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REMINDER OF SCREEN CALL FOR PAPERS
DEADLINE MONDAY 20 JANUARY 2003
Screen Studies Conference 2003
organized by Screen journal
University of Glasgow
Scotland
4-6 July 2003
The 13th International Screen Studies Conference will offer a mix of
keynote addresses, panels and workshop sessions.
Please note that this is, as usual, an OPEN CALL FOR PAPERS, which may be
on any topic in screen studies.
However, we are particularly interested in forming a strand within this
year's conference on the subject of FILM AND TELEVISION DESIGN, as it
relates to the areas of:
textual analysis
theoretical discussion
spectacle
special effects
space and place
Papers on this area are therefore particularly welcome.
Please send us your 200-word proposal to arrive no later than Monday 20
January 2003
Panel submissions of up to four speakers are also welcome.
Proposals and enquiries to Caroline Beven by e-mail:
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Please mark subject box 'Conference 2003'. It is simpler for us if you
write the proposal into the actual e-mail rather than sending it as a
separate attachment.
or send by post:
Screen
Gilmorehill Centre
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
Scotland
or by fax:
0141 330 3515 (from outside UK: +44 141 330 3515)
You will be notified of acceptance by the end of February.
Updates and further details of the conference will posted on our website -
www.screen.arts.gla.ac.uk - as they become available.
While on the site, you can also check out the programme and abstracts from
the most recent Screen Studies Conference, held 28-30 June 2002.
SCREEN AWARD 2002
REMEMBER, too, that if you submit a manuscript to the Screen journal
(address as before) by the end of 2002 it will automatically be entered for
the Screen Award, which has a prize of £1000. Details can be found on the
website.
Caroline Beven
Screen
Gilmorehill Centre for Theatre Film & TV
Glasgow University
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Scotland UK
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tel: 0141 330 5035
fax: 0141 330 3515
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EXPERIMENTAL FILM TODAY
4-6th July 2003
Department of Art and Fashion
University of Central Lancashire
Preston, England
This three-day conference invites fresh perspectives on the past,
present and possible future of Experimental film nationally and
internationally. The Conference acknowledges a resurgence of interest
in the area of Experimental & Avant Garde film. It hopes to
facilitate new thought and debate about issues relating to the
present situation of Experimental film and to factors that may shape
its future.
The Conference hopes to explore a wide range of issues including the
impact of new technologies, problems of access and distribution and
the changing climate in which it operates. In addition the Conference
hopes to provide a historical overview for delegates relatively new
to the field. The weekend will do this through lectures, debates and
an extensive series of screenings of historically significant films
in addition to showcasing new works from around the world.
Keynote Speakers
At September 10 2002
-Malcolm Le Grice
-Al Rees
-Pip Chodorov, Re:Voir
-Dr. Chris Meigh-Andrews
University of Central Lancashire
-Anna Powell Manchester Metropolitan University
Academic Organiser
-John van Aitken
University of Central Lancashire
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Invitation
Researchers, theorists and practitioners are invited to submit an
abstract of 200-400 words and a biographical description of 100-150
words. Proposals must include an abstract and biography, to be
submitted not later than 23rd January 2003. Proposers will be
notified of their acceptance onto the programme not later than the
23rd of February 2003. The biographical description should include
information on the author's institution, field of study, main
research interests and key publications, if any.
Abstract
In order to encourage work of the highest quality, and work that
relates to the theme of the conference, we ask that the abstract
includes the following:
Title: relation of the paper to the theme(s) of the conference
An indication of the broad theoretical orientation (where appropriate
to the proposal)
A description of the forms of original research (if relevant) that
the paper will report on and/or a summary of the types of material
the paper will discuss
Where possible, an indication of related work by others
Submission
Proposals should be submitted, by
e-mail before 23rd January 2003 in the following form:
- Author(s) including full contact details (post, telephone, fax, e-mail)
- Previous points (abstract above)
- Biography (all authors)
This should be sent by e-mail to-
Liz Kelly [log in to unmask]
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From: "Senses of Cinema" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Film-Philosophy" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Call for Contributions
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:21:02 +1100
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SENSES OF CINEMA is seeking contributions to the General Section of Issue
24, Jan-Feb 03 in the following areas:
FILM FAVOURITES 2002
As per usual, Senses of Cinema will run a special spotlight on cinema in the
year 2002. Contributions can take any form or style - a 'best of' list, a
short essay, an annotated list, a key phrase or two. Contributors are asked
to cull their lists and gather their thoughts not only from current releases
but also festival screenings, retrospectives, home video and DVD viewing, as
well as weekly cinémathèques.
