Description of a Struggle
Description d’un combat/Description of a Struggle (1960 Israel/France 60 mins) Prod Co: Wim van Leer/SOFAC Prod: Yitzhak Zohar Dir, Scr: Chris Marker Phot: Ghislain Cloquet, Mayer Levin, Bertrand Hesse Ed: Eva Zorz Narration: Jean Vilar, Howard Vernon, Alan Adair Memories are at…
Reduced Quantity, Increased Quality, New Opportunities: The 22nd St Kilda Film Festival
May 24-29, 2005 Australian Shorts This year’s St Kilda Film Festival (SKFF), held in Melbourne’s famous beachside suburb, introduced some changes in the programming volume, selection and general conception that…
Korean Films at the 2001 Melbourne International Film Festival
Im Kwon-Taek’s Chunyang (2000), a screen adaptation of an old Korean folk tale (1), was the first Korean film to have been included in the official Cannes competition, in the year 2000. This…
Kids Return
Kids Return (1996 Japan 107mins) Source: JIS Prod Co: Office Kitano Prod: Masayuki Mori, Takio Yoshida, Yasushi Tsuge Dir, Scr, Ed: Takeshi Kitano Phot: Katsumi Yanagishima Art Dir: Shibata Hirohide Mus: Joe Hisaishi Cast: Masanobu Ando, Ken…
A Generation and Kanal
A Generation (1954 Poland 85mins) 35mm Source: Screensound Prod Co: Film Polski Prod: Aleksander Ford Dir: Andrzej Wajda Scr: Bohdan Czeszko Phot: Jerzy Lipman Ed: Czeslaw Raniszewski Art Dir: Roman Mann Mus: Andrzej Markowski Cast: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska,…
Mamet’s Business as Usual: Moviemaking and the “Quest for Purity” in State and Main
“Life in the movie business is like the, is like the beginning of a new love affair; it’s full of surprises, and you’re constantly getting fucked.” (1) The alchemy of business…
