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Contents: Inbits 2 Lawrence Johnston's Eternity 6 Reliving Swinburne 10 Lost treasures on video 12 Cinema in Bangladesh 14 Return of the mavericks 16 Film Queensland's Ross Dimsey and Henry Tefay 22 Nadia Tass in Queensland 26 Queensland shorts 30 The Island of Doctor Moreau 32 Brisbane International Film Festival 35 Inreview: films 41 In review: books 48 Legal Ease 50 Documentaries 52 History m Festivals 54 Technicalities 61 Inproduction 67 Sententious Seven 72, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1111/thumbnail.jpg

Contents 2 Inbits 6 What I Have Written Writer-director John Hughes tells Paul Kalina what he found cinematically and philosophically attractive in John A. Scott’s acclaimed novel and how he made the movie. 12 SEVERED INTENSITIES Conjuring John Hughes' What I Have Written By Lesley Stern Stern finds new ways of conceiving time and presence, sex and cinema, in What I Have Written 14 CTHULU The Return of H.P. Lovecraft By Michael Helms When the AFC says “No” to a short, don't despair, just head off to Canberra and make your first feature... well, at least that's what Damian Heffernan did 22 THE TOP 100 AUSTRALIAN FILMS First Steps Toward a Core Collection By Ken Berryman The NFSA sent out 6,000 Poll forms to try and determine what are Australia's Top 100 films. The results are in... and often surprising! 18 New Media 27 Technicalities 33 Issues 34 History 39 In review 52 Legal Ease 59 Inproduction 64 Tenebrious Ten, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1107/thumbnail.jpg

Contents: Inbits 2 Shine 6 China Watching 14 Hong Kong Hybrid Australia 20 Do the Chinese care about indigenous cinema 26 Christopher Doyle 28 Love and other catastrophies 34 Festivals 36 Documentaries 40 New Media 42 Inreview 47 Shorts 54 Legal Ease 58 Technicalities 64 Inproduction 75 Tenebrious Ten 80, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1110/thumbnail.jpg

Contents: Inbits 2 Rachel Griffiths 6 Sundance Film Festival 12 Michael Tolkin - living with the question 16 New Media 20 Festivals 24 Technicalities 27 Documentary 33 History 34 Inreview 39 Three Australian directors strike gold 41 Legal Ease 50 Inproduction 59 Eidetic Eight 64, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1108/thumbnail.jpg

Contents: Inbits 2 The Quiet Room 6 Floating Live - Clara Law's new home 10 Love Serenade - listening to Barry 12 Preview #1 17 David Williamson's Brilliant Lies 18 Films at Cannes 23 New Media 26 Inadaptation 30 In retrospect 34 Preview #2 36 Festival 38 History 42 Legal Ease 46 Preview #3 48 Inreview 51 Insurance 62 Technicalities 64 Inproduction 75 Nihil Obstat Nine 80, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1109/thumbnail.jpg

Contents: Inbits 2 The Frighteners 10 Shorts 48 Inreview 51 Censorship 58 Legal Ease 62 Inproduction 73 Nihil Obstat Nine 80, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1112/thumbnail.jpg

Contents: Inbits 2 Shine 6 China Watching 14 Hong Kong Hybrid Australia 20 Do the Chinese care about indigenous cinema 26 Christopher Doyle 28 Love and other catastrophies 34 Festivals 36 Documentaries 40 New Media 42 Inreview 47 Shorts 54 Legal Ease 58 Technicalities 64 Inproduction 75 Tenebrious Ten 80, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1110/thumbnail.jpg

Content Mark Joffe by Margaret Smith After Grievous Bodily Harm and Spotswood, director Mark Joffe returns with Cosi, a comedy about a drama therapy course in a psychiatric institution. Adapted from the award-winning play by Louis Nowra, the film has one of the most extraordinary casts ever assembled for an Australian film. 4 CANNES 48e Festival International du Film by Jan Epstein Every year, Cannes provides the definitive showcase of what films and directors will be celebrated or damned over the next twelve months. Jan Epstein reports back on high-profile feuds between prize-winning directors, the mixed reception to the new batch of Australian films, and the true highlights of the thousands of movies on show. 10 JACQUELINE MCKENZIE Make-believe and Magic by Daniel Scott At just 27, actress Jacqueline McKenzie is being touted as the fresh, new face of Australian cinema. Her diverse performances in such varied films as Romper Stomper, This Won’t Hurt a Bit!, Traps and Angel Baby have brought her universal acclaim. McKenzie reveals her passions in a revealing interview. 16, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1104/thumbnail.jpg

Content DARK VISIONS Sam Neill and the Cinema of Unease By Brent Lewis H Sam Neill talks about his striking documentary on 100 years of New Zealand cinema. 10 THE SMALL MAN Obsessive Love by Anrew L. Urban After the acclaimed Ghosts ... of the Civil Dead in 1989, director John Hillcoat returns with The Small Man, the story of sex, passion and neo-colonialism in Papua New Guinea. Hillcoat explains what led him there and the joys of working with Rachel Griffiths and French star Tcheky Karyo. 12 THE PRICE OF PASSION AFC Low-budgertConference # £ By Alissa Tanskaya The recent AFC Conference on Low-budget Filmmaking f has been heralded as one of the most exciting recent I developments in that area. But those looking for the answer to what makes a low-budget hit may find a few surprises. 18 MARKET-DRIVEN Under the Gun By Michael Helms An on-location look at an unusual side of Australian. cinema: Under the Gun, an independently-financed martial-arts actioner 22, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1105/thumbnail.jpg

Content ANGEL BABY Escaping the Cuckoo Nest By Andrew L. Urban In Michael Rymer’s dramatic debut feature, Harry (John Lynch) and Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) find love and flee from a mental institution. Their private world clashes with those around them. 10 EPSILON Love and an Alien By Andrew L. Urban Audaciously using time-motion photography to dramatic visual effect, Rolf de Heer crafts an unusual and poignant story of an alien woman and an Aussie male who meet and find love in the outback. 14 VACANT POSSESSION Sacred Land and Haunted Houses By Claire Corbett Tessa (Pamela Rabe) is coming home now that her mother has died. She returns to the empty family house, a house that, like the land, is alive, has a soul, is full of ghosts. 18 Max Cullen in Billy \i Holiday New Voice, Second Chance Mary Colbert investigates Billy’s Holiday, a fully-fledged musical from the producer of Strictly Ballroom, Tristram Miall Miall, writer Denis Whitburn and director Richard Wherrett explain their passion for this story of a middle-aged man who inherits the golden voice of Billie Holiday. STAGE 4 OZ PICS AT CANNES A Round-up The Australian films most likely to be unspooling at Cannes this year. 22 RICHARD FRANKLIN Hotel Sorrento By Scott Murray An expatriate comes home to make a film about an expatriate’s coming home. Family, culture and identity merge in Franklin’s striking filmic adaptation of Hannie Ray son’s acclaimed play. 24, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1103/thumbnail.jpg

Content FROM THE SOIL Ross Dimsey and Film Queensland by Scott Murray A new Director at Film Queensland promises a greater sense of community and a renewed push to see the local industry assume national importance 14 IN SHARP FOCUS An Overview of Queensland's Independent Screen Culture by Sue Ward While not everyone south and west of the Queensland border knows it, the tropical state has a vibrant local film scene18 THE WASH-UP ON PARADISE BEACI by Liz Jacka and Stuart Cunningham This relatively-short-lived serial is already a cultural icon for its blending of Australian and American soap formulations 22 SEARCHING FOR SUCCESS Local Film Culture and the Brisbane Internationa Film Festival By Michael Meadows Does a film festival contribute productively to « local film industry, or is it just a holiday for buj and a PR stunt for formally-attired politicians; 24, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1102/thumbnail.jpg