To jog the memory, here is a very narrow list, comprising festival films and
current releases: Femme Fatale, Blissfully Yours, The Uncertainty Principle,
Spider, Ararat, Bowling for Columbine, Gosford Park, Far from Heaven,
Mulholland Drive, Waking Life, Intimacy, Lies, The Son's Room, Sauvage
Innocence, Ali, Domestic Violence, Va Savoir?, Gerry, Take Care of My Cat,
One Fine Spring Day, Seafood, Bad Guy, Tadpole, Ten, What Time is it There?,
Paradox Lake, Ghost World, Russian Ark, The Orphan of Anyang, L'Emploi du
temps, Éloge de l'amour, A Huey P. Newton Story, Bully, Storytelling,
Adaptation, Il mio viaggio in Italia, Donnie Darko, No Man's Land, Tape, The
Navigators, Y tu mama también, Pistol Opera, Vendredi Soir, In the Mirror of
Maya Deren, Où git votre sourire enfoui?, *Corpus Callosum, Silence. on
tourne (Quiet, We're Rolling), Intoxicated By My Illness, The Royal
Tenenbaums, The Business of Strangers, The Devil's Backbone, Millennium
Mambo, Unknown Pleasures, Yi Yi, Dream Work, To Be & to Have, The Son,
Monsoon Wedding, Minority Report ...
AUSTRALIAN CINEMA 2002
Similarly, reflections are sought on Australian cinema in 2002, including
features (The Tracker, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Walking on Water, Australian
Rules, Swimming Upstream, Beneath Clouds, Till Human Voices Wake Us, Garage
Days, Crackerjack et al), shorts (Saturn's Return, China Face et al) and
documentaries (A Wedding in Ramallah, My Mother India, Shadow Play, Black
Chicks Talking et al).
FAVOURITE FILM CRITICISM 2002
There seems an abundance of writing on film, in books, magazines,
monographs, festival catalogues, newspaper articles, websites, DVD
accompanying material. Senses invites its contributors to site their
favourite writing on film for 2002.
DIGITAL CINEMA
In particular, the rise of DV filmmaking in world 'art' cinema; the
crossover of TV/video aesthetics into cinema; digital cinema as installation
and exhibition 'spaces'; issues of access and self-expression; and how to
'read' digital cinema. Analyses of individual films shot on DV.
ANDRÉ DE TOTH Tributes to this too easily overlooked B-grade filmmaker,
whose films include Ramrod, Pitfall, House of Wax, The Indian Fighter.
ON THE MARGINS Essays on films by Alex Cox, Chris Marker, Fruit Chan, Sam
Fuller, Vera Chytilová.
CURRENT RELEASES: 8 Women, 8 Mile, 24 Hour Party People, Adaptation, The
Quiet American
BOOK REVIEWS: Fellini Lexicon by Sam Rohdie, Cinema of Interruptions -
Action Genres in Contemporary Indian Cinema by Lalitha Gopalan, Genre and
Contemporary Hollywood edited by Steve Neale, The Emergence of Cinematic
Time - Modernity, Contingency, the Archive by Mary Ann Doane, Yash Chopra by
Rachel Dwyer, Film and Knowledge - Essays on the Integration of Images and
Ideas edited by Kevin L. Stoehr, New Hollywood Cinema - An Introduction by
Geoff King, Alexander Dovzhenko - A Life in Soviet Film by George O. Liber,
A Postmodern Cinema - the Voice of the Other in Canadian Film by Mary
Alemany-Galway, Digital Hemlock by Tara Brabazon, TOUCH: Sensuous Theory and
Multisensory Media by Laura U. Marks, Gold by Peter Greenaway, Questioning
African Cinema: Conversations with Filmmakers by Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike
The deadline for contribution to Issue 24 is January 6.
Send all articles or suggestions for articles to Fiona A Villella
If you're interested in contributing to Great Directors - a critical
database, email Michelle Carey. Or you can also submit your Top Ten films of
all time to Chris Howard.
