Welcome to Issue 7 of our monthly journal! the editors June 2000 Editorial Short film mania dominates this issue with a special feature on the St.Kilda Film Festival, Australia's oldest and premier short film festival. Its history and significance is uncovered in a series of interview...
Taking Leave: A Film Ends Bill Mousoulis June 2000 Feature Articles What happens when a film's end credits roll?
Total Eclipse of the Heart: Thinking through Technology Niall Lucy June 2000 Feature Articles Technology and the future in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and Don Siegel's The Shootist.
Cinephilia and/or Cinematic Specificity Bill Flavell June 2000 Feature Articles Bill Flavell argues that cinephilia must depend on the specificity of the 35mm. image.
The 12hr-ISBN-JPEG Project { brad brace } June 2000 Feature Articles A variation on cinema at 24 frames per second: cinema at 1 jpeg per 12 hours.
St. Kilda Film Festival and Short Filmmaking in Australia… the Director’s Point of View: Interviewed – Nigel Buesst Nigel Buesst June 2000 Festival Reports (1) What were the beginnings of the St. Kilda Film Festival? Why that suburb? Mary-Lou Jelbart and a couple of buffs on the City of Port Phillip Coun...
St. Kilda Film Festival and Short Filmmaking in Australia… the Director’s Point of View: Interviewed – Lisa French Lisa French June 2000 Festival Reports (1) What year(s) were you festival director? 1991-1993. I followed Nigel Buesst. (2) What kind of activities did you do, or were you responsib...
St. Kilda Film Festival and Short Filmmaking in Australia… the Director’s Point of View: Interviewed – Peter Kaufmann Peter Kaufmann June 2000 Festival Reports (1) What year(s) were you festival director? I was festival director in 1995 and 1997. (2) What kind of activities did you do, or were you respons...
St. Kilda Film Festival and Short Filmmaking in Australia… the Director’s Point of View: Interviewed – Judy Schreiber Judy Schreiber June 2000 Festival Reports (1) What year(s) were you festival director? 1996. (2) What kind of activities did you do, or were you responsible for, as festival director? Too...
St. Kilda Film Festival and Short Filmmaking in Australia… the Director’s Point of View: Interviewed – Paul Kalina and Diane Cook Diane Cook and Paul Kalina June 2000 Festival Reports (1) What year(s) were you festival director? 1998. (2) What kind of activities did you do, or were you responsible for, as festival director? It ...
St. Kilda Film Festival and Short Filmmaking in Australia… the Director’s Point of View: Interviewed – Paul Harris Paul Harris June 2000 Festival Reports (1) What year(s) were you festival director? 1999-2000. (2) What kind of activities did you do, or were you responsible for, as festival director?...
The St. Kilda Film Festival: Looking Back Nigel Buesst June 2000 Festival Reports Ex-festival director reminisces about the Good Old Days of the Festival.
Impressions of the 2000 St. Kilda Film Festival Fiona Villella June 2000 Festival Reports A discussion of what this year's festival offered and some general conclusions drawn.
A Sample of the St. Kilda Film Festival Reviewed I Fiona Villella June 2000 Festival Reports Capsule reviews and general discussion on select films screening in the Australian short film competition.
A Sample of the St. Kilda Film Festival Reviewed II Alex Keeble June 2000 Festival Reports Capsule reviews on select films screening in the Australian short film competition.
Fusion Reviewed Ben Zipper June 2000 Festival Reports A review of the Festival's digital, multimedia and performance-based presentation-package.
Restoration: A Personal Festival Highlight Ben Zipper June 2000 Festival Reports An appreciation of one of the Festival's more experimental offerings, Restoration.
The St. Kilda Film Festival 2000 Awards Senses of Cinema June 2000 Festival Reports A list of the awards and their recipients at this year's St. Kilda Film Festival.
Visions – The Inaugural Sydney Asia Pacific Film Festival Michael Park June 2000 Festival Reports "It took the Mediterranean communities 30 years to make a mark on Australian culture, it does take time you know." Anonymous employee of the Depart...
24th Hong Kong International Film Festival Michael Campi June 2000 Festival Reports The 24th edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) unspooled from April 12 to 27, 2000. Since its beginnings, a quarter of a centur...
1st Jeonju International Film Festival Michael Campi June 2000 Festival Reports A few hours by bus or less than an hour by plane from Seoul, Jeonju is the latest South Korean provincial city to stage a major film festival. In the ...
43rd Annual San Francisco International Film Festival Jeff Lambert June 2000 Festival Reports April 20 to May 4, 2000 This year, San Francisco was Coppola ga-ga. Opening night saw Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999) consumed like jawbr...
Preview – 47th Sydney Film Festival Bill Mousoulis June 2000 Festival Reports June 9 - 23, 2000 As I write this, the Sydney Film Festival is a few days away from beginning. I have managed to catch one of the films to play at...
Squeezing through the Portal: Dragons and Tigers at Vancouver Geoff Gardner June 2000 Festival Reports This prize at the Vancouver Film Festival helps introduce Asian films to the world.
Marlene Dietrich James Naremore June 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film A detailed discussion of Dietrich's allure, particularly during the period of collaboration with Sternberg.
Have Irony, Will Travel Peter H. Kemp June 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film A glowing appreciation of the many faces of this screen icon.
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.
Au Hasard, Balthazar and Mouchette Bill Mousoulis June 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film A discussion of these two Bresson films.
Bresson Kent Jones June 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film A refreshingly original approach to appreciating Bresson.
Robert Bresson – Filmography Senses of Cinema June 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film 25 September 1901 - 22 December 1999 as director Les Affaires publiques (1934) (short) Les Anges du péché (1943) ... aka The Ange...
Marlene Dietrich – Filmography Senses of Cinema June 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film as actress: So sind die Maenner (1922) Man by the Roadside/Der Mensch am Wege (1923) The Leap Into Life/Der Sprung ins Leben (1923) Tragedy of L...
Pickpocket Rick Thompson June 2000 CTEQ Annotations on Film A discussion of this profoundly mysterious film.
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.
The Straight Story: Sunlight Will Out of Darkness Come Martha P. Nochimson June 2000 Current Releases David Lynch goes straight? This "family" film is anything but Disney-cosy.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Wonderland Bill Mousoulis June 2000 Current Releases This gritty British film is surprisingly light and enchanting.
Martin Scorsese’s Bringing Out the Dead M. C. Zenner June 2000 Current Releases Hell's Kitchen in New York revisited by Marty - an expressionistic extravaganza. But maybe too much so?
Spirituality in the 21st Century: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Fiona Villella June 2000 Current Releases Following on from his Dead Man, Jim Jarmusch continues on his spiritual path.
Throw Away Your Books: Japanese Cinema Bill Mousoulis June 2000 Asian Cinema A tribute to the many glorious Japanese films that have been made over the years.
Kitano’s Hana-bi and the Spatial Traditions of Yasujiro Ozu Mark Freeman June 2000 Asian Cinema Takeshi Kitano's use of space and time in this gangster pic is influenced by the family dramas of Ozu.
Arrested Motion: Leaps and Bounds in the Korean Detective Film Anne Rutherford June 2000 Asian Cinema The stylish Korean film Nowhere To Hide bends genres and rules in an exhilarating fashion.
The Emerging Dragon: John Woo Boris Trbic June 2000 Asian Cinema An overview of the early films of this action director, now in Hollywood.
Local and Global Identity: Whither Hong Kong Cinema? Stephen Teo June 2000 Asian Cinema The Hong Kong film industry has been developing its identity, both locally and globally.
