.:, .', :. . .. , ..' : .. .. '. .. ,. ..: .. .. .: .'.. ,. . ... F I L M - P H I L O S O P H Y . ' ...,... . . .:. . . . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. ISSN 1466-4615 . ., . . :... . . '.. Journal : Salon : Portal . .'. , : ..... . PO Box 26161, London SW8 4WD . .:..'...,. . http://www.film-philosophy.com .. :.,.. '.... ....:,. '. 2003.02.07: Film-Philosophy News .' :. . .,' French Institute Alliance Francaise 22 East 60th Street New York, NY 10022-1077 (212) 355-6100 An Interview with Cinematographer Raoul Coutard and A Rare Screening of Hoa-Binh, Coutard's 1971 Directorial Debut "His skill helped change the whole conception of film." -- New York Times The French Institute Alliance Francaise is pleased to announce two events that have been added to the Cine-Club film series, Cinematographer Raoul Coutard: The Light and Eye. On February 25th at 6:30 PM, Raoul Coutard will make a personal appearance and will be interviewed, and on February 26th at 7:00 PM, he will be present at a rare screening of Hoa-Binh, his directorial debut. An Interview with Raoul Coutard On Tuesday, February 25th at 6:30 PM, The French Institute Alliance Francaise will screen La peau douce (The Soft Skin), directed by Francois Truf faut in 1964, and filmed by Raoul Coutard. Following the screening, Raoul Coutard will be interviewed by film critic Kent Jones of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and will take questions from the audience. For the past forty years Coutard has realized the visions of many of cinema's greatest filmmakers, while creating an endless list of iconic images through his groundbreaking photography. Working with equal adeptness in high-speed black and white or Technicolor, in the small 1:33 ratio or Cinemascope grandeur, with hand-held camera or gliding effortlessly on tracks, Coutard's career is a textbook of cinematic innovations. Florence Guild Hall (55 East 59th Street, between Madison and Park Avenues) $8.00 General Admission; Free for FIAF Members. In French and English. Rare screening of Hoa-Binh, Coutard's 1971 Directorial Debut On Wednesday, February 26 at 7PM, Raoul Coutard will be present at a rare screening of his 1971 directorial debut Hoa-Binh, awarded the Prix Jean Vigo, the Cannes Film Festival Camera d'Or for Best First Film, and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film has been seldom seen in the United States since first released. Florence Guild Hall (55 East 59th Street, between Madison and Park Avenues) $8.00 General Admission; Free for FIAF Members.*** In French, no subtitles. A synopsis will be available. *** For Ticket Information call the box office at (212) 355-6160 or visit www.fiaf.org . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. From: Joost Rekveld <[log in to unmask]> Sonic Light 2003 composed light, articulated space Paradiso and de balie, 13th to 23rd February 2003 The ninth edition of the Sonic Acts festival will be held in Paradiso and De Balie, Amsterdam, under the name Sonic Light 2003. The festival will comprise a week of film presentations, a three-day conference, a small exhibition and three evenings of live music and light projections in a space specially designed for this purpose - the 'Sonic Light Box'. The central theme of the festival is the fascination held by artists for the creative possibilities offered by giving musical form to light and space. The vision of a 'music for the eye' is centuries old and forms an important undercurrent in the recent history of art and the new media: from the construction of the first colour organs, light sculptures and the first use of coloured lighting in theatre, through abstract film animation and synthetic video images, to the design of interactive software to generate light and sound. The idea of a musical light art to be presented in an environment specially designed for that purpose becomes topical every time a new visual medium appears on the horizon. Among the present generation of computer artists a new type of visual music is being created which can be performed live or made specially for the Internet. These 'light environments' would be inconceivable without some form of immersive sound. For centuries composers have dreamt of being able to compose and articulate a truly spatial kind of music. With the arrival of electronic sound reproduction this dream received new impetus from technology, which has led to the stereophonic and surround systems which can now be found in most living rooms. In electronic music it has become possible to minutely compose the spatial aspects of sound by working with quadraphonic, hexaphonic (Boulez), octophonic (Stockhausen) and dodecaphonic (Humon) loudspeaker arrangements. Recent initiatives, like Naut Humon's Recombinant Media Labs, encourage the new generation of sound artists and electronic music producers to further investigate the huge potential offered by a new spatial form of music. see for full programme descriptions: http://www.sonicacts.com Film programme OpFilm No. 11: Sonic Light 2003 The OpFilm programme centres on three themes: the early experiments with electronic images for 'experimental television', the work of a number of filmmakers central to abstract filmmaking over the past fifty years, and the relationship between film and kinetic art. The programme will also include two science-fiction films with special effects by two abstract filmmakers: Oskar Fischinger and Jordan Belson. The programme includes several unique screenings of films that are very rarely shown, especially the programmes on the work of Jordan Belson, Nicolas Schöffer and Pierre Schaeffer. Four video works will be shown continuously during the festival projected on the facade of De Balie from dusk to midnight as part of De Balie's ongoing 'Straal' project. Thur.13, 