Welcome to Issue 4 of SENSES OF CINEMA – the biggest so far! the editors March 2000 Editorial This issue brings together writers from around the globe and features current topics serious to the hearts and minds of cinema lovers both locally and around the globe. We cover the recent controversy of the...
Is Ozu Slow? Jonathan Rosenbaum March 2000 Feature Articles American critic Jonathan Rosenbaum examines what it means to describe a film as "slow", particularly in relation to Japanese culture and the films of Ozu.
Platonic Themes in Chris Marker’s La Jetée Sander Lee March 2000 Feature Articles A revealing analysis of this short masterpiece from the perspective of Plato's ideal "forms".
Jonas et Lila: A Demain Paul Kalina March 2000 Feature Articles Reporting from Europe, Paul Kalina gives his account of this delightful film, which may or may not get local distribution, and its predecessor.
Eastern Connection II Bill Mousoulis March 2000 Festival Reports Asian cinema recently has been quite extraordinary - this is a quick report on this program that toured Australia recently.
Solaris: Exploring the Frontier of the Subconscious Acquarello March 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film Solaris (1972, USSR, 165 mins) Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky; Writer: Andrei Tarkovsky and Friedrich Gorenstein; Cinematography: Vadim Iusov; Editor: S...
Battleship Potemkin Helen Grace March 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin, 1925, USSR, 75 mins) Dir: Sergei Eisenstein; Writer: Sergei Eisenstein and Nina Agadzhanova Shutko; Cin...
Here Comes the Sun: New Ways of Seeing in Antonioni’s Zabriskie Point Fiona Villella March 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film Zabriskie Point (1970, US, 110 mins) Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni; Producer: Carlo Ponti; Writers: Michelangelo Antonioni, Fred Garner, Sam Shepard,...
In the Extreme: Pasolini’s Salò Bill Mousoulis March 2000 Censorship and Romance A look at the controversial film from 1975, a brilliant but horrible exposé of fascism and sadism. It is currently banned in Australia.
What Babies Us Now? M. C. Zenner March 2000 Censorship and Romance A dissection of documents from the OFLC re: Romance and Salò, and also a cautionary note thrown to this country's filmmakers.
It Can Happen Again: Urgent Enquiry Needed into Censorship Tina Kaufman March 2000 Censorship and Romance An evaluation of the performance of the OFLC, and a look at Watch on Censorship's role.
Interview with Mark Spratt (Potential Films, Distributor of the Film Romance) Bill Mousoulis March 2000 Censorship and Romance Mark Spratt, of Potential Films, distributor of Romance, talks about taking the film to the OFLC.
A Profile of Giorgio Mangiamele Alex Castro March 2000 Australian Cinema This little known Italo-Australian filmmaker is a unique and significant figure in Australia's history of cinema.
Are Their Eyes Greek? Vicky Tsaconas March 2000 Australian Cinema A response to Bill Mousoulis' essay in Issue 1 on the question of whether or not a Greek language of cinema storytelling exists in the work of Greek-Australian filmmakers.
Permanent Ghosts: Cinephilia in the Age of the Internet and Video – Essay 3 David Sterritt March 2000 Cinephilia Special Feature "Cinephilia" has become a surprisingly common term, spanning the generation range from Susan Sontag to Steve Erickson, and while I have no objections ...
Permanent Ghosts: Cinephilia in the Age of the Internet and Video – Essay 2 Theodoros Panayides March 2000 Cinephilia Special Feature I've often thought, pace the various laments for the death of cinephilia, that ours is the best generation in which to be a film-buff (I'm talking, I ...
Permanent Ghosts: Cinephilia in the Age of the Internet and Video – Essay 1 Steve Erickson March 2000 Cinephilia Special Feature Over the past 20 years, the terminal decline of cinema and/or cinephilia (which, for our purposes, I'll define as the desire to talk, think and/or wri...
