Welcome to Issue 37 of our journal! the editors October 2005 Editorial Cameron Crowe: The lore is that Lubitsch died in the arms of a prostitute, is that true? Billy Wilder: No. Not in the arms. After they were through. He had finished with the lady, and he had gone into the ba...
Muriel: The Time of Return Crissa-Jean Chappell October 2005 European Cinema Revisited The themes of time and memory haunt Alain Resnais' cinema, no less so than in this gem of early-60s modernist narrative.
Reduced Quantity, Increased Quality, New Opportunities: The 22nd St Kilda Film Festival Boris Trbic October 2005 Festival Reports May 24-29, 2005 Australian Shorts This year's St Kilda Film Festival (SKFF), held in Melbourne's famous beachside suburb, introduced some changes in the programming volume, selection and general conceptio...
Speaking For Others: Manifest and Latent Content in In a Year with Thirteen Moons Justin Vicari October 2005 European Cinema Revisited An insightful analysis of the complex interweaving of the personal and the political in one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's most emotionally torturous of films.
La Chinoise, ou plutôt à la chinoise: un film en train de se faire Darragh O’Donoghue October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film La Chinoise, ou plutôt à la chinoise (1967 France 90 mins) Source: ACMI Collections/FE Prod Co: Productions de la Guéville/Parc Films/Athos-Films/Simar Films/Anouchka Films Dir, Scr: Jean-Luc Godard Phot...
Porky Pig’s Feat Colin Browne October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Porky Pig's Feat (1943 USA 7 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod: Leon Schlesinger Dir: Frank Tashlin Story: Melvin Millar Anim: Phil Monroe Mus Dir: Carl W. Stalling Voice: Mel Blanc Cast:...
“The Far Side of Paradise”: Douglas Sirk’s There’s Always Tomorrow Adrian Danks October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film There's Always Tomorrow (1956 USA 84 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Universal International Prod: Ross Hunter Dir: Douglas Sirk Scr: Bernard C. Schoenfeld, based on a story by Ursula Parrott Phot: Russell ...
The Letter: Eurovision and the Aesthetic of Silence David Melville October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Letter/A Carta/La Lettre/La Carta (1999 Portugal/France/Spain 107 mins) Source: Gemini Films Prod Co: Madragoa Filmes (Portugal)/Gemini Films (France)/Wanda Films (Spain) Prod: Paulo Branco Dir: Mano...
Parsifal William “Bill” Blick October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Parsifal (1982 West Germany/France 255 mins) Source: Film Alliance Prod Co: Gaumont/TMS Film GmbH Prod: Annie Nap-Oleon Dir: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Phot: Igor Luther Ed: Jutta Brandstaedter, Marianne Fehr...
Felicitous Rooms: Fritz Lang’s House by the River David Cairns October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film House by the River (1950 USA 88 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Fidelity Pictures Corporation/Republic Prod: Howard Welsch Dir: Fritz Lang Scr: Mel Dinelli, from the novel by A. P. Herbert Phot: Edward Cron...
Les Cousins John Conomos October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Les Cousins/The Cousins (1959 France 105 mins) Source: NFSA Prod Co: Ajym Films Prod, Dir: Claude Chabrol Scr: Paul Gégauff, from a story by Chabrol Phot: Henri Decaë Ed: Jacques Gaillard Prod Des: Berna...
Baby Face Kendahl Cruver October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Baby Face (1933 USA 77 mins) Source: Library of Congress Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod: William LeBaron, Raymond Griffith Dir: Alfred E. Green Scr: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola, from a story by Mark Canfield ...
Jacques Tati: Last Bastion of Innocence Pedro Blas Gonzalez October 2005 European Cinema Revisited An astute philosophical reflection on Tati's sublime films.
Out of the Blue: Re-evaluating Electra-Glide in Blue William “Bill” Blick October 2005 American Cinema: The 1970s One of the more forgotten movies of the 70s receives due appreciation.
The Bleeding Eyes of a Festival Regular: The 14th Brisbane International Film Festival Matthew Clayfield October 2005 Festival Reports July 27–August 8, 2005 An Introductory Note on Methodology “I'm going to see so much that my eyes are going to bleed!” I told my friend Mark excitedly. It was early July and we were sitting in my room a...
Mike Leigh, Topsy-Turvy and the Excavation of Memory Wheeler Winston Dixon October 2005 Feature Articles At first glance Topsy-Turvy may seem an atypical Leigh film, but Dixon argues that it is “a radical work masquerading as a conventional biopic.”
Surrealist Documentary: Reviewing the Real Bruce Hodsdon October 2005 Feature Articles Famously, L'Âge d'or opens with a documentary on scorpions. The film was first screened publicly in Paris in November 1930. In honour of its 75th anniversary year, this article provides a critical overview of Surrealist uses and abuses of the documentary form.
Wackiki Wabbit Brad Weismann October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Wackiki Wabbit (1943 USA 7 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod: Leon Schlesinger Dir: Charles M. Jones Scr: Tedd Pierce (uncredited), Michael Maltese (uncredited) Story: Tedd Pierce Anim: Ken ...
