Issue 48
Sydney Pollack: A Personal Recollection
The death of Sydney Pollack earlier this year affords the occasion for Senses of Cinema’s co-Editor to reflect on the man and his films
Backyard and Ross McElwee’s Observational Comedy
Jenkins discusses one of McElwee’s early and seminal works, and discovers that, “Like all vérité filmmakers, he relies heavily on serendipitous events – what Dziga
Vivre sa vie: An Introduction and A to Z
Roland-François Lack provides an informative lexicon to this early masterpiece by Godard
“Mange ta soupe”: Introduction to the Bourseillers on Jean-Luc Godard
Published here for the first time in English, translator Sally Shafto provides a brief context for the two pieces that follow by Antoine and Christophe
“1963-1968. Paris: The Godard Years”
A chapter from Bourseiller’s memoir Sans relâche: Histoires d’une vie which offers a rich and moving account of his friendship with Godard
Excerpts from L’Aventure moderne
Some salient passages from Christophe Bourseiller’s memoirs on growing up in the 1960s. Christophe is one-time child actor for Godard, Maoist and Situationist
John Ford Made … Monsters? The Grotesque Tradition in Ford’s Work
“The grotesque æsthetic is a window into many of the unresolved contradictions in Ford’s work especially, the uneasy juxtaposition of the tragic and the comic
Richard Franklin: Director/Producer
An extensive interview originally published in 1980 with the director of the classic road-movie thriller Roadgames. Written by Everett de Roche and starring Stacy Keach
The Two Bazzas
Combined review of Bruce Beresford’s two early seminal comedies of the grotesque, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie and Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Dead-End Drive-In
Review of Brian Trenchard-Smith’s 1986 apocalyptic thriller. One of Quentin Tarantino’s favourite Aussie movies