with its cinema.
Orchestration of Tears: The Politics of Crying and Reclaiming Women’s Public Sphere Saito Ayako October 2003 Feature Articles Examining the 1953 Japanese film Twenty-Four Eyes, Ayako unravels how affective discourses such as crying have been appropriated for "higher" purposes in Japanese history, making women's tears rarely their own.
Against the Grain: On the Cinematic Vision of Manoel de Oliveira Randal Johnson October 2003 Feature Articles This discussion of Oliveira focuses on his '70s work and its interest in the specificity of cinema in relation to theatre, literature and the other arts.
Acting “Genius”: Judy Davis Lesley Chow October 2003 Feature Articles How can an actor convincingly suggest "genius" in a character? Judy Davis' stylised, self-conscious performances approach this problem in an unusual way.
Antonioni’s L’avventura and Deleuze’s Time-image Hamish Ford October 2003 Feature Articles Deleuze's concept of the "time-image" offers insights into Antonioni's still-radical treatment of time and space.
“La Loïe” as Pre-Cinematic Performance – Descriptive Continuity of Movement Erin Brannigan October 2003 Feature Articles Establishing a connection between the techniques of turn-of-the-century dancer Loïe Fuller and theories of movement emerging at the time, Brannigan argues for the place of Fuller's dancefilm in the development of the cinematic apparatus.
The Swine who Rewrote F. Scott Fitzgerald: Joseph L. Mankiewicz as Producer Tag Gallagher October 2003 Feature Articles As a producer for MGM, Mankiewicz put his signature on films by a variety of directors – not necessarily for the better.
The 4th Melbourne Underground Film Festival – A Report Albert Fung October 2003 Festival Reports It's been over three months since the Melbourne Underground Film Festival ended and the first thing that enters my mind about this year's edition ...
Zanzibar International Film Festival 2003 J. David Slocum October 2003 Festival Reports Zanzibar is an island off the coast of east Africa that, with mainland Tanganyika, formed the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964. For centuries, ...
The Establishment of Form – A Report on the 57th Edinburgh International Film Festival George Clark October 2003 Festival Reports Now in its 57th year, the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is the longest running film festival in the UK. It occupies a firm place am...
A Report on the 52nd Melbourne International Film Festival Michelle Carey October 2003 Festival Reports Unlike 52 years ago, when the Melbourne International Film Festival first began, the moving image today has become so decentralised and all pervas...
Alea, Tomás Gutiérrez Julia Levin October 2003 Great Directors b. December 11, 1928, Havana, Cuba d. April 16, 1996, Havana, Cuba filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources The films o...
Allen, Woody Victoria Loy October 2003 Great Directors b. Allen Stewart Konigsberg b. December 1, 1935, Brooklyn, New York, USA filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Is Wood...
Benning, Sadie Melissa Rigney October 2003 Great Directors b. 1973, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA filmography bibliography web resources Sadie Benning began making videos at age sixteen when her father...
Cohen, Larry Tony Williams October 2003 Great Directors b. Lawrence G. Cohen b. 15 July, 1941, New York, New York, USA filmography bibliography web resources Larry Cohen was born in New York's ...
Eastwood, Clint Deborah Allison October 2003 Great Directors b. Clinton Eastwood Jr b. May 31, 1930, San Francisco, California, USA filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Over th...
Haneke, Michael Mattias Frey October 2003 Great Directors b. March 23, 1942, Munich, Germany filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources A cinema of disturbance: the films of Michael ...
Jarmusch, Jim J.D. Lafrance October 2003 Great Directors b. January 22, 1953, Akron, Ohio, USA filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Life has no plot, why must films or fiction...
Law, Clara Dian Li October 2003 Great Directors Cheuk-yiu Law, Zhuoyao Luo b. 1957, Macau filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Narrating the Chinese Diaspora Clara ...
Mackendrick, Alexander Monica Garrido October 2003 Great Directors b. September 8, 1912, Boston, USA d. December 22, 1993, Los Angeles, USA filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Alexa...
Muratova, Kira Ruslan Janumyan October 2003 Great Directors b. November 5, 1934, Soroki, Romania (now Moldova) filmography web resources Of all the great Soviet film directors, Kira Muratova is consi...
