Issue 5
What My Fingers Knew: The Cinesthetic Subject, or Vision in the Flesh
This is a chapter from a forthcoming book of collected essays by Vivian Sobchack. It shares ideas with a paper given at the Special Effects/Special
An Analysis of Nice Coloured Girls
An overview of Aboriginal artist Tracey Moffatt's remarkable short film
Perdita Durango: A Case Study
UK writer Brad Stevens examines the variant versions of the film Perdita Durango - in particular, the omissions in each "cut"
Betty Grable Finally Dances with Baron Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch
This paper was presented at the Society for Cinema Studies Conference 2000 at the Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago on March 11, 2000, as part of
Style and Meaning
Deb Verhoeven was present at this Conference to give a paper. Here, she provides a concise and thought-provoking overview of proceedings
Finding the Father: A Psychoanalytic Study of Rebel Without a Cause
An analysis of Nick Ray's film from a psychoanalytic standpoint: Dean as searching, not rebelling
Optimal Viewing Distance – Memory as Telaesthesia
This paper was given at the Special Effects/Special Affects: Technologies of the Screen symposium held at the University of Melbourne, 25/3/2000. * * * The
Rohmer Talk
14 critics from around the globe write a paragraph each on Eric Rohmer. Includes a filmography
Scapegoating, the Holocaust, and McCarthyism in Billy Wilder’s Stalag 17
An examination of this unusual war film, particularly in relation to American culture and the Holocaust
Renaldo & Clara Meet John Cage: Aleatory Cinema and the Aesthetics of Incompetence
This paper was presented at the Society for Cinema Studies Conference 2000 at the Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago on March 11, 2000, as part of