Content SCORING BABE Nigel Westlake By Scott Murray Acclaimed classical composer Nigel Westlake has hit the big time with his dazzling film score 12 THE GLOVES COME OFF Jonathan Rosenbaum and New Trends in Criticism By Adrian Martin Two new books by American Jonathan Rosenbaum have Adrian Martin excited by the wonderful possibilities of writing on film, and disappointed by so much of what is being offered 14 THE RISE OF THE BOUTIQUE CINEMAS New Trends in Cinema Exhibition By Michael Kitson Michael Kitson examines the evolution of the boutique multiscreen cinema, and what that means to the changing face of distribution and exhibition in Australia 18 ANTONIO ZECCOLA By Paul Kalina The force behind Palace Pictures discusses the Palace-Village exhibition-distribution deal and his expanding cinema network 22 NATALIE MILLER By Paul Kalina Natalie Miller, of Longford and Nova fame, talks about her approach to boutique cinemas 24, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1106/thumbnail.jpg

Content Mark Joffe by Margaret Smith After Grievous Bodily Harm and Spotswood, director Mark Joffe returns with Cosi, a comedy about a drama therapy course in a psychiatric institution. Adapted from the award-winning play by Louis Nowra, the film has one of the most extraordinary casts ever assembled for an Australian film. 4 CANNES 48e Festival International du Film by Jan Epstein Every year, Cannes provides the definitive showcase of what films and directors will be celebrated or damned over the next twelve months. Jan Epstein reports back on high-profile feuds between prize-winning directors, the mixed reception to the new batch of Australian films, and the true highlights of the thousands of movies on show. 10 JACQUELINE MCKENZIE Make-believe and Magic by Daniel Scott At just 27, actress Jacqueline McKenzie is being touted as the fresh, new face of Australian cinema. Her diverse performances in such varied films as Romper Stomper, This Won’t Hurt a Bit!, Traps and Angel Baby have brought her universal acclaim. McKenzie reveals her passions in a revealing interview. 16, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1104/thumbnail.jpg

Content FROM THE SOIL Ross Dimsey and Film Queensland by Scott Murray A new Director at Film Queensland promises a greater sense of community and a renewed push to see the local industry assume national importance 14 IN SHARP FOCUS An Overview of Queensland's Independent Screen Culture by Sue Ward While not everyone south and west of the Queensland border knows it, the tropical state has a vibrant local film scene18 THE WASH-UP ON PARADISE BEACI by Liz Jacka and Stuart Cunningham This relatively-short-lived serial is already a cultural icon for its blending of Australian and American soap formulations 22 SEARCHING FOR SUCCESS Local Film Culture and the Brisbane Internationa Film Festival By Michael Meadows Does a film festival contribute productively to « local film industry, or is it just a holiday for buj and a PR stunt for formally-attired politicians; 24, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1102/thumbnail.jpg

Content SCORING BABE Nigel Westlake By Scott Murray Acclaimed classical composer Nigel Westlake has hit the big time with his dazzling film score 12 THE GLOVES COME OFF Jonathan Rosenbaum and New Trends in Criticism By Adrian Martin Two new books by American Jonathan Rosenbaum have Adrian Martin excited by the wonderful possibilities of writing on film, and disappointed by so much of what is being offered 14 THE RISE OF THE BOUTIQUE CINEMAS New Trends in Cinema Exhibition By Michael Kitson Michael Kitson examines the evolution of the boutique multiscreen cinema, and what that means to the changing face of distribution and exhibition in Australia 18 ANTONIO ZECCOLA By Paul Kalina The force behind Palace Pictures discusses the Palace-Village exhibition-distribution deal and his expanding cinema network 22 NATALIE MILLER By Paul Kalina Natalie Miller, of Longford and Nova fame, talks about her approach to boutique cinemas 24, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1106/thumbnail.jpg

Content ANGEL BABY Escaping the Cuckoo Nest By Andrew L. Urban In Michael Rymer’s dramatic debut feature, Harry (John Lynch) and Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) find love and flee from a mental institution. Their private world clashes with those around them. 10 EPSILON Love and an Alien By Andrew L. Urban Audaciously using time-motion photography to dramatic visual effect, Rolf de Heer crafts an unusual and poignant story of an alien woman and an Aussie male who meet and find love in the outback. 14 VACANT POSSESSION Sacred Land and Haunted Houses By Claire Corbett Tessa (Pamela Rabe) is coming home now that her mother has died. She returns to the empty family house, a house that, like the land, is alive, has a soul, is full of ghosts. 18 Max Cullen in Billy \i Holiday New Voice, Second Chance Mary Colbert investigates Billy’s Holiday, a fully-fledged musical from the producer of Strictly Ballroom, Tristram Miall Miall, writer Denis Whitburn and director Richard Wherrett explain their passion for this story of a middle-aged man who inherits the golden voice of Billie Holiday. STAGE 4 OZ PICS AT CANNES A Round-up The Australian films most likely to be unspooling at Cannes this year. 22 RICHARD FRANKLIN Hotel Sorrento By Scott Murray An expatriate comes home to make a film about an expatriate’s coming home. Family, culture and identity merge in Franklin’s striking filmic adaptation of Hannie Ray son’s acclaimed play. 24, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1103/thumbnail.jpg

Content DARK VISIONS Sam Neill and the Cinema of Unease By Brent Lewis H Sam Neill talks about his striking documentary on 100 years of New Zealand cinema. 10 THE SMALL MAN Obsessive Love by Anrew L. Urban After the acclaimed Ghosts ... of the Civil Dead in 1989, director John Hillcoat returns with The Small Man, the story of sex, passion and neo-colonialism in Papua New Guinea. Hillcoat explains what led him there and the joys of working with Rachel Griffiths and French star Tcheky Karyo. 12 THE PRICE OF PASSION AFC Low-budgertConference # £ By Alissa Tanskaya The recent AFC Conference on Low-budget Filmmaking f has been heralded as one of the most exciting recent I developments in that area. But those looking for the answer to what makes a low-budget hit may find a few surprises. 18 MARKET-DRIVEN Under the Gun By Michael Helms An on-location look at an unusual side of Australian. cinema: Under the Gun, an independently-financed martial-arts actioner 22, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1105/thumbnail.jpg

Contents 2 BRIEFLY 4 ‘TRAPS’: PAULINE CHAN, JIM McELROY, ROBERT CARTER Interviews by Sue Adler 12 OBITUARY: KEN G. HALL Neil McDonald 17 AUSTRALIAN FILMS AT CANNES Compiled by Pat Gillespie 26 THREE COLOURS: KIESLOWSKI AND FRIENDS Interviews by Serge Mensonge special Technicalities supplement THE CRAFT OF CINEMATOGRAPHY 34 CINEMATOGRAPHY: AN ART(?) AND ITS (DlS)CONTENTS Leilàni Hannah and Raffaele Caputo 43 GEOFFREY BURTON: CINEMATOGRAPHER Interview by Leilani Hannah and Raffaelé Caputo 52 VISIONS OF LIGHT Article and interview by Lindsay Amos 56 TAKING STOCK OF THE SITUATION Report by Dominic Case 58 A CHECKLIST OF AUSTRALIAN CINEMATOGRAPHERS Compiled by Scott Murray 60 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS: ‘SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS’ Part 8 of a continuing historical feature by Chris Long and Clive Sowry 69 FILM REVIEWS Lightning Jack Emma Coller, Raffaele Caputo; Abissinia (Abyssinia), Jona Che Visse Nella Belena (Jonah Who Lived in a Whale) and La Scorta (The Bodyguards) Peter Malone; Wittgenstein Raymond Younis; Pedro Almodovar Retrospective Lorraine Mortimer 77 BOOK REVIEWS The Films of Vincente Minnelli Reviewed by Tom Ryan; Moran’s Guide to Australian TV Series Reviewed by Ken Berryman; and Australian Cinema 80 SOUNDTRACKS Ivan Hutchinson 86 PRODUCTION SURVEY including Film Financé Corporation funding 92 EIDETIC EIGHT Eight Critics' best and worst, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1098/thumbnail.jpg