Soderbergh, Steven Anna Daly October 2003 Great Directors b. January 14, 1963, Atlanta, Georgia, USA filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources There are few, if any, publications ...
Tavernier, Bertrand Carloss James Chamberlin October 2003 Great Directors b. April 25, 1941, Lyon, France filmography bibliography web resources In his memoirs, he writes of his ambivalence towards the air raids. A...
Wang Xiaoshuai Dror Kochan October 2003 Great Directors b. May 22, 1966, Shanghai, China filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Wang Xiaoshuai is one of the prominent figures...
Waters, John Daniel Mudie Cunningham October 2003 Great Directors b. April 29,1946, Baltimore, Maryland, USA filmography bibliography web resources “Warning: This movie is gross” If asked, most people woul...
Cinema of Interruptions: Action Genres in Contemporary Indian Cinema by Lalitha Gopalan Megan Carrigy October 2003 Book Reviews (London: British Film Institute, 2002) Lalitha Gopalan's introduction begins with a fine proposal: that the cinema proposes to us. This opening pro...
National Identity on the Road: A Review of The Mad Max Movies by Adrian Martin Harriet Margolis October 2003 Book Reviews (Strawberry Hills: Currency Press & Canberra: ScreenSound Australia, 2003) Currency Press and ScreenSound are to be commended for publishing th...
Revolving Worlds: Availing Postcolonial Renditions in East-West Encounters – Franco-Asian Cinema and Literature by Sylvie Blum-Reid Elizabeth Wright October 2003 Book Reviews (London: Wallflower, 2003) East-West Encounters – Franco-Asian cinema and literature saliently delivers a thorough reading of Franco-Asian filmic a...
Special Effects: Still in Search of Wonder by Michele Pierson John McGowan-Hartmann October 2003 Book Reviews (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002) In the Wachowski brothers' latest Matrix instalment, The Matrix Reloaded (2003), a featured scene prese...
Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film by Giuliana Bruno Maria Walsh October 2003 Book Reviews (New York: Verso, 2002) In Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film, Giuliana Bruno wanders through the "field screens" of cinemat...
Land of a Thousand Balconies: Discoveries and Confessions of a B-Movie Archaeologist by Jack Stevenson Jim Knox October 2003 Book Reviews (Manchester: Headpress/Critical Visions, 2003) Jack Stevenson's work as a writer and curator will already be familiar to many Senses of Cinema read...
Confessions of a Film Hater Dan Harper October 2003 Book Reviews David Thomson's film criticism continues to incite passion and debate. Harper takes a chilly view of the latest edition of his New Biographical Dictionary of Film...
Speed and Light: David Thomson on Film Lesley Chow October 2003 Book Reviews ...but this second assessment argues that despite his foibles, Thomson remains unrivalled as a describer of the film-viewing experience.
The Scarlet Pumpernickel and Steal Wool Brian Darr October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950 USA 7 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod: Leon Schlesinger Dir: Charles M. Jones Scr: Michael Mal...
Prest-O Change-O and Caveman Inki Rick Thompson October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Prest-O Change-O (1939 USA 7 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod: Leon Schlesinger Dir: Charles M. Jones Scr: Rich Hogan Anim: Ke...
Zoom and Bored and For Scent-imental Reasons Patrick Garson October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film For Scent-imental Reasons (1949 USA 7 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod: Edward Selzer Dir: Charles M. Jones Scr: Michael Malte...
What’s Opera, Doc?, Rabbit Fire and Feline Frame-up Darragh O’Donoghue October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film What's Opera Doc? (1957 USA 7 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod: Edward Selzer Dir: Chuck Jones Scr: Michael Maltese 'based' on...
“Is Your Journey Really Necessary?”: Chuck Jones’ Spies and the Private Snafu series Adrian Danks October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Spies (1943 USA 4 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: United States Army Signal Corps/Warner Brothers Dir: Charles M. Jones Scr: Theodor Geisel ...
Reaching Beyond the Frame: Murnau’s City Girl Adrian Danks October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film City Girl (1930 USA 88 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Fox Film Corporation Dir: F. W. Murnau Scr: Berthold Viertel, Marion Orth from the play ...