Regards,
Fiona
General Editor
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Senses of Cinema http://www.sensesofcinema.com/
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From: Kouross Esmaeli <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: free screening of Divine Intervention
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Please forward widely. This is the only opportunity to see this film for
free before it's public release in January.
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Because of technical limitations, this movie will be screened in video.
The film will be released on January 17 at the Angelika in 35mm.
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Tuesday December 17 at 6:30pm
at The New School's Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th St. in NYC
Divine Intervention
by Elia Suleiman, France/Palestine, 2002, 35mm, 92 min.
Arabic with English subtitles, FREE to the public
Subway: A,C,E to West 4th Street 1,2,3,9,L to 14th Street-6th Avenue
4,5,6,N,R to 14th Street-Union Square
See location A at http://www.newschool.edu/gf/directory/map3.htm
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Alwan NYC in cooperation with The Diversity Initiative of The New School
University, and Avatar Films present
Divine Intervention
by Elia Suleiman, France/Palestine, 2002, 35mm, 92 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
with Elia Suleiman, Manal Kahder, Naeif Daher, Nayef Fahoum Daher
Producers: Humbert Balsan, Avi Kleinberger, Joachim Ortmanns,
Babette Schroder, Elia Suleiman
Screenwriter: Elia Suleiman
Cinematographer: Marc-André Batigne
Editor: Véronique Lange
Palestinian director and performer Elia Suleiman delivers a darkly comic
masterpiece. Suleiman utilizes irreverence, wit, mysticism and insight to
craft an intense, hallucinogenic and extremely adept exploration of the
dreams and nightmares of Palestinians and Israelis living in uncertain
times.
Subtitled, "A Chronicle of Love and Pain," Divine Intervention follows
ES, is a character played by and clearly based upon the filmmaker himself.
ES is burdened with a sick father, a stalled screenplay and an unrequited
love affair with a beautiful Palestinian woman (Manal Khader) living in
Ramallah. An Israeli checkpoint on the Nazareth-Ramallah road forces the
couple to rendezvous in an adjacent parking lot. Their relationship and
the absurd situations around them serve as metaphors for the lunacy of
larger cultural problems, and the result is palpable, bottled personal and
political rage.
Suleiman's wry chronicle sketches his hometown of Nazareth as a place
consumed by ferocious absurdity, where residents harbor feuds, dump
garbage into neighbors' yards, and surreptitiously block access roads.
Characters transgress rules with abandon - stealing forbidden cigarette
breaks in a hospital corridor, for example. Yet the film's acerbic,
absurdist sense of humor (earning comparisons to Jacques Tati and Nanni
Moretti), in a situation where death seems to lurk at every corner, and
Suleiman's own eye-popping directorial interventions, are what earned him
the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes. (Avatar)
Awards
** Cannes Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize, and FiPresci Prize, 2002
Selections
* Toronto International Film Festival 2002
* New York Film Festival 2002
* Mill Valley Film Festival 2002
* AFI Film Festival, Los Angeles 2002
* Denver International Film Festival 2002
* Arab Film Festival, San Francisco 2002
Tuesday December 17 at 6:30pm
at The New School's Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th St. in NYC
Divine Intervention
by Elia Suleiman, France/Palestine, 2002, 35mm, 92 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Subway: A,C,E to West 4th Street 1,2,3,9,L to 14th Street-6th Avenue
4,5,6,N,R to 14th Street-Union Square
See location A at http://www.newschool.edu/gf/directory/map3.htm
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Information from Avatar Films
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alwan
16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10E
New York, NY 10001
Tel: 646-473-0991
Fax: 646-473-0993
www.alwan.org
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CALL FOR PAPERS
CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION
FOUNDING CONFERENCE
JUNE 5-8, 2003
PITTSBURGH, PA
The Cultural Studies Association will hold its founding conference in
Pittsburgh on the weekend of June 5-8, 2003. The CSA will be a
multicultural and multidisciplinary professional organization bringing
together scholars, teachers, and writers interested in the study of
culture. All are welcome.
