Welcome to Issue 5 of our monthly, ever-burgeoning journal! the editors April 2000 Editorial In this issue we have a special feature on Eric Rohmer, whose film Autumn Tale opened recently in Melbourne, and, who, as it happens, just turned 80 (on April 4th). In an interview with his editor of the past 1...
Perdita Durango: A Case Study Brad Stevens April 2000 Feature Articles UK writer Brad Stevens examines the variant versions of the film Perdita Durango - in particular, the omissions in each "cut".
Finding the Father: A Psychoanalytic Study of Rebel Without a Cause Chris Wood April 2000 Feature Articles An analysis of Nick Ray's film from a psychoanalytic standpoint: Dean as searching, not rebelling.
Scapegoating, the Holocaust, and McCarthyism in Billy Wilder’s Stalag 17 Sander Lee April 2000 Feature Articles An examination of this unusual war film, particularly in relation to American culture and the Holocaust.
The Cinematic Life of Emotions: John Cassavetes: George Kouvaros Interviewed Needeya Islam April 2000 Feature Articles George Kouvaros speaks on the films of Cassavetes, and the new lines in film criticism and thinking they provoke.
Physicality in Tombstone for Fireflies Bill Mousoulis April 2000 Feature Articles An appreciation of a moving and realistic Japanese anime, set in World War 2.
French Film Festival Bill Mousoulis April 2000 Festival Reports Quick impressions of all 11 French films that played recently at Melbourne's Como Cinema.
10th Melbourne Queer Film & Video Festival Ben Zipper April 2000 Festival Reports An overview of this year's Queer film festival, with Ben Zipper lamenting the lack of truly daring films.
The Alfred Hitchcock Story by Ken Mogg Bill Krohn April 2000 Book Reviews There are many books on Hitch around - this one is written by the author of The MacGuffin.
The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin M. C. Zenner April 2000 Book Reviews Baldwin's book was published in the '70s, but it is probably one of the best film books around.
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc Michael Koller April 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion Of Joan Of Arc) (1927, France, 90 mins) Source: Vigo Films Prod. Co: Société Générale de Films, Paris Dir: ...
L’Âge d’or: faux-raccord (false match) Sophy Williams April 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film L'Âge d'or (1930, France, 63 mins) Source: CAC (35mm available from Sharmill Films) Prod: Le Vicomte de Noailles, (Pierre Braunberger) Dir: Luis Bu...
Vivre sa vie Adrian Danks April 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film Vivre sa vie (My Life to Live) (1962, France, 85 mins) Source: CAC Prod. Co: Films De La Pléïade Prod: Pierre Braunberger Dir, Scr: Jean-Luc ...
Berlin: Symphony of a City Allan James Thomas April 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film Berlin: Symphony of a City (Berlin: die Sinfonie der Großstadt) (1927, Germany, 50 mins, B&W, silent) Source: CAC Prod. Company: Fox-Europa Prod...
Cabaret Peter H. Kemp April 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film Cabaret (1972, USA, 128 mins) Source: Chapel Films Prod. Company: AA-ABC Prod: Cy Feuer Dir: Bob Fosse Scr: Jay Presson Allen, Hugh Wheeler b...
Preface to G.W. Pabst: The Threepenny Opera Bruce Williams April 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Threepenny Opera (1931, Germany, 111 mins) Source: Filmstock Research Prod. Co: Warner Bros. Pictures, Société des Films Sonores Tobis Prod...
Magic Realism in Conte d’automne (Autumn Tale) Fiona Villella April 2000 Eric Rohmer A discussion of Rohmer's philosophy of cinematic realism, followed by a review of Autumn Tale.
Interview with Mary Stephen Bill Mousoulis April 2000 Eric Rohmer Rohmer's editor of the past 10 or so years talks about the director's unique working methods.
Rohmer Talk Various April 2000 Eric Rohmer 14 critics from around the globe write a paragraph each on Eric Rohmer. Includes a filmography.
Never a Native: Deconstructing Home and Heart in Holy Smoke Sue Gillett April 2000 Australian Cinema A sensitive discussion of the heroine's complex journey in Jane Campion's latest film.