Faust Michael Koller October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Faust (1926 Germany 85 mins) Source: Murnau Stiftung/Transit Film Prod Co: UFA Prod: Erich Pommer Dir: F. W. Murnau Scr: Hans Kyser, based on t...
A Fistful of Dollars Tony Williams October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film A Fistful of Dollars (1964 Italy/West Germany/Spain 100 mins) Source: Chapel Films Prod Co: Constantin Films/Jolly Film/Ocean Films Prod: Arrig...
A Fistful of Dynamite/ Duck, You Sucker/ Giù la testa Karli Lukas October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film A Fistful of Dynamite/Duck, You Sucker/Giù la testa (1972 Italy 139 mins) Source: Chapel Films Prod Co: Rafran Cinematografica/Euro Internation...
Hidden Agenda Bob Carroll October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Hidden Agenda (1990 UK 108 mins) Source: Chapel Films Prod Co: Hemdale/Initial Prod: Eric Fellner Dir: Ken Loach Scr: Jim Allen Phot: Clive Tic...
Kansas City Rick Thompson October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Kansas City (1996 USA 116 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Sandcastle 5 Productions (US)/CiBy2000 (France) Prod, Dir: Robert Altman Scr: Robert ...
Kes Mike Robins October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Kes (1969 United Kingdom 113 mins) Source: Chapel Films Prod Co: Kestrel Films/Woodfall Films Prod: Tony Garnett Dir: Ken Loach Scr: Ken Loach,...
The Lin Family Shop: A Chinese Melodrama of Capitalist Existentialism Stephen Teo October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Lin Family Shop (1959 China 85 mins) Source: ScreenSound Australia Prod Co: Beijing Film Studio Prod: Shi Ping, Li Gan Dir: Shui Hua Scr: X...
Landscape of Denial: Arthur Lipsett’s N-Zone Dirk de Bruyn October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film N-Zone (1970 Canada 45 mins) Source: ACMI Collections Prod Co: National Film Board of Canada Prod: Tom Daly Dir: Arthur Lipsett Scr: Arthur Lip...
The Naked Spur Richard Armstrong October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Naked Spur (1953 USA 91 mins) Prod Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Prod: William H. Wright Dir: Anthony Mann Scr: Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom P...
The Incarnate Transcendence of Ordet Thomas Beltzer October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Ordet (1955 Denmark 126 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: A/S Film Centrlen Palladium Prod: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Erk Nielsen, Tage Nilesen Dir: C...
Pursued Bill Craske October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Pursued (1947 USA 101 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Warner Brothers Prod: Milton Sperling Dir: Raoul Walsh Scr: Niven Busch Phot: James Wong ...
Red Sorghum: A Search for Roots David Neo October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Red Sorghum (1987 China 91 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Xi'an Film Studio Prod: Dir: Zhang Yimou Scr: Chen Jianyu, Zhu Wei based on the book...
Schloss Vogelöd (The Haunted Castle, F.W. Murnau, 1921) Robert Keser October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Schloss Vogelöd (1921 Germany 81 mins) Source: Murnau Stiftung/Transit Film Prod Co: Decla-Bioscop Dir: F.W. Murnau Scr: Carl Mayer from Rudolp...
Tartüff Alexander Jacoby October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Tartüff (1925 Germany 76 mins) Source: Murnau Stiftung/Transit Film Prod Co: UFA Prod: Erich Pommer Dir: F. W. Murnau Scr: Carl Mayer, based on...
They Caught the Ferry James Leahy October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film They Caught the Ferry (De Næde Færgen, 1948 Denmark 12 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Dansk Kulturfilm for Ministeriernes Filmudvalg Dir: Carl The...
Tilaï James Leahy October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Tilaï (1990 81 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Films de l'Avenir/Rhea Films/Waka Films Prod: Béatrice Korc, Idrissa Ouedraogo Dir, Scr: Idrissa...
Cabin in the Sky Rick Thompson October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Cabin in the Sky (1943 USA 98 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Prod: Arthur Freed Dir: Vincente Minnelli Scr: Joseph Schrank...
Camp de Thiaroye James Leahy October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Campe de Thiaroye (1987 Senegal 153 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: ENAPROC/Films Domireew/Films Kajoor/SATPEC/Sociéte Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma Pr...