The Conference Organizers invite paper and panel proposals that deal with
culture in any of its aspects--products, works, forms, behavior,
institutions, etc.--in relation to social, aesthetic, historical,
economic, political, or semiotic conditions and issues. Papers may be
theoretical, empirical, and/or interpretive in their approach, and may
come out of any discipline or several disciplines.
Those wishing to propose a paper presentation or to propose a panel should
send their proposals of no more than 500 words by February 15, 2003 to:.
Prof. Sangeeta Ray
Department of English
University of Maryland
3191 Susquehanna Hall
College Park, MD 20742
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The Cultural Studies Association will serve as the professional
organization for writers and teachers engaged in the critical analysis of
culture. It will hold an annual conference and maintain a
membership/mailing list for the purpose of creating a community of
scholars with a shared interest in Cultural Studies. We expect that the
organization and its conference will reflect broadly the various strands
of cultural studies today. We especially welcome people interested in
building the new organization.
Preliminary List of Participants:
Jody Berland -- Richard Day -- Arif Dirlik
Michael Eric Dyson -- Rita Felski -- Judith Halberstam
Henry Giroux -- Larry Grossberg -- Dick Hebdige -- Shari Huhndorf
Peter Hitchcock -- Linda Kauffman -- Wahneema Lubiano
Kelly Oliver -- Mark Poster -- Janice Radway
Bruce Robbins -- Will Straw -- Paul Theberge -- Michael Warner
Cultural Studies Association Organizing Committee:
Nancy Condee, Leerom Medovoi, Sangeeta Ray, Michael Ryan, David Shumway,
Imre Szeman
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From: Ben Halligan <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Bresson on DVD?
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>I notice no Robert Bresson films are on DVD yet. Does anyone know if there
have been
>announcements of them?
from http://www.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheNews.html
"We have acquired the URL www.robert-bresson.com and are hard at work
constructing a separate Bresson web site for you. This work is being done in
association with Doug Cummings of Chiaroscuro. Next year should be an
exciting one, as far as Bresson on DVD is concerned; the new web site will
in part be used to keep you informed on the latest developments - we also
hope to act as a watchdog in regards to DVD quality control. Contributions
of any relevant materials will be gratefully received. The URL is not yet
active, but stay tuned for updates."
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Subject: CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION--CALL FOR PAPERS
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CALL FOR PAPERS
CulturalStudiesAssociation
Inaugural Conference
June 5-8, 2003
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Send abstracts by February 15 to
Prof. Sangeeta Ray
[log in to unmask]
Participants include Jody Berland, Richard Day, Michael Eric Dyson, Rita
Felski, Henry Giroux, Herman Gray, Larry Grossberg, Dick Hebdige, Peter
Hitchcock, Linda Kauffman, Wahneema Lubiano, Kelly Oliver, Janice
Radway, Bruce Robbins, Will Straw, Paul Theberge
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Film & History (Vol. 32.2)
An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies
WWW.FILMANDHISTORY.ORG
Volume 32.2 (2002)
THE HOLOCAUST ON FILM: THE FEATURE FILMS
(32.1 examined the Documentary Films)
In This Issue:
General Introduction
by Peter C. Rollins 6
Introduction to Special Issue 10
by Larry Wilcox
From Weimar to Hollywood: Christian Images and the Portrayal of the Jew
by Nancy Thomas Brown 14
West German and Unified German Cinema's Difficult Encounter with the
Holocaust
by Mark A. Wolfgram 24
Holocaust Iconography in American Feature Films About Neo-Nazis
by Lawrence Baron 38
Theodor Kotulla's Excerpts from a German Life (Aus einem deutschen Leben,
1977) or
The Inability to Speak: Cinematic Holocaust Representation in Germany
by Dr. Christine Haase 48
All Rules Barred: A Defense of Spielberg's Schindler's List
by Eric Sterling 62
Humor, Resistance, and the Abject: Roberto Benigni's Life is Beautiful and
Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator
by Jodi Sherman 72
Reel American History: An Archive Built By Novices
by Edward J. Gallagher 82
Special on Hart's War (2002): A Technical Advisor's Retrospective
by Robert C. Doyle 86
Book Reviews
Lawrence H. Suid. Guts and Glory: The Making of the American Military Image
in Film. University Press of Kentucky, 2002.
by Robert Fyne 91
Alan Dale. Comedy is a Man in Trouble: Slapstick in American Movies
University of Minnesota Press, 2000.
by Brad Duren 92
Gary Westfahl and George Slusser, editors. Nursery Realms: Children in the
Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.