An Analysis of Nice Coloured Girls Lisa French April 2000 Australian Cinema An overview of Aboriginal artist Tracey Moffatt's remarkable short film.
Four Nights of a Dreamer (quatre nuits d’un rêveur [1971]): A Post-Romantic’s View of a Robert Bresson Film M. C. Zenner April 2000 Robert Bresson An analysis of this overlooked Bresson film from the viewpoint of romanticism.
How Art Turned into Shmart: Utility in L’Argent M. C. Zenner April 2000 Robert Bresson Fascinating analysis of the bourgeoisie and their particular ways.
Permanent Ghosts: Cinephilia in the Age of the Internet and Video: Essay 5 Bryant Frazer April 2000 Cinephilia Special Feature (Part II) Like Theo, I participate in the mourning of the American repertory circuit from somewhat of a remove. Basically, I never had a repertory cinema while ...
Permanent Ghosts: Cinephilia in the Age of the Internet and Video: Essay 4 Jeff Lambert April 2000 Cinephilia Special Feature (Part II) Here we are now-the Goonies generation, or Explorers, or Gremlins, or more precisely, the Time Bandits (1); history seems to bend back into itself as ...
Style and Meaning Deb Verhoeven April 2000 Conference: Style and Meaning Deb Verhoeven was present at this Conference to give a paper. Here, she provides a concise and thought-provoking overview of proceedings.
Betty Grable Finally Dances with Baron Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch Martha P. Nochimson April 2000 Society for Cinema Studies Conference 2000 This paper was presented at the Society for Cinema Studies Conference 2000 at the Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago on March 11, 2000, as part of the ...
Renaldo & Clara Meet John Cage: Aleatory Cinema and the Aesthetics of Incompetence David Sterritt April 2000 Society for Cinema Studies Conference 2000 This paper was presented at the Society for Cinema Studies Conference 2000 at the Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago on March 11, 2000, as part of the ...
The Death and Rebirth of Rhetoric James Naremore April 2000 Society for Cinema Studies Conference 2000 This paper was presented at the Society for Cinema Studies Conference 2000 at the Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago on March 11, 2000, as part of the pane...
Toward a Rhetoric of Film: Identification and the Spectator Gilberto Perez April 2000 Society for Cinema Studies Conference 2000 This paper was presented at the Society for Cinema Studies Conference 2000 at the Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago on March 11, 2000, as part of the pane...
What My Fingers Knew: The Cinesthetic Subject, or Vision in the Flesh Vivian Sobchack April 2000 Special Effects/Special Affects: Technologies of the Screen - A Symposium This is a chapter from a forthcoming book of collected essays by Vivian Sobchack. It shares ideas with a paper given at the Special Effects/Special Af...
Optimal Viewing Distance – Memory as Telaesthesia James Verdon April 2000 Special Effects/Special Affects: Technologies of the Screen - A Symposium This paper was given at the Special Effects/Special Affects: Technologies of the Screen symposium held at the University of Melbourne, 25/3/2000. ...
This Wounded Cinema, This Wounded Life Gabrielle Murray April 2000 Special Effects/Special Affects: Technologies of the Screen - A Symposium This paper was given at the Special Effects/Special Affects: Technologies of the Screen symposium held at the University of Melbourne, 25/3/2000. * *...
Baroque Perceptual Regimes Angela Ndalianis April 2000 Special Effects/Special Affects: Technologies of the Screen - A Symposium This paper was given at the Special Effects/Special Affects: Technologies of the Screen symposium held at the University of Melbourne, 25/3/2000. * *...
Things Analog and Digital Patrick Crogan April 2000 Special Effects/Special Affects: Technologies of the Screen - A Symposium This paper was given at the Special Effects/Special Affects: Technologies of the Screen symposium held at the University of Melbourne, 25/3/2000. * *...
What Self is This? Bronwyn Morkham April 2000 Special Effects/Special Affects: Technologies of the Screen - A Symposium This paper was given at the Special Effects/Special Affects: Technologies of the Screen symposium held at the University of Melbourne, 25/3/2000. * *...