CONTENTS: 2 BRIEFLY 4 ‘LIGHTNING JACK’: SIMON WINCER Interview by Scott Murray 12 THE INDUSTRY COMMENTS Sue Milliken, John Morris, Stuart Cunningham, Lyndon Sayer-Jones, Dr. Patricia Edgar, Anne Britton, Andrew Pike, Jennifer Sabine 24 WORKING IN AMERICA Richard Franklin 28 ON THE WALL AT MY PLACE Jim Schembri 30 ‘PARADISE BEACH’ RECONSIDERED Peter M. Schembri and Jackie Malone 34 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS: SCREENING THE SALVATION ARMY Part 7 of a continuing historical feature by Chris Long 42 PORDENONE SILENT FILM FESTIVAL Graham Shirley SPECIAL INSERT NEW ZEALAND SUPPLEMENT Scott Murray 47 FILM REVIEWS Bawang Bie Ji (Farewell My Concubine) Stephen Teo; Broken Highway Dena Gleeson; The Custodian Raymond Younis; The Remains of the Day Brian McFarlane; Schindler’s List Hayley Smorgon; True Romance John Conomos 57 BOOK REVIEWS Sites of Difference: Cinematic Representations of Aboriginality and Gender Reviewed by Marcus Breen; The Films of Alfred Hitchcock Reviewed by Ken Mogg Lighting By Design: A Technical Guide and The Control of Light Reviewed by Leilani Hannah Art & Artists on Screen Reviewed by Anna Dzenis 68 PRODUCTION SURVEY 76 TECHNICALITIES A RETROSPECTIVE Fred Harden 88 NIHIL OBSTAT NINE, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1096/thumbnail.jpg

Content 2 BRIEFLY 4 BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI: LITTLE BUDDHA’ Interview by Sue Adler 10 CANNES Round-up by Jan Epstein 16 FILMS WE LOVE: PART I Adrian Martin, Ross Gibson, Graham Shirley, Susan Dermody NEW SOUTH WALES SUPPLEMENT 24 GREG SMITH: NEW SOUTH WALES FILM & TELEVISION OFFICE Interview by Raffaele Caputo 29 CHIME FLEURY’S TUNNEL VISION’ Picture Preview 30 ‘THE SUM OF US’: GEOFFREY BURTON Interview by Leilani Hannah and Raffaele Caputo 36 SUE MILLIKEN: SAMSON FILMS, FILM FINANCES AND AFC Profile by Raffaele Caputo 40 ‘SPIDER & ROSE’ Report by John Conomos and Raffaele Caputo 49 TECHNICALITIES: THE FILM AND DIGITAL WORLD; SPECTRUM Dominic Case 60 ATJSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS: “SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS’ x x Part 9 of a continuing historical feature by Chris Long and Clive Sowry 67 FILM REVIEWS Fearless Scott Murray; The Hudsucker Proxy John Conomos; Lex and Rory Anna Dzenis; Shotgun Wedding Raymond Younis; The Sum of Us Alissa Tanskaya 74 BOOK REVIEWS Phantasms: The Dreams and Desires at the Heart of Our Popular Cinema Reviewed by Ross Gibson; The Case of Shame; Identification, Gender and Genre in Film Reviewed by Stuart Cunningham; Long Shots to Favourites: Australian Cinema Successes in the '90s Reviewed by Raffaele Caputo; War Cameraman: The Story of Damien Parer Reviewed by Deane Williams 78 SOUNDTRACKS Ivan Hutchinson 86 PRODUCTION SURVEY including Film Finance Corporation funding 92 TENEBRICOSE TEN Ten critics' best and worst, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1099/thumbnail.jpg

Content 2 BRIEFLY 3 LETTERS 4 LEE TAMAHORI’S ‘ONCE WERE WARRIORS’ Brent Lewis 10 FILMS WE LOVE: PART 3 Michael Koller 12 MICHAEL ROBERTSON’S ‘BACK OF BEYOND’ Andrew L. Urban 19 OBITUARIES: CECIL HOLMES, LINDSAY ANDERSON Ken Berryman, Brian McFarlane 22 ASIA-PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL Report by Barrie Pattison AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION SUPPLEMENT 24 INTRODUCTION 26 CATHY ROBINSON: CHIEF EXECUTIVE Interview by Scott Murray 32 MULTIMEDIA AND THE CULTURAL STATEMENT Philip Dutchak 36 TIM READ: FILM DEVELOPMENT Interview by Scott Murray 40 SUE MURRAY: MARKETING Interview by Andrew L. Urban 44 WAL SAUNDERS: INDIGENOUS BRANCH Philip Dutchak 49 MIRAMAX: TONY SAFFORD AND VICTORIA TREOLE Scott Murray 52 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS: ABORIGINES AND ACTORS Part 11 of a continuing historical feature by Chris Long 59 TECHNICALITIES: FLAME; MOVIE MAKING MUSEUM; ROCKET LAUNCH Dominic Case 66 FILM REVIEWS Body Melt Raffaele Caputo; Eat Drink Man Woman Margaret Smith and Carolyn Ueda; Forrest Gump Monica Zetlin; Muriel’s Wedding David Vallence; My Country Marcus Breen; Spider & Rose Lani Hannah 73 BOOK REVIEWS Hammer and Beyond: The British Hammer Film Reviewed by Jonathan Roper; Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me Reviewed by Scott Murray 76 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL Report by Peter Malone 78 LEGAL EASE Lloyd Hart 86 PRODUCTION SURVEY including Film Finance Corporation funding 92 TENEBRICOSE TEN Ten critics’ best and worst, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1101/thumbnail.jpg

Content 2 BRIEFLY 4 STEPHAN ELLIOTT: THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT Interview by Jan Epstein 11 TERENCE STAMP Interview by Jan Epstein 12 FILMS WE LOVE John Conomos, Tom O’Regan, Lorraine Mortimer, Raffaele Caputo VICTORIA supplement 22 JENIFER HOOKS AND CHRIS FITCHETT: FILM VICTORIA Interview by Scott Murray 28 P. J. HOGAN: MURIEL'S WEDDING Interview by Jan Epstein 34 ONLY THE BRAVE Article by Anna Dzenis 38 BEN LEWIN: LUCKY BREAK Interview by Andrew L. Urban 43 TECHNICALITIES Dominic Case 56 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS: FEDERATION FILM Part 10 of a continuing historical feature by Chris Long 62 FILM REVIEWS Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Frauds Monica Zetlin and David Vallence; Bad Boy Bubby Anna Dzenis; Country Life Monica Zetlin; Hammers Over the Anvil Fincina Hopgood; The Roly Poly Man Peter Malone; Traps Scott Murray 72 ROLF DE HEER Interview by Andrew L. Urban 74 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL Notes by Raymond Younis 76 MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL John Foam 80 LEGAL Lloyd Hart 86 PRODUCTION SURVEY 92 TENEBRICOSE TEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1100/thumbnail.jpg

Content 2 BRIEFLY 3 LETTERS 4 LEE TAMAHORI’S ‘ONCE WERE WARRIORS’ Brent Lewis 10 FILMS WE LOVE: PART 3 Michael Koller 12 MICHAEL ROBERTSON’S ‘BACK OF BEYOND’ Andrew L. Urban 19 OBITUARIES: CECIL HOLMES, LINDSAY ANDERSON Ken Berryman, Brian McFarlane 22 ASIA-PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL Report by Barrie Pattison AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION SUPPLEMENT 24 INTRODUCTION 26 CATHY ROBINSON: CHIEF EXECUTIVE Interview by Scott Murray 32 MULTIMEDIA AND THE CULTURAL STATEMENT Philip Dutchak 36 TIM READ: FILM DEVELOPMENT Interview by Scott Murray 40 SUE MURRAY: MARKETING Interview by Andrew L. Urban 44 WAL SAUNDERS: INDIGENOUS BRANCH Philip Dutchak 49 MIRAMAX: TONY SAFFORD AND VICTORIA TREOLE Scott Murray 52 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS: ABORIGINES AND ACTORS Part 11 of a continuing historical feature by Chris Long 59 TECHNICALITIES: FLAME; MOVIE MAKING MUSEUM; ROCKET LAUNCH Dominic Case 66 FILM REVIEWS Body Melt Raffaele Caputo; Eat Drink Man Woman Margaret Smith and Carolyn Ueda; Forrest Gump Monica Zetlin; Muriel’s Wedding David Vallence; My Country Marcus Breen; Spider & Rose Lani Hannah 73 BOOK REVIEWS Hammer and Beyond: The British Hammer Film Reviewed by Jonathan Roper; Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me Reviewed by Scott Murray 76 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL Report by Peter Malone 78 LEGAL EASE Lloyd Hart 86 PRODUCTION SURVEY including Film Finance Corporation funding 92 TENEBRICOSE TEN Ten critics’ best and worst, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1101/thumbnail.jpg

