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Author Holly Willis

Holly Willis

Holly Willis is Director of Academic Programs at the Institute for Multimedia Literacy in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, where she teaches, leads workshops and researches emerging forms of teaching, learning and scholarly practice.

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Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)

Holly Willis
September 2017
Cinémathèque Annotations on Film
Issue 84
Over a black screen, birds chirp in the near distance. The dulcet chords of a cello begin to sound, embellished by a woman’s voice moving joyfully through a sequence of notes before harmonizing with another...
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The Smell of Burning Ants

Holly Willis
August 2013
Cinémathèque Annotations on Film
Issue 68
In 1994, a 22-minute film appeared that at once announced a new, prodigious filmmaking talent and helped bring renewed attention to serious short-form filmmaking in the United States. The film was The Smell of...
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Marilyn Times Five

Holly Willis
March 2009
Cinémathèque Annotations on Film
Issue 50
Marilyn Times Five (1973 USA 12 mins) Filmmaker: Bruce Conner Mus: “I’m Through with Love”, words and music by Matty Malneck, Gus Kahn, Jerry Livingston, sung by Marilyn Monroe Bruce Conner’s...
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Dancers of the Sea

Holly Willis
October 2004
Cinémathèque Annotations on Film
Issue 33
Dancers of the Sea/Les Danseuses de la mer (1956 France 20 mins) Source: ACMI Collections Filmmaker: Jean Painlevé Mus: Pierre Conte “You will not make documentaries if you do not feel the...
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Vagabond

Holly Willis
April 2004
Cinémathèque Annotations on Film
Issue 31
Vagabond (1985 France 104 mins) Source: CNC Prod Co: Ciné Tamaris/Films A2/Ministère de la Culture de la Republique Française/Channel Four Films Prod: Oury Milshtein Dir, Scr: Agnès Varda Phot:...
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Crazy Bloody Female Center: The Cinema of Nina Menkes

Holly Willis
October 2002
Nina Menkes: Experimental
Issue 22
Precise and insightful discussion of the films of this intuitive, perceptive and innovative filmmaker.

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