Issue 32
Letters
from Robert Daudelin, Bernard Eisenschitz, Paul Byrnes, Samuel Macgeorge, and James Leahy Responses to articles, and comments on any aspect of Senses of Cinema, should
Welcome to Issue 32 of our journal!
Marvelling at a scene in The Dreamers in which an auditorium of students sit bug-eyed at a screening of Shock Corridor, Maximilian Le Cain writes
What is the Matrix? Cinema, Totality, and Topophilia
Leary maps the vertiginous images of “totality” presented in The Matrix and its sequels
Daily Reports from the 53rd Melbourne International Film Festival
• Festival Wrap-Up • Friday 6 August • Thursday 5 August • Wednesday 4 August • Monday 2 August • Sunday 1 August • Thursday
Looking Away to See: Frazer Lee’s Duty of Care Films
Revealing the danger of passively trusting in those signifying authorised power, these two short horror films emphasise the agency of the viewer in producing meaning
Diary of a Lost Girl
Diary of a Lost Girl/Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1929 Germany 120 mins) Source: Transit Film Prod Co: Pabst-Film/Hom-Film Prod, Dir: G.W. Pabst Screen: Rudolf Leonhardt, based
Peter Bogdanovich
b. July 30, 1939, Kingston, New York, USA Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources Let Us Sing of the Days That Are Gone…Peter
Particles of Illusion: Guy Maddin and His Precursors
Symbolism, fragmentation and the two “births” of cinema: a close look at the origins of Maddin's unique style
Summer Holiday
Summer Holiday (USA 1948 92 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: MGM Prod: Arthur Freed Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Scr: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Irving Brecher, Jean