CONTENTS: 2 BRIEFLY 4 ‘LIGHTNING JACK’: SIMON WINCER Interview by Scott Murray 12 THE INDUSTRY COMMENTS Sue Milliken, John Morris, Stuart Cunningham, Lyndon Sayer-Jones, Dr. Patricia Edgar, Anne Britton, Andrew Pike, Jennifer Sabine 24 WORKING IN AMERICA Richard Franklin 28 ON THE WALL AT MY PLACE Jim Schembri 30 ‘PARADISE BEACH’ RECONSIDERED Peter M. Schembri and Jackie Malone 34 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS: SCREENING THE SALVATION ARMY Part 7 of a continuing historical feature by Chris Long 42 PORDENONE SILENT FILM FESTIVAL Graham Shirley SPECIAL INSERT NEW ZEALAND SUPPLEMENT Scott Murray 47 FILM REVIEWS Bawang Bie Ji (Farewell My Concubine) Stephen Teo; Broken Highway Dena Gleeson; The Custodian Raymond Younis; The Remains of the Day Brian McFarlane; Schindler’s List Hayley Smorgon; True Romance John Conomos 57 BOOK REVIEWS Sites of Difference: Cinematic Representations of Aboriginality and Gender Reviewed by Marcus Breen; The Films of Alfred Hitchcock Reviewed by Ken Mogg Lighting By Design: A Technical Guide and The Control of Light Reviewed by Leilani Hannah Art & Artists on Screen Reviewed by Anna Dzenis 68 PRODUCTION SURVEY 76 TECHNICALITIES A RETROSPECTIVE Fred Harden 88 NIHIL OBSTAT NINE, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1096/thumbnail.jpg

Content 2 BRIEFLY 4 BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI: LITTLE BUDDHA’ Interview by Sue Adler 10 CANNES Round-up by Jan Epstein 16 FILMS WE LOVE: PART I Adrian Martin, Ross Gibson, Graham Shirley, Susan Dermody NEW SOUTH WALES SUPPLEMENT 24 GREG SMITH: NEW SOUTH WALES FILM & TELEVISION OFFICE Interview by Raffaele Caputo 29 CHIME FLEURY’S TUNNEL VISION’ Picture Preview 30 ‘THE SUM OF US’: GEOFFREY BURTON Interview by Leilani Hannah and Raffaele Caputo 36 SUE MILLIKEN: SAMSON FILMS, FILM FINANCES AND AFC Profile by Raffaele Caputo 40 ‘SPIDER & ROSE’ Report by John Conomos and Raffaele Caputo 49 TECHNICALITIES: THE FILM AND DIGITAL WORLD; SPECTRUM Dominic Case 60 ATJSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS: “SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS’ x x Part 9 of a continuing historical feature by Chris Long and Clive Sowry 67 FILM REVIEWS Fearless Scott Murray; The Hudsucker Proxy John Conomos; Lex and Rory Anna Dzenis; Shotgun Wedding Raymond Younis; The Sum of Us Alissa Tanskaya 74 BOOK REVIEWS Phantasms: The Dreams and Desires at the Heart of Our Popular Cinema Reviewed by Ross Gibson; The Case of Shame; Identification, Gender and Genre in Film Reviewed by Stuart Cunningham; Long Shots to Favourites: Australian Cinema Successes in the '90s Reviewed by Raffaele Caputo; War Cameraman: The Story of Damien Parer Reviewed by Deane Williams 78 SOUNDTRACKS Ivan Hutchinson 86 PRODUCTION SURVEY including Film Finance Corporation funding 92 TENEBRICOSE TEN Ten critics' best and worst, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1099/thumbnail.jpg

Contents 2 BRIEFLY 4 ‘TRAPS’: PAULINE CHAN, JIM McELROY, ROBERT CARTER Interviews by Sue Adler 12 OBITUARY: KEN G. HALL Neil McDonald 17 AUSTRALIAN FILMS AT CANNES Compiled by Pat Gillespie 26 THREE COLOURS: KIESLOWSKI AND FRIENDS Interviews by Serge Mensonge special Technicalities supplement THE CRAFT OF CINEMATOGRAPHY 34 CINEMATOGRAPHY: AN ART(?) AND ITS (DlS)CONTENTS Leilàni Hannah and Raffaele Caputo 43 GEOFFREY BURTON: CINEMATOGRAPHER Interview by Leilani Hannah and Raffaelé Caputo 52 VISIONS OF LIGHT Article and interview by Lindsay Amos 56 TAKING STOCK OF THE SITUATION Report by Dominic Case 58 A CHECKLIST OF AUSTRALIAN CINEMATOGRAPHERS Compiled by Scott Murray 60 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS: ‘SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS’ Part 8 of a continuing historical feature by Chris Long and Clive Sowry 69 FILM REVIEWS Lightning Jack Emma Coller, Raffaele Caputo; Abissinia (Abyssinia), Jona Che Visse Nella Belena (Jonah Who Lived in a Whale) and La Scorta (The Bodyguards) Peter Malone; Wittgenstein Raymond Younis; Pedro Almodovar Retrospective Lorraine Mortimer 77 BOOK REVIEWS The Films of Vincente Minnelli Reviewed by Tom Ryan; Moran’s Guide to Australian TV Series Reviewed by Ken Berryman; and Australian Cinema 80 SOUNDTRACKS Ivan Hutchinson 86 PRODUCTION SURVEY including Film Financé Corporation funding 92 EIDETIC EIGHT Eight Critics' best and worst, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1098/thumbnail.jpg

Content 2 BRIEFLY 4 STEPHAN ELLIOTT: THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT Interview by Jan Epstein 11 TERENCE STAMP Interview by Jan Epstein 12 FILMS WE LOVE John Conomos, Tom O’Regan, Lorraine Mortimer, Raffaele Caputo VICTORIA supplement 22 JENIFER HOOKS AND CHRIS FITCHETT: FILM VICTORIA Interview by Scott Murray 28 P. J. HOGAN: MURIEL'S WEDDING Interview by Jan Epstein 34 ONLY THE BRAVE Article by Anna Dzenis 38 BEN LEWIN: LUCKY BREAK Interview by Andrew L. Urban 43 TECHNICALITIES Dominic Case 56 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS: FEDERATION FILM Part 10 of a continuing historical feature by Chris Long 62 FILM REVIEWS Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Frauds Monica Zetlin and David Vallence; Bad Boy Bubby Anna Dzenis; Country Life Monica Zetlin; Hammers Over the Anvil Fincina Hopgood; The Roly Poly Man Peter Malone; Traps Scott Murray 72 ROLF DE HEER Interview by Andrew L. Urban 74 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL Notes by Raymond Younis 76 MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL John Foam 80 LEGAL Lloyd Hart 86 PRODUCTION SURVEY 92 TENEBRICOSE TEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1100/thumbnail.jpg

Contents: 3 Briefly 4 George Miller Lorenzo's Oil 14 Why the French had to love The Lover 20 Megan Simpson - Alex 26 Women in Australian film, television, video and radio industries 28 Picture Preview - Broken Highway 36 Australia's First Films 1894-96 Facts and Fables, Part Two 45 Film Reviews 54 Second Chance 57 Book Reviews 64 Technicalities 75 Production Survey 80 Nilohamatic Nine, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1091/thumbnail.jpg