Revealing Revelation: The Fiction, the Facts & the Subversion: Revelation 8: Perth International Film Festival Tanya Vision October 2005 Festival Reports June 30–July 10, 2005 “Exhibition in Crisis: Who's Stolen the Crown Jewels”, was one of the conference sessions at the Revelation Screen Festival. Joel Bachar from Microcinema (1) made the call that to...
Looking Both Ways: The 54th Melbourne International Film Festival Bill Mousoulis October 2005 Festival Reports July 20–August 7, 2005 Question: Why did the film festival cross the road? Answer: Because it didn't know how to go either left or right. In her report on the 52nd Melbourne International Film Festival t...
British Sounds Jonathan Dawson October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film British Sounds (1969 UK/France 54 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Kestrel Productions for LWT Prod: Irving Teitelbaum Dir, Scr: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Henri Roger Phot: Charles Stewart Editor: Elizabeth Kozm...
A Latin American Gaze: Mar del Plata International Film Festival Fernando Madedo October 2005 Festival Reports March 10-20, 2005 Translated by Carlos Morreo Cinema and Politics: A Brief Historical Recount of the Festival During the opening night of the Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata (Mar del ...
On the Decline of the New Hollywood and the Prescience of Network Greg Ng October 2005 American Cinema: The 1970s Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay for Sidney Lumet's 1976 film foresaw much of what the current tele-visual cultural landscape would look like decades before it arrived at our doorstep.
The Bitter Tea of General Yen Kevin Lee October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932 USA 89 mins) Source: Library of Congress Prod Co: Columbia Pictures Prod: Walter Wanger Dir: Frank Capra Scr: Edward E. Paramore, Jr., based on the novel by Grace Zari...
The Incompossible Language of Natural Aristocracy: Deleuze’s Misreading of Visconti’s The Leopard Lucio Angelo Privitello October 2005 Feature Articles A theoretical counter-argument to Delueze's idea of the 'time-image' as addressed to this seminal film on Italian history.
No Man of Her Own Geoff Mayer October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film No Man of Her Own (1950 USA 98 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Paramount Pictures Prod: Richard Maibaum Dir: Mitchell Leisen Scr: Sally Benson, Catherine Turney based on the novel I Married a Dead Man by Co...
John Ford’s The Horse Soldiers James Hawco October 2005 Feature Articles Notations on Ford's view of Civil War divisions in one of his late cavalry westerns.
Singing with a Purpose: Wartime Propaganda and Other Themes: The 19th Cinema Ritrovato Jay Weissberg October 2005 Festival Reports July 2–9, 2005 Few, if any, film festivals can match the extraordinary range of material on offer at Bologna's Cinema Ritrovato, now in its 19th year as the leading showcase for film restoration. From ...
Forty Guns Tony Williams October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Forty Guns (1957 USA 80 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Twentieth Century-Fox/Globe Enterprises Prod, Dir, Scr: Samuel Fuller Phot: Joseph Biroc Ed: Gene Fowler Prod Des: Walter M. Scott, Chester Bayhi Mus:...
Some Gems in a Modest Program: The 52nd Sydney Film Festival Hamish Ford October 2005 Festival Reports June 10–25, 2005 Despite procuring State Government funding, the 52nd Sydney Film Festival featured a reduced number of films (170) compared to previous years, the most notable effect of the management...
Porky’s Duck Hunt Brad Weismann October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Porky's Duck Hunt (1937 USA 7 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod: Leon Schlesinger Dir: Fred (Tex) Avery Anim: Virgil Ross, Robert Cannon, Robert Clampett (uncredited) Mus Dir: Carl W. Stalli...
Voyage to the Beginning of the World Wheeler Winston Dixon October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo/Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997 Portugal/France 95 mins) Source: Gemini Films Prod Co: Gemini Films/IPACA/Le Studio Canal+/Madragoa Films/RTP Prod: Paulo Branco Di...
Summer Storm David Sanjek October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Summer Storm (1944 USA 105 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: United Artists/Angelus Prod: Seymour Nebenzal Dir: Douglas Sirk Scr: Douglas Sirk, Rowland Leigh, Robert Thoeren (additional dialogue), based on A...
Refining the “Long-eared Galoot”: Chuck Jones’ Rabbit Punch and Rabbit Hood Adrian Danks October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Rabbit Punch (1948 USA 7 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod: Eddie Selzer Dir: Charles M. Jones Story: Tedd Pierce, Michael Maltese Anim: Phil Monroe, Ken Harris, Lloyd Vaughan, Ben Washam La...
Blaine Allan Interviewed Noel King October 2005 Feature Articles This acclaimed critic and writer discusses a range of issues related to Canadian film culture and its regional cinemas.
Forbidden Robert Keser October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Forbidden (1932 US 83 mins) Source: Library of Congress Prod Co: Columbia Pictures Dir: Frank Capra Scr: Jo Swerling Phot: Joseph Walker Ed: Maurice Wright Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralp...