Nice ‘N’ Easy: Speaking Frankly about The Night We Called it a Day Adrian Danks October 2003 Australian Cinema Despite an intriguing fact-based premise and Dennis Hopper, this new comedy about Frank Sinatra's visit to Australia lacks wit or resonance.
Translations of the Flesh: International Relations as Romantic Comedy in Recent Australian and British Film Arthur Lindley October 2003 Australian Cinema From Crocodile Dundee to Hugh Grant, how are the misadventures and rapprochements of characters from different countries used to convey larger, political meanings?
Super-8 Lives! The Sydney Moving Image Coalition Lucas Ihlein October 2003 Australian Cinema This group of Australian independent filmmakers continues to produce and screen experimental work in a variety of formats.
Counting the Waves: A Summary of Activity Mark Webber October 2003 Peter Tscherkassky & the Austrian Avant-Garde Webber provides an overview of Austrian avant-garde cinema from the 1950s to the present.
Expanded Cinema as Expanded Reality Valie Export October 2003 Peter Tscherkassky & the Austrian Avant-Garde In this lecture, the "Expanded Cinema" pioneer discusses her radically materialist, anti-authoritarian work, in which "the deconstruction of dominant reality" allows new ways of seeing and perceiving.
Found Face: on Outer Space Christa Blümlinger October 2003 Peter Tscherkassky & the Austrian Avant-Garde Re-reading found footage in an original way, Outer Space moves between emotion and analysis, figuration and abstraction.
Singing in the Rain – Supercinematography by Peter Tscherkassky Alexander Horwath October 2003 Peter Tscherkassky & the Austrian Avant-Garde Tscherkassky's career, which ranges from work on Super 8 to 35mm, is distinctly post avant-garde, characterised by a unique approach to traditions of filmmaking, film theory, the physicality of film, the self and the history of cinema.
Arnold, Brehm, Deutsch and Tscherkassky: Four Contemporary Austrian Avant-garde Filmmakers George Clark October 2003 Peter Tscherkassky & the Austrian Avant-Garde Analysing in turn the aesthetics, thematics and politics of each of these filmmakers' work, Clark presents a comprehensive view of contemporary Austrian avant-garde cinema.
“Well, I Wouldn’t Buy the Merchandise”: David Bowie as Postmodern Auteur Adam Trainer October 2003 Cinema and Music Can a pop star be an auteur? Focusing on David Bowie's film roles of the 1980s, this essay argues that consistent themes and techniques recur in his work across a variety of media.
Ophuls Conducting: Music and Musicality in Letter from an Unknown Woman Alexander Dhoest October 2003 Cinema and Music Music is not only a crucial formal element of Letter from an Unknown Woman, but also a suggestive metaphor for the film's artistry in general, as this detailed analysis shows.
“Do Not Forsake Me: The Ballad of High Noon” and the Rise of the Movie Theme Song Deborah Allison October 2003 Cinema and Music How the hugely successful theme song for High Noon changed musical conventions in Hollywood.
Gleaning the Future from the Gallery Floor Chris Dercon October 2003 Cinema and the Gallery Writing in 2002, Dercon discusses the trends and principles which underlie work by a younger generation of gallery-based film and video artists – a "tertiary cinema" which may prefigure new developments in the medium as a whole.
The Last Picture Show: Film and Video Installation in the Late ’60s and Early ’70s Genevieve Yue October 2003 Cinema and the Gallery Yue looks at the late '60s, early '70s moment when cinema and video intermingled in the gallery space; in particular, she examines Anthony McCall's Line Describing a Cone and Bruce Nauman's Live-Taped Video Corridor as exemplars.
Cinema in the Gallery – Discontinuity and Potential Space in Salla Tykkä’s Trilogy Maria Walsh October 2003 Cinema and the Gallery Examining Salla Tykkä's trilogy, exhibited earlier this year, Walsh argues it's far removed from the deconstructionist mode of film installation, and that it instead explores ideas of spectatorship and emotion, narrative and genre in ways conducive to feminist aesthetics.
Science and its Signs: An Interview with Ken McMullen James Leahy October 2003 Cinema and the Gallery McMullen's varied career has taken him from gallery art to feature filmmaking and back again. This 2001 interview focuses on his exhibited video projection Signatures, a response to the technology and ideas of modern physics.