3 BRIEFLY 4 JANE CAMPION: ‘THE PIANO’ INTERVIEW BY MILO BILBROUGH 12 LAURIE MclNNES: ‘BROKEN HIGHWAY’ INTERVIEW BY LANI HANNAH 19 AUSTRALIAN FILMS AT CANNES 1993 26 TRACEY MOFFATT: ‘BEDEVIL’ INTERVIEW BY MIRO BILBROUGH 34 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS 1894-96: FACTS AND FABLES. PART THREE CONTINUING HISTORICAL FEATURE BY CHRIS LONG 42 FILM REVIEWS BLACK MAN’S HOUSES KARL QUINN BRAINDEAD KARL QUINN CLOSE MY EYES BRIAN McFARLANE LA DOUBLE VIE DE VÉRONIQUE (THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE) JOHN WOJDYLO MALCOLM X VIKKI RILEY MAP OF THE HUMAN HEART ANNA DZENIS RESERVOIR DOGS SUSAN CHARLTON 52 BOOK REVIEWS BRUCE BERESFORD: INSTINCTS OF THE HEART AND THE INESSENTIAL ELLIS REVIEWED BY KEN BERRYMAN SIXTY VOICES: CELEBRITIES RECALL THE GOLDEN AGE OF BRITISH CINEMA REVIEWED BY CARTER LEWIS BOOKS RECEIVED 56 SOUNDTRACKS Ivan Hutchinson 62 TECHNICALITIES COMPILED BY FRED HARDEN 74 PRODUCTION SURVEY INCLUDING FILM FINANCE CORPORATION FUNDING DECISIONS 80 TENEBRICOSE TEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1092/thumbnail.jpg

CONTENTS: 2 BRIEFLY 4 FILM IN QUEENSLAND: AN OVERVIEW BRUCE MOLLOY 10 ROUGH DIAMONDS’ DONALD CROMBIE AND JASON DONOVAN INTERVIEWS BY ANDREW L. URBAN 16 RICHARD STEWART: DIRECTOR, FILM QUEENSLAND INTERVIEW BY SCOTT MURRAY 21 ‘ OCEAN GIRL’: PICTURE PREVIEW 23 VILLAGE ROADSHOW and WARNER ROADSHOW EXAMINED BY STUART CUNNINGHAM AND LIZ JACKA 28 ‘THE PENAL COLONY’ PRODUCTION REPORT BY ANDREW L. URBAN 32 AUSTRALIA'S FIRST FILMS 1894-96 PART SIX: SURPRISING SURVIVALS FROM COLONIAL QUEENSLAND CONTINUING HISTORICAL FEATURE BY CHRIS LONG AND PAT LAUGHREN 39 SHAKESPEARE ON FILM 'MACBETH’, OTHELLO’ AND MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING’ BRIAN McFARLANE 42 FOREIGN FESTIVALS: VENEZIA, MONTREAL AND TORONTO PETER MALONE, RUSSELL EDWARDS 46 FILM REVIEWS BEDEVIL JOHN WOJDYLO BLACKFELLAS KARL QUINN CRUSH PAT GILLESPIE THE NOSTRADAMUS KID KARL QUINN THIS WON'T HURT A BIT! RAYMOND YOUNIS THE WEDDING BANQUET CHRIS BERRY 53 BOOK REVIEWS THE FILMS OF WOODY ALLEN REVIEWED BY ANNA DZENIS LITERATURE'FILM QUARTERLY: THE AUSTRALIAN CINEMA REVIEWED BY JOE STEFANOS SONDHEIM; SONDHEIM & CO AND ART ISN'T EASY: THE THEATER OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM REVIEWED BY RICHARD FRANKÜN 64 PRODUCTION SURVEY INCLUDING FILM FINANCE CORPORATION FUNDING DECISIONS 70 TECHNICALITIES: FULL EFFECTS, QUEENSLAND STORIES COMPILED BY FRED HARDEN 80 TENEBRICOSE TEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1095/thumbnail.jpg

3 BRIEFLY 4 PAUL COX: SELF-PORTRAIT OF AN EXILE INTERVIEWS BY ANDREW L. URBAN AND RAFFAELE CAPUTO 12 COMING OF AGE: NOTES TOWARDS A RE-APPRAISAL OVERVIEW BY RAFFAELE CAPUTO 18 MICHAEL JENKINS: THE HEARTBREAK KID’ INTERVIEW BY PAT GILLESPIE 22 46TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL REPORT BY JAN EPSTEIN 28 STEVE BUSCEMI: ’RESERVOIR DOGS’ INTERVIEW BY RAFFAELE CAPUTO 34 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS 1894-96: FACTS AND FABLES. PART FOUR CONTINUING HISTORICAL FEATURE BY CHRIS LONG 40 VIEWS: BARRY DICKENS 42 FILM REVIEWS DELUSION ROSE LUCAS THE HEARTBREAK KID PAT GILLESPIE LOVE IN LIMBO KARL QUINN ORLANDO RAYMOND YOUNIS REFRACTING GLASSES ANNA DZENIS RICH IN LOVE GREG KERR WIND PAT GILLESPIE 50 HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL REPORT BY CHRIS BERRY 54 BOOK REVIEWS THIS IS ORSON WELLES REVIEWED BY MARGARET SMITH ‘WELL, I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO AND I SAW IT ON THE TELEVISION... REVIEWED BY DAVID HOLLINSWORTH AND KAREN JENNINGS BOOKS RECEIVED 58 SOUNDTRACKS IVAN HUTCHINSON 64 PRODUCTION SURVEY 70 TECHNICALITIES FRED HARDEN, DOMINIC CASE 80 SENTENTIOUS SEVEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1093/thumbnail.jpg

CONTENTS: 2 BRIEFLY 4 MEMORIES & DREAMS: LYNN-MAREE MILBURN, JULIE STONE, ANDREW DE GROOT INTERVIEW BY SCOTT MURRAY AND ALISSA TANSKAYA 12 PISTOLS AT DAWN: THE SCIENCE OF PREVIEWS MB MMMM RICHARD FRANKLIN 22 JOHN DINGWALL: ‘THE CUSTODIAN1 INTERVIEW BY ANDREW L. URBAN MOCU(DOCU)MENTARy MINI-SUPPLEMENT 28 ‘MAN BITES DOG*: DOCUMENTARY THEORY AND OTHER ANDALSIAN ETHICS SHANE McNEIL 31 TOM ZUBRYCKI:‘HOMELANDS’ REVIEW AND INTERVIEW BY MARGARET SMITH 33 JOHN HUGHES: ‘ONE WAY STREET’ REVIEW BY ANNA DZENIS AND INTERVIEW BY RAFFAELE CAPUTO 38 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS 1894-96: FACTS AND FABLES* PART FIVE CONTINUING HISTORICAL FEATURE BY CHRIS LONG 44 FILM REVIEWS GREENKEEPING KARL QUINN GROSS MISCONDUCT GREG KERR MORTE Dl UN MATEMATICO NAPOLETANO [DEATH OF A NEAPOLITAN MATHEMATICIAN) JOHN CONOMOS THE NUN AND THE BANDIT PETER MALONE ON MY OWN PAT GILLESPIE PETER'S FRIENDS BRIAN McFARLANE THE PIANO RAYMOND YOUNIS 52 BOOK REVIEWS DISK PROCESSING Witehtype PRINTING Jenkin Buxton Pty. Ltd. MERCHANT OF DREAMS: LOUIS B. MAYER, M.G.M. AND THE SECRET HOLLYWOOD REVIEWED BY R. J. THOMPSON JEAN-LUC GODARD: SON + IMAGE, 1974 -4 1991 REVIEWED BY JUNIOR CÀÎ; -. 58 SOUNDTRACKS IVAN HUTCHINSON 62 PRODUCTION SURVEY 70 TECHNICALITIES INC. CINEMATOGRAPHERS* CONFERENCE AND INTERVIEW WITH ALLEN DAYIAU FRED HARDEN, DOMINIC CASÉ, LlNDSAY AMOS 80 EIDOLOCASTIC EIGHT, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1094/thumbnail.jpg

Contents: 3 Briefly 4 George Miller Lorenzo's Oil 14 Why the French had to love The Lover 20 Megan Simpson - Alex 26 Women in Australian film, television, video and radio industries 28 Picture Preview - Broken Highway 36 Australia's First Films 1894-96 Facts and Fables, Part Two 45 Film Reviews 54 Second Chance 57 Book Reviews 64 Technicalities 75 Production Survey 80 Nilohamatic Nine, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1091/thumbnail.jpg