University of Georgia Press, 1999.
by John W. Wright 93
Tony Villecco. Silent Stars Speak: Interviews with Twelve Cinema Pioneers.
McFarland Publishing, 2001. 94
by Robert Fyne
Paul Monaco. The Sixties: 1960-1969.
Scribners, 2001.
by Michael S. Shull 95
David A. Cook. Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shawdow of Watergate
and Vietnam, 1970-1979. Scribners, 2000.
by Michael S. Shull 95
Linda Troost, and Sayre Greenfield, editors. Jane Austen in Hollywood.
The University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
by Lisa Ossian 96
David I. Grossvogel. Didn't You Used to be Depardieu?
Peter Lang Publishing, 2002.
by David Lancaster 97
Chon A. Noriega. Shot in America: Television, the State, and the Rise of
Chicano Cinema. University of Miinnesota Press, 2000.
by Angela Schwarz 98
Michael Benson. Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949.
McFarland and Company, 2000.
by Andrew Gaskievicz 99
Paul Wells. The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch.
Columbia University Press, 2001.
by Elizabeth Abele 100
Film Reviews
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
by Emery G. Lee III Case 102
K-19: The Widowmaker
by Christina Lane 103
Vol. 32.2 (2002) | 5
Anachronism Old and New: A Knight's Tale and Black Knight
by Heather Richardson Hayton 105
Lemonade Joe (Limonådovy Joe)
by Thomas M. Barrett 107
Minority Report
by Jason Vest 108
Y tu mamå también
by José R. Ballesteros 109
Road to Perdition (Mendes 2002)
by Marc Oxoby 110
Announcements
Film & History: 1999 and 2000 CD-Rom Annuals
26 Years of Film & History on CD-ROM
Sponsors
Film and History League
McFarland Press
Popular Press
University Press of Kansas
University of Kentucky Press
University of Washington Press
www.filmandhistory.org
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From: Anke Zechner <[log in to unmask]>
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University
Frankfurt am Main
Post-graduate programme
EXPERIENCE OF TIME AND AESTHETICAL PERCEPTION
Adress: Hauspostfach 162 a, 60629 Frankfurt/Main,
Tel.: 069/798-33115 or 069/798-33116 Fax: 069/798-33116
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/zumzeitvertreib
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hans-Thies Lehmann,
Prof. Dr. Burkhardt Lindner
Contact person: Anke Zechner e-mail: [log in to unmask]
CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite you To Pass the Time: a conference of the post-graduate
programme Experience of Time and Aesthetical Perception in June 2003,
from Thursday the 19th to Sunday the 22nd. The international and
interdisciplinary conference will pass away three days of time
treating this item:
At the first glance pastime seems to serve an urge to escape time; as
a means to escape from a certain perception of time and to negate or
to kill a resisting, a suspended time, a time that stands still. This
time may appear as waiting time or as the expanded time of boredom;
it may break the time flow by enabling the spectres of the past to
assemble as well as by making a projection into a meaningful future
seeming suddenly impossible.
But if one tries to regard pastime in terms of cultural history one
will have to remark immediately that his use fulfils different
functions in each epoque and is valued each time in a completely
different way: then, aspects of the phenomenon pastime may be
illuminated that cannot simply be subordinated under a "negation of
time" - in ancient times, for example, work was considered as
unworthy of a free man and only leisure, the pastime, performed with
dignity, was considered appropriate to him. Watching how this term is
woven into the contemporary cultural context, one is also faced with
the question if the practices of pastime do only signify a lack in
the ability of sensual experience - a lack which should immediately
be faded out through action: Is pastime to be located on the side of
productivity, of efficiency, of measurable time - this is, as
rationalized, socially sanctioned (controlled) form of the rest time
of economy, which is dedicated to the reproduction of labour? Or does
it withdraw itself from such an economy? Can it be positioned beyond
the teleological conceptions of time or is it founded "essentially"
in a completely different understanding of time? Fundamentally, the
question has to be posed if pastime is only driven by a certain urge
to negate time or if it also and at the same time opens up the
possibility of an experience of time completely and positively
different from all kinds of "reified" or objected time, pastime as
playful experience of potentiality or as threshold to a different
quality of experiencing time?
