Issue 50
Tren de sombras
Tren de sombras/Train of Shadows (1997 Spain 88 mins) Prod Co: Films 59/Grup Cinema Art/Institut del Cinema Català Prod: Héctor Fáver, Joan Antoni González, Ruben
Before Dietrich: Sound Technique and Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt (1929 USA 94 mins) Prod Co: Josef von Sternberg/Famous Players-Lasky-Paramount Prod: B. P. Fineman Scr: Charles Furthman (dialogue Herman J. Mankiewicz), from a story
The State of Things
The State of Things/Der Stand der Dinge (1982 Germany/Portugal/US 121 mins) Prod Co: Road Movies Film Production/Wenders Berlin Prod: Chris Sievernich, Wim Wenders Dir: Wim
Politics of Image: Passionate Cinema and an Engaged Audience: The 14th Kolkata Film Festival
10-17 November 2008 It is undeniably impossible not to miss some worthy films at a brief seven-day, non-competitive festival of 276 films from 62 countries.
Shooting the President: Bruce Conner’s Report
Report (1967 USA 13 mins) Filmmaker: Bruce Conner Sound: Extracts from the LP record Four Days That Shook the World Completed over a three-year period,
Confessions of a Stray Cat: Pistol Opera
Pistol Opera (2001 Japan 112 mins) Prod Co: Victor Company of Japan/Shochiku/Eiseri Gekijo/Television Tokyo Channel 12/Dentsu/Ogura Jimusho Prod: Satoru Ogura, Ikki Katashima Dir: Seijun Suzuki
Insecure Times, Confident Localities: German Films at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival
5-15 February 2009 As if out of spite, just as banks fail and states teeter towards insolvency, German cinema could not be better. In a
Pale Flower
Pale Flower/Kawaita hana (1963 Japan 96 mins) Prod Co: Shochiku Dir: Shinoda Masahiro Scr: Baba Masaru, Shinoda Masahiro, adapted from a story by Ishihara Shintaro
Mapping Yin and Yang in the Post-Modern Urban Sprawl: The 2008 AFI Fest/American Film Market
AFI: 30 October–9 November 2008 AFM: 5–12 November 2008 Sprawlin’ thru Do cities have the film festivals they deserve? Or rather, what happens to the
Master of the House
Master of the House/Du skal ære din hustru/Thou Shalt Honour Thy Wife (1925 Denmark 107 mins) Prod Co: Palladium Film Dir, Art Dir: Carl Dreyer