Contents: 3 BRIEFLY 4 GEORGE MILLER’S ’GROSS MISCONDUCT’ PRODUCTION REPORjT BY ANDREW L. URBAN 10 CLINT EASTWOOD: ’UNFORGIVEN’ INTERVIEW BY MICHAEL HENRY WILSON 18 ’ON THE BEACH’ AT BERWICK HISTORICAL REMINISCENCE BY JOYCE AGEE 24 LOVE IN LIMBO PRODUCTION REPORT BY ANDREW L. URBAN 30 THE CINEMA OF RAUL RUIZ INTERVIEW BY ADRIAN MARTIN AND CHRISTOPHER TUCKFIELD 36 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS 1894-96: FACTS AND FABLES CHRIS LONG 45 FILM REVIEWS FATAL BOND SCOTT MURRAY THE FAVOUR, THE WATCH AND THE VERY BIG FISH JAN EPSTEIN FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST JONATHAN ROPER GUMSHOE JOHN CONOMOS INDOCHINE KARL QUINN ISABELLE EBERHARDT RAYMOND YOUNIS ROMPER STOMPER PAT GILLESPIE STRICTLY BALLROOM PAT GILLESPIE 53 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS JONATHAN HOUSE, RUSSELL EDWARDS, IVAN HUTCHINSON 57 BOOK REVIEWS NEW AUSTRALIAN CINEMA: SOURCES AND PARALLELS IN AMERICAN AND BRITISH FILM REVIEWED BY STUART CUNNINGHAM BOOKS RECEIVED 64 TECHNICALITIES COMPILED BY FRED HARDEN 75 PRODUCTION SURVEY 80 ELEATIC ELEVEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1090/thumbnail.jpg

CONTENTS: 2 BRIEFLY 4 MEMORIES & DREAMS: LYNN-MAREE MILBURN, JULIE STONE, ANDREW DE GROOT INTERVIEW BY SCOTT MURRAY AND ALISSA TANSKAYA 12 PISTOLS AT DAWN: THE SCIENCE OF PREVIEWS MB MMMM RICHARD FRANKLIN 22 JOHN DINGWALL: ‘THE CUSTODIAN1 INTERVIEW BY ANDREW L. URBAN MOCU(DOCU)MENTARy MINI-SUPPLEMENT 28 ‘MAN BITES DOG*: DOCUMENTARY THEORY AND OTHER ANDALSIAN ETHICS SHANE McNEIL 31 TOM ZUBRYCKI:‘HOMELANDS’ REVIEW AND INTERVIEW BY MARGARET SMITH 33 JOHN HUGHES: ‘ONE WAY STREET’ REVIEW BY ANNA DZENIS AND INTERVIEW BY RAFFAELE CAPUTO 38 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS 1894-96: FACTS AND FABLES* PART FIVE CONTINUING HISTORICAL FEATURE BY CHRIS LONG 44 FILM REVIEWS GREENKEEPING KARL QUINN GROSS MISCONDUCT GREG KERR MORTE Dl UN MATEMATICO NAPOLETANO [DEATH OF A NEAPOLITAN MATHEMATICIAN) JOHN CONOMOS THE NUN AND THE BANDIT PETER MALONE ON MY OWN PAT GILLESPIE PETER'S FRIENDS BRIAN McFARLANE THE PIANO RAYMOND YOUNIS 52 BOOK REVIEWS DISK PROCESSING Witehtype PRINTING Jenkin Buxton Pty. Ltd. MERCHANT OF DREAMS: LOUIS B. MAYER, M.G.M. AND THE SECRET HOLLYWOOD REVIEWED BY R. J. THOMPSON JEAN-LUC GODARD: SON + IMAGE, 1974 -4 1991 REVIEWED BY JUNIOR CÀÎ; -. 58 SOUNDTRACKS IVAN HUTCHINSON 62 PRODUCTION SURVEY 70 TECHNICALITIES INC. CINEMATOGRAPHERS* CONFERENCE AND INTERVIEW WITH ALLEN DAYIAU FRED HARDEN, DOMINIC CASÉ, LlNDSAY AMOS 80 EIDOLOCASTIC EIGHT, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1094/thumbnail.jpg

3 BRIEFLY 4 PAUL COX: SELF-PORTRAIT OF AN EXILE INTERVIEWS BY ANDREW L. URBAN AND RAFFAELE CAPUTO 12 COMING OF AGE: NOTES TOWARDS A RE-APPRAISAL OVERVIEW BY RAFFAELE CAPUTO 18 MICHAEL JENKINS: THE HEARTBREAK KID’ INTERVIEW BY PAT GILLESPIE 22 46TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL REPORT BY JAN EPSTEIN 28 STEVE BUSCEMI: ’RESERVOIR DOGS’ INTERVIEW BY RAFFAELE CAPUTO 34 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS 1894-96: FACTS AND FABLES. PART FOUR CONTINUING HISTORICAL FEATURE BY CHRIS LONG 40 VIEWS: BARRY DICKENS 42 FILM REVIEWS DELUSION ROSE LUCAS THE HEARTBREAK KID PAT GILLESPIE LOVE IN LIMBO KARL QUINN ORLANDO RAYMOND YOUNIS REFRACTING GLASSES ANNA DZENIS RICH IN LOVE GREG KERR WIND PAT GILLESPIE 50 HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL REPORT BY CHRIS BERRY 54 BOOK REVIEWS THIS IS ORSON WELLES REVIEWED BY MARGARET SMITH ‘WELL, I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO AND I SAW IT ON THE TELEVISION... REVIEWED BY DAVID HOLLINSWORTH AND KAREN JENNINGS BOOKS RECEIVED 58 SOUNDTRACKS IVAN HUTCHINSON 64 PRODUCTION SURVEY 70 TECHNICALITIES FRED HARDEN, DOMINIC CASE 80 SENTENTIOUS SEVEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1093/thumbnail.jpg

CONTENTS: 2 BRIEFLY 4 FILM IN QUEENSLAND: AN OVERVIEW BRUCE MOLLOY 10 ROUGH DIAMONDS’ DONALD CROMBIE AND JASON DONOVAN INTERVIEWS BY ANDREW L. URBAN 16 RICHARD STEWART: DIRECTOR, FILM QUEENSLAND INTERVIEW BY SCOTT MURRAY 21 ‘ OCEAN GIRL’: PICTURE PREVIEW 23 VILLAGE ROADSHOW and WARNER ROADSHOW EXAMINED BY STUART CUNNINGHAM AND LIZ JACKA 28 ‘THE PENAL COLONY’ PRODUCTION REPORT BY ANDREW L. URBAN 32 AUSTRALIA'S FIRST FILMS 1894-96 PART SIX: SURPRISING SURVIVALS FROM COLONIAL QUEENSLAND CONTINUING HISTORICAL FEATURE BY CHRIS LONG AND PAT LAUGHREN 39 SHAKESPEARE ON FILM 'MACBETH’, OTHELLO’ AND MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING’ BRIAN McFARLANE 42 FOREIGN FESTIVALS: VENEZIA, MONTREAL AND TORONTO PETER MALONE, RUSSELL EDWARDS 46 FILM REVIEWS BEDEVIL JOHN WOJDYLO BLACKFELLAS KARL QUINN CRUSH PAT GILLESPIE THE NOSTRADAMUS KID KARL QUINN THIS WON'T HURT A BIT! RAYMOND YOUNIS THE WEDDING BANQUET CHRIS BERRY 53 BOOK REVIEWS THE FILMS OF WOODY ALLEN REVIEWED BY ANNA DZENIS LITERATURE'FILM QUARTERLY: THE AUSTRALIAN CINEMA REVIEWED BY JOE STEFANOS SONDHEIM; SONDHEIM & CO AND ART ISN'T EASY: THE THEATER OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM REVIEWED BY RICHARD FRANKÜN 64 PRODUCTION SURVEY INCLUDING FILM FINANCE CORPORATION FUNDING DECISIONS 70 TECHNICALITIES: FULL EFFECTS, QUEENSLAND STORIES COMPILED BY FRED HARDEN 80 TENEBRICOSE TEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1095/thumbnail.jpg

