Issue 46
Eaux d’Artifice: Wet Dreams and Water Sports in the Garden of Delights
Eaux d’Artifice (1953 Italy/USA 13 mins) Filmmaker: Kenneth Anger Cast: Carmilla Salvatorelli Eaux d’Artifice is arguably one of the simplest yet most perfectly realised films
Dance of the Vampires/The Fearless Vampire Killers
Dance of the Vampires/The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, but Your Teeth are in My Neck (1967 UK 107 mins) Prod Co: M-G-M/Cadre/Filmways Prod:
The House or the Chaos
An elegant essay in praise of Bitsch’s films, written by fellow Cahiers du Cinéma critic and French New Wave director Luc Moullet.
A Woman of Paris
A Woman of Paris (1923 USA 93 mins) Prod, Dir, Scr: Charles Chaplin Phot: Roland Totheroh Ed: Monta Bell Art Dir: Arthur Stibolt Cast: Edna
Wild Night in El Reno
Wild Night in El Reno (1977 USA 6 mins) Filmmaker: George Kuchar Storms have been a motif found throughout filmmaker George Kuchar’s work. Whether manifested
Painterly Moments in Roman Polanski’s Tess
Tess (1979 France/UK 177 mins) Prod Co: Renn/Burrill Prod: Claude Berri Dir: Roman Polanski Scr: Roman Polanski, Gerard Brach, John Brownjohn based on the novel
Introduction to Dossier
When exactly is the 50th anniversary of the French Nouvelle Vague? Sally Shafto provides a brief rationale
State Legislature
State Legislature (2006 USA 217 mins) Prod Co: Zipporah Films, Inc. Prod, Dir, Ed, Sound: Frederick Wiseman Phot: John Davey Let us go then, you
Russian Ark
Russian Ark/Russkiy kovcheg (2002 Russia 99 mins) Prod Co: Egoli Tossell Film/For a Film/The Hermitage Bridge Studio Prod: Andrei Deryabin, Jens Meurer Dir: Alexandr Sokurov
Rosemary’s Baby
Rosemary’s Baby (1968 USA 136 mins) Prod Co: Paramount Prod: William Castle Dir: Roman Polanski Scr: Roman Polanski, based on the novel by Ira Levin