20.00h Illuminating Music - Dan Sandin, Bill Etra, Vasulka's, etc. Fri.14, 20.00h Meditation for the Masses - Steven Beck, Eric Siegel, Skip Sweeney Sat.15, 20.00h Absolute Classics - Oskar Fischinger, Len Lye, etc. Sun.16, 20.00h Motion Graphics - John & James Whitney Mon.17, 20.00h Text of Light - Stan Brakhage Tue.18, 20.00h Turn, Turn, Turn - Jud Yalkut Wed.19, 20.00h Luminodynamisme - Nicolas Schöffer Thur.20, 20.00h Through the Looking Glass - Jim Davis, Stan Brakhage Fri.21, 20.00h Light - Jordan Belson Fri.21, 21.30h The Time Travellers - Ib Melchior, Oskar Fischinger Sat.22, 20.00h The Right Stuff - Philip Kaufmann, Jordan Belson Sun.23, 20.00h Groupe de Recherche Images - Pierre Schaeffer Fri.14 - Wed.26, dusk 'Straal' - Bainbridge, Casady, Lia, Scroggins Sonic Light 2003 Conference The conference part of Sonic Light will take place on 21st, 22nd and 23rd February in De Balie. The subject of the Sonic Acts conference last year was 'The Art of Programming', this year it is to be 'Composing Light, Articulating Space'. The conference gives a broad overview of the art of 'composed light': the shaping in time of light and colour in a way which is comparable to the way sound is given form in music. A large part of the conference will consist of presentations by artists who will explain something of the background to their work, the techniques they use or may have devised and will include presentations of fragments of their work. Another part of the conference will comprise more theoretical and historical presentations which place present-day developments in a broader context. To bring some order to the web of ideas and influences linking the various contributions, the conference has been loosely structured around three themes, coinciding with the three days. The first day will centre on the links between light art, the visual arts and architecture. The second day will be about strategies for making image and sound compositions, focusing on computer animations in film and for the web. The last day will deal with various approaches to perform light and abstract images in real-time. During the three days of the conference there will be a modest exhibition in De Balie, consisting of two works. An amazing '3d-lumia' box by Earl Reiback will be shown, a machine which produces refined optically 'real' images that appear to float in the space before it. There will also be a presentation on dvd of the reconstruction of Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack's 'Farbenlichtspiele', made in 2000 by a Viennese team of performers headed by Corinne Schweizer and Peter Böhm. Fri 21, 13:00h Fred Collopy - The Contributions of Painters to the Development of Visual Music Earl Reiback - My Work in Lumia Eleonore de Lavandeyra-Schöffer - Luminodynamism in the work of Nicolas Schöffer Fri 21, 16:00h Cees Ronda - New Technologies for Illumination Seth Riskin - Light Dance Paul Friedlander - 3-D Light Forms Fri 21, 20:00h Robert Haller - The Films of Jordan Belson (film programme) Sat 22, 13:00h Frans Evers - A Dancer had a Dance: Synesthesia and the Unity of the Arts Sylvie Dallet - Groupe de Recherche Images Larry Cuba - Form = Movement Sat 22, 16:00h Bart Vegter - A Vast Space with a Narrow Entrance Chris Casady - Instant Visual Music around the World Peter Luining - The Emergence of the Sound Engine Sun 22, 13:00h Pascal Rousseau - Light Experiments in the Beginnings of Abstraction. An Archaeology of Participative Art Peter Stasny - Light Art at the Bauhaus, the 'Farbenlichtspiele' of Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack Michael Scroggins - Absolute Animation Through Improvisation Sun 22, 16:00h Benton Bainbridge - Try This at Home: Analog Video Synthesis Fred Collopy - An Instrument for Performing Real-Time Abstract Animations Golan Levin - Interface Metaphors for Audiovisual Performance Systems Sonic Light Box The night programme of Sonic Light will take place in Paradiso, Amsterdam, on February 21st to 23rd. For this occasion the main auditorium of Paradiso will be transformed into a 'Sonic Light Box', a space designed by Robin Deirkauf. Essential to the concept of the 'Sonic Light Box' is the immersion of audience and particpants in light and sound. This time the artists responsible for these images and sounds will not be the centre of attention themselves, but it will be their work that directly communicates to the audience. In total 41 performers and collectives producing image and sound will present solo pieces and collaborative works specially prepared for Sonic Light. The small auditorium of Paradiso will be dominated by Paul Friedlander's kinetic light sculptures 'Wave Equation' and 'Hypersphere'. Students f the Interfaculty Image and Sound from The Hague will present a daily programme of light and sound performances here, DJs Christian Vogel (Friday) and KidGoesting (Saturday) will provide a pleasant setting later in the night. Other light objects and luminous interventions by the students of the Interfaculty Image and Sound will find other places in the building of Paradiso. In the 'Sonic Light Box' all light performances and projections will take place on a gigantic light-object, as wide as it is high, splitting the main Paradiso auditorium in two. This object can serve as a projection screen but, more importantly, emits light of continuously changing colour and intensity. It will be the sole source of light for all events, together with the luminous and mobile roof hovering above it. The auditorium will also have no front and no back in terms of sound, only a centre and periphery. Traditionally, all sound comes from the direction of the stage, but during Sonic Light a spatial sound system will be used in which the audience will be surrounded by six independent loudspeakers on the floor and six hanging