3 BRIEFLY 4 JANE CAMPION: ‘THE PIANO’ INTERVIEW BY MILO BILBROUGH 12 LAURIE MclNNES: ‘BROKEN HIGHWAY’ INTERVIEW BY LANI HANNAH 19 AUSTRALIAN FILMS AT CANNES 1993 26 TRACEY MOFFATT: ‘BEDEVIL’ INTERVIEW BY MIRO BILBROUGH 34 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FILMS 1894-96: FACTS AND FABLES. PART THREE CONTINUING HISTORICAL FEATURE BY CHRIS LONG 42 FILM REVIEWS BLACK MAN’S HOUSES KARL QUINN BRAINDEAD KARL QUINN CLOSE MY EYES BRIAN McFARLANE LA DOUBLE VIE DE VÉRONIQUE (THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE) JOHN WOJDYLO MALCOLM X VIKKI RILEY MAP OF THE HUMAN HEART ANNA DZENIS RESERVOIR DOGS SUSAN CHARLTON 52 BOOK REVIEWS BRUCE BERESFORD: INSTINCTS OF THE HEART AND THE INESSENTIAL ELLIS REVIEWED BY KEN BERRYMAN SIXTY VOICES: CELEBRITIES RECALL THE GOLDEN AGE OF BRITISH CINEMA REVIEWED BY CARTER LEWIS BOOKS RECEIVED 56 SOUNDTRACKS Ivan Hutchinson 62 TECHNICALITIES COMPILED BY FRED HARDEN 74 PRODUCTION SURVEY INCLUDING FILM FINANCE CORPORATION FUNDING DECISIONS 80 TENEBRICOSE TEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1092/thumbnail.jpg

I first commenced activities in connection with trade unions upon my return to Newcastle from three and a half years carrying my swag at the end of 1931 — during which time I played an important part in building unemployed workers’ movements in various places in Queensland, and in 1932 became the District Secretary, Newcastle and Coalfields of the Unemployed Workers Movement; also District Secretary of the militant Minority Movement, and was given the full time responsibility for assisting building Trade Union organisation.

I first commenced activities in connection with trade unions upon my return to Newcastle from three and a half years carrying my swag at the end of 1931 — during which time I played an important part in building unemployed workers’ movements in various places in Queensland, and in 1932 became the District Secretary, Newcastle and Coalfields of the Unemployed Workers Movement; also District Secretary of the militant Minority Movement, and was given the full time responsibility for assisting building Trade Union organisation.

I first commenced activities in connection with trade unions upon my return to Newcastle from three and a half years carrying my swag at the end of 1931 — during which time I played an important part in building unemployed workers’ movements in various places in Queensland, and in 1932 became the District Secretary, Newcastle and Coalfields of the Unemployed Workers Movement; also District Secretary of the militant Minority Movement, and was given the full time responsibility for assisting building Trade Union organisation.

Contents 2 BRIEFLY 4 ACROSS THE RED UNKNOWN WITH GEORGE NEGUS INTERVIEW BY SCOTT MURRAY 12 HOOK: STEVEN SPIELBERG INTERVIEW BY ANA MARIA BAHIANA 18 RICHARD LOWENSTEIN’S SAY A LITTLE PRAYER INTERVIEW BY EVA FRIEDMAN 24 JEWISH CINEMA JAN EPSTEIN MULTI-CULTURAL CINEMA: A SUPPLEMENT 34 THE ASIAN SCREEN TEST SYLVIE SHAW 42 CANNONS IN THE CAMERA JOHN HARDING 44 FILMS IN COLOUR: ABORIGINAL REPRESENTATIONS ARCHIE WELLER 46 JAMES RICKETSON’S DAY OF THE DOG PICTURE PREVIEW 48 BLACK SCREENS: ABORIGINAL TELEVISION PHILLIP DUTCHAK 54 ETHNIC STEREOTYPES IN TELEVISION CRAIG BROWN 57 FILM REVIEWS BARTON FINK ADRIAN MARTIN BLACK ROBE GREG KERR DINGO RAYMOND YOUNIS FRANKIE & JOHNNY ROSE LUCAS PURE LUCK JIM SCHEMBRI SACRED SEX GREG KERR SPOTSWOOD KARL QUINN 67 BOOK REVIEWS FILM AT WIT'S END: EIGHT AVANT-GARDE FILMMAKERS JORGE DAVID REMY 70 TECHNICALITIES FRED HARDEN 81 PRODUCTION SURVEY 88 ELEATIC ELEVEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1086/thumbnail.jpg

Content 3 BRIEFLY 6 1992 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL SCOTT MURRAY 16 GIANNI AMELIO AND THE STOLEN CHILDREN 18 VITALI KANIEVSKI AND AN INDEPENDENT LIFE 22 AUSTRALIAN FILMS AT CANNES JAN EPSTEIN 26 DAVID LYNCH’S TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME THE CANNES PRESS CONFERENCE 32 LITERATURE-FILM CONNECTIONS BRIAN McFARLANE 36 FORTRESS: PRODUCER JOHN FLOCK INTERVIEW BY MARCIAL COPPOLINO 44 TEEN MOVIES DEBATE NOEL KING, ADRIAN MARTIN 50 FILM REVIEWS BLOODLUST KARL QUINN CITY OF JOY PETER MALONE EUROPA (ZENTROPA) RAYMOND YOUNIS HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN GREG KERR OVER THE HILL RAYMOND YOUNIS FIRES WITHIN GREG KERR BLACK HARVEST MARCUS BREEN 58 BOOK REVIEWS FRAMING CULTURE: CRITICISM AND POLICY IN AUSTRALIA ROSS GIBSON THE ABC OF DRAMA 1975-1990 KEN BERRYMAN THE DEVIL'S CANDY AND LOSING THE LIGHT JONATHAN ROPER 62 SOUNDTRACKS IVAN HUTCHINSON 65 TECHNICALITIES FRED HARDEN 73 PRODUCTION SURVEY 80 EIDOLOCASTIC EIGHT, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1088/thumbnail.jpg

Content 2 BRIEFLY 4 CANNES INTRODUCTION 6 BAZ LUHRMANN’S STRICTLY BALLROOM INTERVIEWS BY RONNIE TAYLOR 12 ANN TURNER’S HAMMERS OVER THE ANVIL LOCATION REPORT BY ANDREW H URBAN 16 KATHY MUELLER’S DAYDREAM BELIEVER LOCATION REPORT BY EVA FRIEDMAN 21 AUSTRALIAN FILMS AT CANNES 28 NEW AUSTRALIAN CINEMA: SOURCES AND PARALLELS IN AMERICAN AND BRITISH CINEMA BRIAN McFARLANE, GEOFF MAYER 33 BERLIN AND ROTTERDAM FILM FESTIVALS REPORT BY PAUL KALINA 36 WIM WENDERS’ UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD INTERVIEW BY ANA MARIA BAHIANA 44 SATYAJIT RAY AN OVERVIEW BY KERSTIN ANDERSSON 53 FILM REVIEWS TURTLE BEACH RAYMOND YOUNIS BREATHING UNDER WATER PAULINE ADAMEK BUGSY RAFFAELE CAPUTO HOMICIDE KARL QUINN BACKSLIDING PAUL SALMOND GARBO JIM SCHEMBRI 63 BOOK REVIEWS PROJECTING AUSTRALIA: GOVERNMENT FILM SINCE 1945 STUART CUNNINGHAM THE FILMS OF MERCHANT IVORY BRIAN McFARLANE THE LOGIC OF IMAGES: ESSAYS AND CONVERSATIONS PAULINE ADAMEK 66 TECHNICALITIES FRED HARDEN, DOMINIC CASE 74 PRODUCTION SURVEY 80 TENEBRICOSE TEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1087/thumbnail.jpg