Questions which we ask ourselves and which put into question us! We
want to approach the matter of time not only on a theoretical, but
also a practical approach. That's why not only lectures, but also
performances, performance lectures, time-experimentations and others
idea to pass the time are highly welcomed!
A description of a lecture and/or a project in a length of about 1
page should reach us until the end of January.
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Celebrities urge Bush to avoid Iraq war
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021210-022327-9753r
Celebrities urge Bush to avoid Iraq war Published 12/10/2002 3:09 PM
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- More than 100 Hollywood celebrities
have written to President Bush, urging him to avoid a first-strike
war with Iraq.
Former "M*A*S*H" star Mike Farrell -- a main organizer of the group
called Artists United to Win Without War -- said the letter's signers
agree that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to
possess weapons of mass destruction, but that "war talk in Washington
is alarming and unnecessary."
The list of signers included Martin Sheen, who plays President Josiah
Bartlet on the Emmy-winning NBC drama "The West Wing," and other
Hollywood activists including Alec Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, Tim
Robbins and Barbra Streisand.
Anticipating criticism that usually attends public pronouncements by
well-known liberal celebrities, Farrell made a point of
characterizing the signers as patriotic Americans.
"We support rigorous U.N. weapons inspections to assure Iraq's
effective disarm," said Farrell. "However, a presumptive military
invasion of Iraq will harm American national interests."
Farrell said such action would cause more human suffering, provoke
animosity toward the United States, increase the likelihood of more
terrorist attacks, damage the economy and undermine America's "moral
standing" in the world.
"It will make us less, not more secure," said Farrell, who will star
as former Enron executive Ken Lay in the upcoming TV movie "The
Crooked E."
Other celebrities who signed the letter included Oscar-winners Kim
Basinger, Angelica Houston, Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon -- as
well as actors Matt Damon, Ethan Hawke, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma
Thurman and Laurence Fishburne.
In an interview with United Press International, former "Lou Grant"
star Ed Asner said he gets the sense that the Bush administration has
already decided to wage war on Iraq.
"I think that they have keyed and geared the war machine -- which is
costing us enormous billions of dollars -- that they've got to unload
it someplace," said Asner. "Iraq is the likeliest place."
The Emmy-winning actor also accused Bush of using war for political gain.
"If he defuses it he'll look like a wuss to the hard-liners and the
fundamentalists," said Asner. "He's already lost the left, and it's
50-50 on the center, and he'll likely lose some of the right
(without an invasion of Iraq)."
Asner was critical of the American public as well, for its support of
Bush's approach to Iraq.
"They're sheep," he said. "They like him enough to credit him with
saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and
everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes
along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he's
going to save them."
Asner is scheduled to join a group of celebrities on Sunday for an
annual "Peace Sunday" gathering at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Scheduled participants include Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, actress
Lindsay Wagner and actor Ed Begley Jr.
Like Asner, Sheen said he thinks the White House has already made up
its mind about war.
"We're assuming it's a done deal," Sheen told CNN. "And the way
they're talking and presenting their plans, it is a done deal."
Congress last fall overwhelmingly approved a resolution authorizing
the United States to enforce U.N. Security Council resolutions
dealing with Iraq and the hunt for weapons of mass destruction by
the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Bush has said that he will consult with allies and Congress before
launching an attack, but there is nothing in the resolution that
requires him to get permission beforehand from Congress or the United
Nations.
Copyright © 2002 United Press International
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Literature and the Photograph Conference
11 to 13 March 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Keynote speakers: Mieke Bal, Eduardo Cadava, David
Farrell Krell, Fred Wah
Proposals in the form of a title and brief abstract (250
words) are invited for papers which address the
photograph in / and literature, theory, or culture, in
relation to: translation, poetics, place, space, gender,
genre, fragment, memory, aurality, aesthetics, archive,
colonial experience, race, body, document, portrait,
narrative, modernity, architecture, geneology.
Proposals should include a brief c.v.
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is 7 March
2003.