from the ceiling. In this way it will be possible to compose the spatial experience of both sound and light in the 'Sonic Light Box'. As has become customary during the Sonic Acts festival, the programme at the start of the evening will be aimed more at an audience interested in the arts and will transform to a more dance-oriented programme after midnight. The evenings will not be simply a succession of performances according to a festival schedule, but will have a modular structure. We have asked the invited artists to give a number of short performances instead of playing one long set. For example, an artist may be giving a short performance of pure sound collage on Friday evening and play a dance-oriented set on Saturday. The programme of each evening is designed to provide a maximum of variety and contrast between successive sets. We also asked the artists we invited to engage in various collaborations. We have set these up to promote dialogue between the different worlds of light art and sound art, and to show a wide variety of approaches to the relationship between image and sound. The programme offers a wide range of artists, from renowned composers such as Amacher to young dogs such as Venetian Snares, from projections of films by Oskar Fischinger to improvisations by Golan Levin and Benton Bainbridge. The exact time schedule of performances can be found two weeks prior to the festival on www.sonicacts.com. There will also be a printed schedule as guide for the evenings. Announcements will be made on special displays in Paradiso. The Friday evening starts at 23:00h with a programme until 4:00h. The Saturday programme starts at 20:00h and ends at 4:00h. The Sunday programme starts at 20:00h and ends at 3:00h. Presences by: @c, Maryanne Amacher, Scott Arford, Benton-C Bainbridge, Olivia Block, COH, Sue Costabile, Fred Collopy, Richard Devine, Effekt, Dino Felipe, Hazard, Hecker, Edwin van der Heide, Arnold Hoogerwerf, Naut Humon, KidGoesting, Laminar, Golan Levin, Lia, Francisco Lopez, Lucia di Monocordi, Peter Luining, Christian Marclay, Peter Max, Ikue Mori, Numb, Robert Pravda, pxp, random k, Joost Rekveld, reMI, Seth Riskin, Don Ritter, Otto von Schirach, Sutekh, tcw23, Telco Systems, Yasunao Tone, Venetian Snares, Christian Vogel . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. From: Paul Ward <[log in to unmask]> Subject: new Film Masters degree MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Hi All, Just sending notice of a new MA in Film ('Film: Hollywood and Beyond') that we are offering here at Brunel. We are looking to recruit as many students as possible, and overseas students, as well as those from the UK, are encouraged to apply. Those interested can visit the webpage for the MA, at: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/pfa/home.htm then click on the link for Film and Television Studies, then the link for Hollywood and Beyond. The page also includes details of each module in the MA, a downloadable application form, details of the teaching staff and other relevant information. Any questions regarding the course can be directed to the Course Convenor, Dr. Michele Aaron [[log in to unmask]], or the Secretary for Performing Arts, Ms. Rachel Russell [[log in to unmask]]. Please inform any students that you think might be interested. Many thanks Paul Paul Ward Lecturer in Film and Television Studies Dept. of Performing Arts Brunel University Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK 01895 274 000 ext 3956 . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. From: [log in to unmask] Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 04:46:54 EST Subject: Talking Pictures To: [log in to unmask] Hi I wonder if you could mention that my Talking Pictures website (http://www.talkingpix.co.uk) now has a review by Alan Pavelin of Ingmar Bergman's re-released Persona. There is also a review with pictures of the 5th Bangkok International Film Festival by Nigel Watson (http://www.talkingpix.co.uk/ArticleBangkok2003.html). Cheers Nigel Watson For an intelligent look at film and television visit: http://www.talkingpix.co.uk . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. From: [log in to unmask] UCC Instructors Collaborate on Film Website KAMLOOPS-CanFilm, a dynamic new website dedicated to the study and promotion of alternative films with a focus on Canadian films, will be officially launched later this month. The creators expect the site, conceived by instructors in the Visual & Performing Arts and English & Modern Languages departments at The University College of the Cariboo, will not only be an extended supplement to existing courses, but will reach a broader audience by acting as a hub of links and information that is intended to be playful and provocative, as well as educational. The project began as an idea to help students learn about film history and Canadian film as part of a Visual Culture course taught by Visual Arts instructor, Alan Brandoli. Finding that the film component of the course did not provide students with enough exposure to the complexities of film structure and the emerging Canadian film industry, Brandoli sought to develop an online resource that could be accessed by the general student population. Working with fellow faculty member Andrew Wong, whose computer skills gave the website its form, the two realized that the site could serve a broader purpose than an educational supplement for just one course and could become one of the few online resources on the subject. They consulted with English instructor and Canadian Studies program coordinator, Ginny Ratsoy, whose longstanding interest and enthusiasm for Canadian film seemed particularly suited to the project, with its potential to raise general awareness of Canadian film and also act as a teaching