Content 3 BRIEFLY 4 GILLIAN ARMSTRONG: THE LAST DAYS OF CHEZ NOUS INTERVIEW BY RAFFAELE CAPUTO 10 CULTURAL DIFFERENCE AND ETHNICITY IN AUSTRALIAN CINEMA JOHN CONOMOS 16 GIORGIO MANGIAMELE INTERVIEW BY GRAEME CUTTS 24 THE NEW BREED OF ETHNIC FILMMAKERS PAT GILLESPIE 30 RIDLEY SCOTT: 1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE INTERVIEW BY ANA MARIA BAHIANA 36 VIEWS JIM MCELROY 38 YEAR OF THE GUN OR DREAMING A DREAM DREAMED IN ROMA SCOTT MURRAY 44 STEPHAN ELLIOTT: FRAUDS INTERVIEW BY LANI HANNAH 50 FILM REVIEWS DAHONG DENGLONG GAOGAO GUA (RAISE THE RED LANTERN) RAYMOND YOUNIS DEADLY KARL QUINN THE LAST DAYS OF CHEZ NOUS RAFFAELE CAPUTO PATRIOT GAMES KARL QUINN STAN AND GEORGE’S NEW LIFE JAN EPSTEIN TOTALLY CLIPS MARCUS BREEN 58 MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL REPORTS RAFFAELE CAPUTO, RAYMOND YOUNIS 63 BOOKS RECEIVED 64 SOUNDTRACKS IVAN HUTCHINSON 66 TECHNICALITIES FRED HARDEN 73 PRODUCTION SURVEY 80 ELEATIC ELEVEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1089/thumbnail.jpg

Contents: 2 Briefly An overview of Australian feature production - Part one 6 Geoffrey Wright's Romper Stomper 12 Bob Ellis The Nostradamus Kid 18 Carroll Ballard - Wind 20 David Ceaser's Greenkeeping 28 Ray Argall's Eight Ball 30 Kathryn Bigalow 36 Yoram Gross Studios 44 Toronto Film Festival 48 Reel Pleasures 52 Film Reviews 60 Technicalities 68 Book Reviews 73 Production Survey 80 Tenebricose Ten, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1085/thumbnail.jpg

Content 2 BRIEFLY 4 CANNES INTRODUCTION 6 BAZ LUHRMANN’S STRICTLY BALLROOM INTERVIEWS BY RONNIE TAYLOR 12 ANN TURNER’S HAMMERS OVER THE ANVIL LOCATION REPORT BY ANDREW H URBAN 16 KATHY MUELLER’S DAYDREAM BELIEVER LOCATION REPORT BY EVA FRIEDMAN 21 AUSTRALIAN FILMS AT CANNES 28 NEW AUSTRALIAN CINEMA: SOURCES AND PARALLELS IN AMERICAN AND BRITISH CINEMA BRIAN McFARLANE, GEOFF MAYER 33 BERLIN AND ROTTERDAM FILM FESTIVALS REPORT BY PAUL KALINA 36 WIM WENDERS’ UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD INTERVIEW BY ANA MARIA BAHIANA 44 SATYAJIT RAY AN OVERVIEW BY KERSTIN ANDERSSON 53 FILM REVIEWS TURTLE BEACH RAYMOND YOUNIS BREATHING UNDER WATER PAULINE ADAMEK BUGSY RAFFAELE CAPUTO HOMICIDE KARL QUINN BACKSLIDING PAUL SALMOND GARBO JIM SCHEMBRI 63 BOOK REVIEWS PROJECTING AUSTRALIA: GOVERNMENT FILM SINCE 1945 STUART CUNNINGHAM THE FILMS OF MERCHANT IVORY BRIAN McFARLANE THE LOGIC OF IMAGES: ESSAYS AND CONVERSATIONS PAULINE ADAMEK 66 TECHNICALITIES FRED HARDEN, DOMINIC CASE 74 PRODUCTION SURVEY 80 TENEBRICOSE TEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1087/thumbnail.jpg

Content 3 BRIEFLY 6 1992 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL SCOTT MURRAY 16 GIANNI AMELIO AND THE STOLEN CHILDREN 18 VITALI KANIEVSKI AND AN INDEPENDENT LIFE 22 AUSTRALIAN FILMS AT CANNES JAN EPSTEIN 26 DAVID LYNCH’S TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME THE CANNES PRESS CONFERENCE 32 LITERATURE-FILM CONNECTIONS BRIAN McFARLANE 36 FORTRESS: PRODUCER JOHN FLOCK INTERVIEW BY MARCIAL COPPOLINO 44 TEEN MOVIES DEBATE NOEL KING, ADRIAN MARTIN 50 FILM REVIEWS BLOODLUST KARL QUINN CITY OF JOY PETER MALONE EUROPA (ZENTROPA) RAYMOND YOUNIS HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN GREG KERR OVER THE HILL RAYMOND YOUNIS FIRES WITHIN GREG KERR BLACK HARVEST MARCUS BREEN 58 BOOK REVIEWS FRAMING CULTURE: CRITICISM AND POLICY IN AUSTRALIA ROSS GIBSON THE ABC OF DRAMA 1975-1990 KEN BERRYMAN THE DEVIL'S CANDY AND LOSING THE LIGHT JONATHAN ROPER 62 SOUNDTRACKS IVAN HUTCHINSON 65 TECHNICALITIES FRED HARDEN 73 PRODUCTION SURVEY 80 EIDOLOCASTIC EIGHT, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1088/thumbnail.jpg

Content 3 BRIEFLY 4 GILLIAN ARMSTRONG: THE LAST DAYS OF CHEZ NOUS INTERVIEW BY RAFFAELE CAPUTO 10 CULTURAL DIFFERENCE AND ETHNICITY IN AUSTRALIAN CINEMA JOHN CONOMOS 16 GIORGIO MANGIAMELE INTERVIEW BY GRAEME CUTTS 24 THE NEW BREED OF ETHNIC FILMMAKERS PAT GILLESPIE 30 RIDLEY SCOTT: 1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE INTERVIEW BY ANA MARIA BAHIANA 36 VIEWS JIM MCELROY 38 YEAR OF THE GUN OR DREAMING A DREAM DREAMED IN ROMA SCOTT MURRAY 44 STEPHAN ELLIOTT: FRAUDS INTERVIEW BY LANI HANNAH 50 FILM REVIEWS DAHONG DENGLONG GAOGAO GUA (RAISE THE RED LANTERN) RAYMOND YOUNIS DEADLY KARL QUINN THE LAST DAYS OF CHEZ NOUS RAFFAELE CAPUTO PATRIOT GAMES KARL QUINN STAN AND GEORGE’S NEW LIFE JAN EPSTEIN TOTALLY CLIPS MARCUS BREEN 58 MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL REPORTS RAFFAELE CAPUTO, RAYMOND YOUNIS 63 BOOKS RECEIVED 64 SOUNDTRACKS IVAN HUTCHINSON 66 TECHNICALITIES FRED HARDEN 73 PRODUCTION SURVEY 80 ELEATIC ELEVEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1089/thumbnail.jpg

Contents 2 BRIEFLY 4 ACROSS THE RED UNKNOWN WITH GEORGE NEGUS INTERVIEW BY SCOTT MURRAY 12 HOOK: STEVEN SPIELBERG INTERVIEW BY ANA MARIA BAHIANA 18 RICHARD LOWENSTEIN’S SAY A LITTLE PRAYER INTERVIEW BY EVA FRIEDMAN 24 JEWISH CINEMA JAN EPSTEIN MULTI-CULTURAL CINEMA: A SUPPLEMENT 34 THE ASIAN SCREEN TEST SYLVIE SHAW 42 CANNONS IN THE CAMERA JOHN HARDING 44 FILMS IN COLOUR: ABORIGINAL REPRESENTATIONS ARCHIE WELLER 46 JAMES RICKETSON’S DAY OF THE DOG PICTURE PREVIEW 48 BLACK SCREENS: ABORIGINAL TELEVISION PHILLIP DUTCHAK 54 ETHNIC STEREOTYPES IN TELEVISION CRAIG BROWN 57 FILM REVIEWS BARTON FINK ADRIAN MARTIN BLACK ROBE GREG KERR DINGO RAYMOND YOUNIS FRANKIE & JOHNNY ROSE LUCAS PURE LUCK JIM SCHEMBRI SACRED SEX GREG KERR SPOTSWOOD KARL QUINN 67 BOOK REVIEWS FILM AT WIT'S END: EIGHT AVANT-GARDE FILMMAKERS JORGE DAVID REMY 70 TECHNICALITIES FRED HARDEN 81 PRODUCTION SURVEY 88 ELEATIC ELEVEN, https://ro.uow.edu.au/cp/1086/thumbnail.jpg