Issue 53
Reworking Romanticism: Paul Cox’s Man of Flowers
Let us not say, “If only the texts were richer, the witnesses more loquacious, the confessions more detailed!” Don’t we seem today to have everything
Paul Cox: An Appreciation
I believe the first film by Paul Cox I saw was Man of Flowers (1983), at the 1984 Chicago Film Festival. The next year, My
Ardea
Ardea cinerea is the scientific name of the Grey Heron found in Europe. In Human Touch (2004) a heron alights for a moment on a
The Persistent Maverick
“I find living itself quite difficult so you may as well make it more difficult by doing something crazy.” - Paul Cox (1) Paul Cox
A Collaboration Between Two Artists
My work with Paul Cox as Production Designer has been successful, I believe, because we have much in common. On the surface, our backgrounds are
Idiosyncrasy and Film
1. If I had to choose a motto for Paul Cox’s films, no motto would seem more appropriate to me than the phrase: “For people
Celestial Sensations: The 13th Rencontres Internationales, Paris
So there I was, my dear reader, about to come back to Paris after several peripatetic weeks, ready to settle into my new flat and
To the point on point
“Paulus Henrikus Benidictus Cox”: the name triggers images of a character from some historical tale by Umberto Eco. From my experiences of collaborating with him
Welcome to Issue 53 of our journal!
The very first edition of Senses of Cinema appeared on line in December 1999, so it is appropriate that our final issue for 2009 appears,
Michael Haneke’s Cinema: The Ethic of the Image by Catherine Wheatley
Michael Haneke, the Austrian director who has crossed national boundaries to make films in France, the US and now in Germany with Das weisse Band