tool in Ratsoy's own courses. Soon the group was joined by Librarian, Christina Neigel and student, Joel Bastedo. The group worked together to refine what had already been done and to add links to other UCC resources. The site is intended to be flexible and open to changes, ongoing revisions and additions, including essays and reviews by students and faculty, along with updates from the alternative and Canadian film sectors. Along with resources from the University College of the Cariboo, the group has also received generous support from the Kamloops Film Society. The public is invited to attend the website's official launch and reception on Thursday, January 30th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm in the UCC Visual Art Gallery, adjacent to "Student Street" in the Old Main Building. -30- For more information, please contact Alan Brandoli at 828-5489 or Ginny Ratsoy at 828-5238 or go to: www.cariboo.bc.ca and click on "Canfilm" on the front page under "Highlights." Bronwen Scott Media Coordinator Public Relations Dept. The University College of the Cariboo PO Box 3010, Kamloops, BC V2C 5N3 Phone: 250-371-5739 email: [log in to unmask] . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. From: Marjolein Berger <[log in to unmask]> 28 February 1 March. Time: 10:45 17:00 hours. Location: Auditorium, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museumpark 18-20, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Admission: Ä 80,- for two days, Ä 50,- for one day, discount (student, cjp, RotterdamPas, 65+): Ä 60,- for two days, Ä 40,- for one day. Lectures by: Arjun Appadurai, Simon Conway Morris, Ingo G¸nther, Scott Lash, Winy Maas, Brian Massumi, Sadie Plant. Moderation by: Manuel DeLanda The symposium is part of and deals with the theme of the Dutch Electronic Art Festival ëDEAF03 Data Knittingí, organized by V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media (25 February - 9 March 2003 in Rotterdam) The symposium will be in English. Publication available: see text below. Symposium ëInformation is Aliveí 'Information is Alive' focuses on archives as unstable, plastic, living entities. Information storage, processing and transmission take place on many levels: individually, in our memories; collectively, in stories, rituals, laws, celebrations, games, concepts, language, image and architecture; biologically, in fossils and in bodies as living forms; and technologically, in archives and databases. In the last 20 years information has been stored and retrieved more and more by means of digital technologies. Unlike more classical archive models, digital databases need not be ordered hierarchically, for they are made accessible through highly complex linking technologies which no longer need to work linearly, as they did with old-style computers. Search engines can be designed to find the proverbial needle in the haystack or even to create a haystack where there are only needles. A digital archive, like the human memory, need not be a static system. The value of what is stored lies in how it can be used in the present, lies in it's operationality instead of its meaning. Memory is a process that functions in the present and is continually updated through that mode of functioning. Research into neurological, social, cultural and evolutionary information storage lived archives of habits and practices, continuously being broken down and rebuilt provides a model or tool for understanding the possibilities of multilinear and nonlinear archiving. The atomization of the archive in the database has made the whole ëArt of Memoryí into a technological, interactive art that suddenly becomes a highly urgent topic. First, for all those institutions that feel the need to ëopen their archivesí, second for all those who describe and study modes of being, third for all those who design and use our new archives, be it books, websites, cities or other forms. The theme of the symposium lies in the exploration of unexpected developments that may arise through the storing, linking, reprocessing, transforming and complexifying of what otherwise would simply have remained as raw data. ëInformation is Aliveí brings together a high profile and interdisciplinary group of scientists, theorists, artists and architects who will present and discuss their ideas and projects and invite the audience to enter into active public dialogue. Lectures by: Arjun Appadurai (IND/USA), anthropologist, professor at Yale University. His recent research focuses on ethnic violence and the modern nation-state. Appadurai is writer of ëModernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalizationí (1996). Simon Conway Morris (GB), palaeobiologist, professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the University of Cambridge (GB). In 1990 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. Conway Morris has done field research in the most diverse places, such as China, Mongolia, Australia and Greenland. He has published, among much else, ëThe Crucible of Creationí (1998). Ingo G¸nther (D), artist, journalist. In the early 1980s he evaluated and publicized satellite data that dealt with political and military hotbeds. Since 1989, G¸nther uses globes as a medium for his artistic and journalistic projects. Scott Lash (USA/GB), sociologist, author of Critique of Information (2002). His interests include information society, global media, continental philosophy, technology and culture, and the problem of ëflowsí. Winy Maas (NL), architect, co-founder of MVRDV, an office that produces designs and studies in the fields of architecture, urbanism, landscape design and design philosophy. With MVRDV he has published many books, among which ëFARMAX: Excursions on densityí (1998) and ëMetacity/Datatowní (1999). Brian Massumi (CDN), philosopher, teaches