Please direct enquiries and proposals to Lisa
Muirhead at: [log in to unmask]
or send to: Mosaic, 208 Tier Bldg, University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2
E-mail enquiries: [log in to unmask]
Website: http://www.umanitoba.ca/publications/mosaic/
Submission deadline: 7 March 2003
Organized by: Mosaic, a journal for the interdisciplinary
study of literature
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From: "Karla Berry (by way of Jeremy Butler <[log in to unmask]>)"
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Subject: UFVA Conference Announcement
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Message from the 2003 UFVA Conference Host, Karla Berry
Dear Colleagues,
I am delighted to invite you to the 2003 University Film and Video
Association Conference July 22-26 at the University of South Carolina. Our
theme of "Preservation and Convergence" will guide our planning of special
events and sessions including topics such as film preservation, New Media
technologies, traditional Hollywood entertainment, international
collaborations, and southern media arts. The conference co-chairs will
assemble daily schedules from your panel and screening proposals.
Registration packets are in the mail. All registration and application
forms are available now on the UFVA web site (
<http://www.ufva.org/conference.php).>http://www.ufva.org/conference.php ).
If you have attended UFVA conferences before, you will be familiar with the
schedule. Each day, Wednesday through Saturday, there will be four sessions
of panels and screenings. Sessions begin at 8:30 and 10:30 in the morning
and at 1:30 and 3:30 in the afternoon, with mid-morning and mid-afternoon
coffee breaks. There will be four or more events to choose from during each
session. Please use the enclosed forms to propose a paper, panel, or
screening and mail it to the address listed on the form. Co-chairs will
assemble panel and screenings schedules.
You must be an active member of UFVA to attend and participate in the
conference. Please note the following steps necessary for attendance and
participation:
1. Complete a membership application or your membership renewal form and
mail with payment to the UFVA Membership office.
2. Complete the appropriate proposal form and submit to the co-chair listed
on the form.
3. Complete the Registration Form and return with payment to the host
institution.
The Paper/Panel Application form is for proposing either an individual
paper or a complete panel. We invite submissions on any topic relating to
the history, criticism, production, or pedagogy of film, video, and new
media. Individual papers will be selected and then scheduled according to
subject matter. Panel proposals should include a list of panel members and
their institutional affiliations.
The Formal Screening/Respondent Application is for members who would like
to submit their work for critique and discussion. Preference is given to
completed work, but works-in-progress may be selected for the sake of
providing critical feedback from other members. You are also encouraged to
volunteer to serve as a formal respondent to the submitted works. You do
not have to screen work to respond to work. Complete the Juried Screening
and Judging Application if you would like to have your work included in the
juried competition. Only the winners of this category will be screened. The
Media Writing/Respondent Application is for writers who want to have their
scripts read and discussed in a seminar setting. Special instructions are
on the form.
The New Media/Respondent Application is for presenting and/or responding to
computer-based works such as CD ROM's, web pages, interactive media, or
media installations. This year we plan to exhibit the new media works in
the McMaster Gallery. We can provide some Macintosh kiosks for viewing and
presentation. Please contact me as soon as possible to inquire about
specific equipment or space needs.
As in the past, there will be special events planned throughout the
conference week. On Wednesday Eastman Kodak, a longtime UFVA supporter,
will host a reception followed by a special presentation. Join us for a
southern picnic in the gardens of a historic home on Thursday evening. I
encourage you to attend the Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday
afternoon. This is the one time each year when the membership meets in
formal session, with the Board of Directors, to discuss and vote on issues
of concern to the organization. No other events will be scheduled during
this time. The Saturday evening banquet is the final event of the conference.
I know that it can be hot in South Carolina in July, but all buildings are
air-conditioned. Both on-campus and hotel lodging is conveniently located
near McMaster College where the conference events will take place. All of
the dorm rooms are suites with only two rooms per bath. The Clarion
Townhouse Hotel is just across the street from McMaster College and
provides a free airport shuttle for those staying at the hotel. The
Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) is served by most major airlines. I
suggest you also check fares for Charlotte, NC (CLT) and
Greenville/Spartanburg, SC (GSP) airports. Each of these airports is about
90 miles from Columbia.
The Department of Art looks forward to welcoming you to Columbia, South
Carolina this summer. More information about the conference will be
available soon on the UFVA web site. We will also send reminders of
registration and reservation deadlines via email. If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by email ([log in to unmask]).
Karla Berry
2003 UFVA Conference Host
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