at the University of Montreal (CDN). Massumi is interested in the relationship between technology, science and humanoria. His publications include ëParables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensationí (2002). Massumi is translator of the works of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Sadie Plant (GB), philosopher, teaches philosophy at Manchester University. She was director of the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit at Warwick University. Plant has published extensively in the field of gender and technology, among which ëZeros + Ones: Digital Women and the New Technocultureí (1997). She is one of the pioneers of cyber feminism. Moderation by: Manuel DeLanda (MEX/USA), writer, filmmaker, media artist, programmer and software designer. Author of among others ëPhylum: A Thousand Years of Non-Linear Historyí (1997). DeLanda teaches at Columbia University New York (USA) ëPhilosophy of History: Theories of Self-Organization and Urban Dynamicsí, and ëPhilosophy of Science: Thinking about Structures and Materialsí. Program Friday 28 February 2003 10.45: opening words V2_ 11.00: introduction Manuel DeLanda 12.00: lecture Scott Lash 13.00: lunch break 14.00: lecture Simon Conway Morris 15.00: lecture Ingo G¸nther 16.00: tea break 16.15: panel discussion 17.00: end 17:15 Presentation of the ëDigital Depotí of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, free entrance for symposium participants Saturday 1 March 2003 10.45: openings words Manuel DeLanda 11.00: lecture Brian Massumi 12.00: lecture Arjun Appadurai 13.00: lunch break 14.00: lecture Winy Maas 15.00: lecture Sadie Plant 16.00: tea break 16.15: panel discussion 17.00: end You may register for the symposium by sending an e-mail to [log in to unmask] or via the festival website http://deaf.v2.nl. For more information on registration, phone: +31 (0)10 750.15.15 Payment procedure: Your registration for the symposium becomes valid upon receipt of payment. V2_ will confirm your registration when both reservation and payment have been received. Your ticket(s) may then be collected at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen on the day(s) of the symposium. In case of overbooking, V2_ reserves the right to cancel your registration. Please forward your payment to account number 245 38 96 (Postbank) in favor of Stichting V2_, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, mentioning your last name + 'symposium'. Alternatively, you may use the Direct Payment method at the festival website http://deaf.v2.nl. Publication ëInformation is Aliveí V2_, in cooperation with NAi Publishers, will release a publication 'Information is Alive'; accompanying 'DEAF03 Data Knitting'. The book features descriptions of the installations of the ëDEAF03í exhibition and essays and interviews by Arjen Mulder, Manuel DeLanda, Brian Massumi, Sadie Plant, Arjun Appadurai, Scott Lash, Simon Conway Morris, Antonio Damasio, George Dyson, Winy Maas, Boris Groys, Ryszard Kapuscinski and Ingo G¸nther. Price: Ä 22,50 (during the DEAF03 festival Ä 20,-). This book is available at a discount in bookshops on presentation of the action coupon (action number 00000 743-7371). This offer is valid from 25 February until 9 March, 2003. ISBN 90-5662-310-9 More information can be found on ëDEAF03 Onlineí: http://deaf.v2.nl ëDEAF03 Onlineí offers the possibility to view the symposium online and to participate in various festival activities. For educational programs and/or guided tours during DEAF03 please contact Valentijn Webbers, [log in to unmask] or +31 (0)10 750 15 18 . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. From: Mark Jancovich <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Scope's new book and film reviews and conference reports MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The following book and film reviews and conference reports can be accessed via the link to the Institute of Film Studies at the bottom of this email Book Reviews Section Editor: Lincoln Geraghty Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Film, By Emanuel Levy, A Review by Christine Becker. A Companion to Film Theory, Edited by Toby Miller & Robert Stam, Film Theory: An Introduction, By Robert Stam, and Film and Theory: An Anthology, Edited by Robert Stam & Toby Miller, A Review by Ernest Mathijs Contemporary Korean Cinema: Identity, Culture, Politics, By Hyangjin Lee, A Review by Frances Gateward Countervisions: Asian American Film Criticism, Edited by Darrell Y. Hamamoto and Sandra Liu, A Review by Chi-Yun Shin Enjoy Your Symptom!: Jacques Lacan In Hollywood and Out (Revised Edition), By Slavoj Zizek, A Review by Chris Dumas Postmodern Journeys: Film and Culture 1996-1998, By Joseph Natoli, A Review by Kelly A. Ritter Spanish Cinema. The Auterist Tradition, Edited by Peter William Evans, A Review by Antonio Lázaro Reboll Tenebre/Tenebrae, By Xavier Mendik, A Review by Leon Hunt Thrillers, By Martin Rubin, A Review by Ronald W. Wilson The Travelling Cinematograph Show, By Kevin Scrivens and Stephen Smith, A Review by Ronald W. Wilson ---- Film Reviews Section Editor: Karen McNally About a Boy, A Review by Juliette Wells Asoka, A Review by Debanjan Chakrabarti The Butcher Boy, A Review by Shirley Peterson East is East and My Son the Fanatic, A Review Essay by Chi-Yun Shin Josie and the Pussycats, A Review by Elizabeth Hale Lara Croft Tomb Raider, A Review by Rayna Denison The Man Who Wasn't There, A Review by Sabine Hikel and Andrew McAllister Metropolis, A Review by Maria Ionita Ocean's Eleven (1960) and Ocean's Eleven (2001), A Review Essay by Karen McNally Panic Room, A Review by Jon Wisbey Pitch Black, A Review by David Greven The Royal Tenenbaums, A Review by Gordon Reavley Taxi Driver, A Review by Steve Shoemaker Waking Life, A Review by Jamie Sexton Werckmeister Harmonies, A Review by Zoran Samardzija ------- Conference Reports Section Editor: Rayna Denison High Theory: Figuring Addictions/Rethinking Consumption conference, 4-5 April, 2002, Institute for Cultural Research, Lancaster University, A Report by Bruce Bennett Hot and Cold: Film and Television Studies at the PCA/ACA in Toronto, 32nd Popular Culture Association and 24th American Culture Association Annual Conference, March 13-16, 2002, The Toronto Sheraton Centre Hotel, Toronto, Canada, A Report by Dr. Dennis Cutchins Places and Spaces in Women's Cultural Studies, The Women's Studies Symposium: University of Memphis, October, 2001, A Report by Sharon Monteith Yours Mark -- Dr Mark Jancovich Professor and Director Institute of Film Studies School of American and Canadian Studies University of Nottingham Nottingham, NG7 2RD United Kingdom Tel: 0115 951 4250 Fax: 0115 951 4270 email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/film . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. From: Gerard Greenway <[log in to unmask]> Subject: SPOON-ANN: ANGELAKI: In theory 1993--2003 -- 7.2, 7.3 Contents ANGELAKI journal of the theoretical humanities Two issues of ANGELAKI were published at the end of last year, the Special issue _Inventions of Death_ (7.2) and the 2002 General issue (7.3). Please find the contents lists below. This September sees the 10th anniversary of the journal. There is a page at the website giving a chronological selection of 100 articles from Volumes 1 to 8. Please click on 'In theory, 1993--2003' at: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/0969725X.html At the end of last year the collection _The Question of Literature: The Place of the Literary in Contemporary Theory_ was published in the Angelaki Humanities book series (Manchester UP). Details of the book can be found at: http://catalogue.mup.man.ac.uk/acatalog/Angelaki_Humanities_.html ANGELAKI is open for contributions for consideration for the 2003 General issue (ii) (8.3, December) until the end of March. The journal is open to proposals for Special issues for publication in 2004 and onwards. Thank you Gerard Greenway, managing editor [log in to unmask] volume 7 number 2 august 2002 INVENTIONS OF DEATH: literature, philosophy, psychoanalysis issue editor: Roger Starling CONTENTS Editorial Introduction -- Roger Starling A Love That is Stronger than Death: Sacrifice in the Thought of Levinas, Heidegger, and Bloch. -- Robert Bernasconi On The Border of Language and Death: Derrida and the Question of the Animal -- Matthew Calarco Derrida and the Holocaust: A Commentary on the Philosophy of Cinders -- Robert Eaglestone Death and Enlightenment in Twelve Brief Episodes -- Philip Goodchild Time of Death -- Benjamin Noys The World is Not Enough -- Leslie Hill Literature in Secret: Crossing Derrida and Blanchot -- Ginette Michaud Literally -- Jean-Luc Nancy A Meditation on Knell, Funeral Melancholia, and the Question of Self- Reflexivity: "To Whom Would the Reflexive Be Returned?" -- Kyoo E. Lee Addressing the Dead: Of Friendship, Community, and the Work of Mourning -- Roger Starling Freud, Hoffmann and the Death-Work -- John Fletcher Art, Death and the Perfection of Error -- Robert Smith Dying for a Smoke: Freudian Addiction and the Joy of Consumption -- Scott Wilson Celebrating Catastrophe -- Elisabeth Bronfen Cold Sentimentality: Eroticism, Death, and Technology -- Marquard Smith Deeper than the Day Could Read -- Slavoj Zizek volume 7 number 3 december 2002 GENERAL ISSUE 2002 issue editor: Pelagia Goulimari Editorial Introduction -- Pelagia Goulimari Hating Katherine Mansfield -- Andrew Bennett Description of a Woman: For a Philosophy of the Sexed Other -- Gilles Deleuze Deleuze _in Utero_: Deleuze--Sartre and the Essence of Woman -- Keith W. Faulkner Freedom and Dependence: A Psychoanlytical Contribution to the Problem of Determination -- Agata Bielik-Robson The Ethical Claims of _il pensiero debole_: Gianni Vattimo, Pluralism and Postmodern Subjectivity -- David Edward Rose The Living and the Dead -- Variations on _De anima_ -- Melinda Cooper Derrida and the Ruins of Disinterest -- Sean Gaston Gestures Beyond Tolerance: Generosity, Fatality and the Logic of the State -- Fiona Jenkins Impersonal Existence: A Conceptual Genealogy of the "There Is" from Heidegger to Blanchot and Levinas -- William Large Going Postal to Deliver Subjects: Remarks on a German Postal a priori -- Geoffrey Winthrop-Young Living Virtually in a Cluttered House -- Eleanor Kaufman ... and ... and ...: Deleuze Politics -- Alexander Garcia Duttmann Annual Index (Volume 7) Gerard Greenway Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/0969725X.html Angelaki Humanities http://catalogue.mup.man.ac.uk/acatalog/Angelaki_Humanities_.html . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. Issue 24 of SENSES OF CINEMA is online at http://www.sensesofcinema.com Spotlights include: 2002 Favourite Film Things Australian film - The Tracker, The Quiet American Christopher Lee Alfred Hitchcock Fruit Chan, Alex Cox Jon Jost on the 'creative' life The Cinematographer: Jack Cardiff & Conrad Hall New releases: Adaptation, Bowling for Columbine, 11'09"01- September 11 On DVD: Forest of Bliss Plus: GREAT DIRECTORS - Jean-Luc Godard, Orson Welles, Edgar G. Ulmer, Kenneth Anger and others TOP TENS / BOOK REVIEWS / FESTIVAL REPORTS / and much more! Senses of Cinema http://www.sensesofcinema.com General Editor - Fiona A Villella [log in to unmask] Great Directors Editor - Michelle Carey [log in to unmask] Web Designer/TTs - Chris Howard [log in to unmask] Great Directors Web Designer/Links - Albert Fung [log in to unmask] . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. Envelope-to: [log in to unmask] From: "Senses of Cinema" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Film-Philosophy" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: CTEQ Annotations - Call for Contributions Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:46:16 +1100 X-Priority: 3 INTRO The Melbourne Cinémathèque plays a vital role in local film culture by screening important films from film history that otherwise would not be theatrically screened before an audience. In order to provide a critical context for these screenings, "annotations" on films have traditionally been published in one form or another. Since April 2000, "CTEQ Annotations on Film" have been published electronically in Senses of Cinema and in hard copy for those without Internet access. The purpose of these annotations is to further appreciation of a film by highlighting details of its history, providing a "reading" of its aesthetic and so on. INVITE Senses of Cinema and CTEQ Annotations on Film invite writers to contribute notes on the films listed below. Articles should follow the guidelines set out by Senses of Cinema and should be 800-1000 words in length. We ask that you reply to this invitation with an expression of interest in a film that you would like to write on as soon as possible. Email Adrian Danks at [log in to unmask] We will then match up writers with specific films (as there may be several people interested in one film). Annotations on the following films will be published in the next issue of Senses of Cinema. The deadline for written material is February 17th. Seven Men From Now (Budd Boetticher, 1956) Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (Sam Peckinpah, 1973) Thomas Graal's Best Film (Mauritz Stiller, 1917) Cries & Whispers (Ingmar Bergman, 1972) Summer With Monica (Ingmar Bergman, 1952) Black Sunday (Maria Bava, 1960) The Devil Rides Out (Terence Fisher, 1968) The Headless Horseman (Edward T. Venturini) 1922 Los Olvidados (Luis Buñuel, 1950) Pixote (Hector Babenco, 1981) My Name Is Oona (Gunvor Nelson, 1969) Schmeergunz (Gunvor Nelson, 1960) Take Off (Gunvor Nelson, 1972) An Actor's Revenge (Kon Ichikawa, 1963) Utamaro & His Five Women (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1947) The Negro Soldier (Frank Capra & Stuart Heisler, 1944) Basic Training (Frederick Wiseman, 1971) Soldier Girls (Nick Broomfield & Julie Churchill, 1981) The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941) So This Is Paris (Ernst Lubitsch, 1926) The Italian Straw Hat (René Clair, 1927) Vacancy (Matthias Müller, 1998) Sleepy Haven (Matthias Müller, 1993) Home Stories (Matthias Müller, 1991) Pensao Globo (Matthias Müller, 1997) Divine Obsession (Volko Kamensky, 1999) Vagabonding Images (Nicolas Humbert & Simone Fürbringer, 1998) Film Ist (Gustav Deutsch, 1998) The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955) Railroaded (Anthony Mann, 1947) Dillinger (Max Nosseck, 1945) Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1953) Bob Le Flambeur (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1955) Vivement Dimanche/Confidentially Yours (François Truffaut, 1982) Garde à Vue (Claude Miller, 1981) L'alibi (Pierre Chenal, 1937) L'assassin Habite...au 21 (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1942) Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Banquo's Chair (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959) Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Wet Saturday (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956) Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Mrs. Bixby & The Colonel's Coat (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Perfect Crime (Alfred Hitchcock, 1957) The Last Hungry Cat (Friz Freleng, 1961) Regards, Fiona For Senses of Cinema and CTEQ Annotations on Film Senses of Cinema http://www.sensesofcinema.com Fiona A Villella - General Editor [log in to unmask] . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. UPCOMING SLOUGHT NETWORKS CALENDAR (PARTIAL LISTING) http://slought.net/toc/calendar/display.php?date3=2003-01 PDF Attachment: "Screen Words" Press Release Presenting: Krzystof Ziarek, Ewa Ziarek, Jean-Michel Rabaté Lecture and Public Conversation: "On the Event in Art & Technology" Event Date: 2003-02-22 / 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Presenting: Rodrigo Toscano, Jeff Derksen, Louis Cabri, Rita Wong, Mark Nowak, Alan Gilbert, Kristin Prevallet, Laura Elrick, Joshua Schuster, Carol Miracove, Jules Boykoff, Kaia Sand Symposium: "The Social Mark (I): Poetry Readings" Event Date: 2003-02-28 / 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Presenting: Rodrigo Toscano, Jeff Derksen, Louis Cabri Symposium: "The Social Mark (II): Poetry Talks" Event Date: 2003-03-01 / 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Presenting: Eduardo Cadava (Event ID:1138) Lecture & Dialogue: "palm reading: fazal sheikh's handbook of death" Event Date: 2003-03-06 / 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Presenting: AES Group, Oleg Kulik, Leonid Tishkov, Olga Stolpovskaya, Grisha Bruskin, Komar Vitalii, Melamid Alexander, Vladimir Yankilevsky, Victor Pivovarov Exhibition Opening: "Detente: Russian contemporary art in video" Event Date: 2003-03-26 / 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Presenting: Catherine Liu, Jean-Michel Rabaté Lecture & Public Conversation: "On paranoia, superstition and irrationality (unconfirmed)" Event Date: 2003-04-18 / 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Presenting: Janet Zweig, Jena Osman Lecture & Artist Talk: "Janet Zweig's Text Machines" Event Date: 2003-04-24 / 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Presenting: Thalia Field, Jamie Jewett, Alexander Devaron Performance: "SEVEN VEILS (A Night of Poetry in Moving Media)" Event Date: 2003-05-15 / 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm ---- SLOUGHT NETWORKS 4017 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3513 http://slought.net/ 215.746.4239 All events free and open to the public. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. From: "Caroline Bainbridge" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Final Call for Papers: Culture and the Unconscious Apologies for cross posting ************************************************** Dr Caroline Bainbridge Senior Lecturer, Psychosocial Studies University of East London Longbridge Road Dagenham, Essex RM8 2AS *************************************************** _____ Culture and the Unconscious: Psychoanalysts, Artists and Academics in Dialogue July 11th and 12th 2003 School of Oriental and African Studies, London WC1 Jointly organised by the British Psychoanalytic Society, the Tavistock Clinic and the University of East London Confirmed Keynote Speakers Include: Prof. Slavoj Zizek, internationally renowned cultural critic Fiona Shaw, actor, writer and theatre director Eva Hoffman, author of Lost in Translation Nicholas Wright, award-winning playwright - Van Gogh in Brixton Helen Taylor Robinson, psychoanalyst David Bell, psychoanalyst Outline of Conference Psychoanalysis has always wandered beyond the consulting room. Alongside clinical texts, Freud and his followers wrote speculatively on art and artists, politics, war and civilisation, and this cultural engagement has been fully sustained by later analytic generations. The creative arts and literature have been widely admired by psychoanalysts, many of whom believe that creative artists have conveyed the deepest of all understandings of unconscious mental life. More recently, psychoanalysis in many hues has permeated cultural criticism and the universities, influencing studies of film, television, the visual arts, biography, fiction, theatre and poetry, and other art forms. Although psychoanalysts and academics are often drawn to the same painting, film or play, their approaches commonly use psychoanalysis differently and address different audiences. Until now, conversations between these three worlds of psychoanalysis, the academy, and the creative arts have rarely taken place. Such conversations will form the basis of Culture and the Unconscious, an international interdisciplinary conference that will bring together psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, artists and academics to discuss such fields as film and television, literature, drama and poetry, the visual arts, and biography. Through these conversations, Culture and the Unconscious will bring together the worlds of psychoanalysis, academia, and the creative arts. It will produce a lively, illuminating and thought-provoking event that should be of interest to all those interested in psychoanalysis and culture. FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS The following themes are of particular interest: · Affect and Culture · The difference between psychoanalytic and academic approaches to culture · Creativity and the Unconscious · The tendency of psychoanalysis to moralise on 'goodness' or 'taste' in relation to culture. Our first call for papers produced a large number of papers concerned with film. In light of this, the organising committee would like to call for further proposals dealing with other cultural forms. Proposals should be submitted to the organising committee by e-mailing [log in to unmask] before the closing date (1st March 2003). . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. From: "Fatima Lasay" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: CFP: COSIGN 2003 * * Last Call For Papers * --------------------- * * COSIGN 2003 * * The 3nd International Conference on * * COMPUTATIONAL SEMIOTICS FOR GAMES AND NEW MEDIA * * University of Teesside (UK) * * 10th - 12th September, 2003 * * http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003 * CONFERENCE SCOPE ==================== As in previous years, this third annual COSIGN conference provides an exciting cross-disciplinary event for exploring the ways in which meaning can be created by, encoded in, understood by, or produced through, the computer (using systems or techniques based upon semiotics). COSIGN is for anyone with an interest in areas of overlap (or potential overlap) between semiotics and computers including computer scientists, HCI and AI practitioners, digital artists, designers, critics, theorists, semioticians, narratologists, etc. In addition to the academic papers and artwork presentations, COSIGN will include a range of participatory events such as papers, workshops, tutorials, panel discussions to provide the space for the vital and vibrant discussions that it is know for. COSIGN 2003 invites submissions in the following categories. A brief outline of the submission procedure is given below. 1. Academic Papers 2. Artworks 3. Posters 4. Technical Demonstrations Media that make use of the unique capabilities of digital systems are of particular interest to this conference. These include, but are not limited to, the following: virtual reality systems and virtual environments; hypertext, hypermedia, multimedia and the internet; content analysis systems (particularly those that extract higher-level meaning); the semantic web (and similar systems); digital art, net art and other technology-based or technology-oriented art forms; computer games, interactive narratives and other forms of interactive entertainment. Information about the conference are available at the following web address: http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003 The programme and proceedings of COSIGN 2001 and COSIGN 2002 are available online at the following web address. Please note, however, that the proceedings of COSIGN 2003 will only be made available online to conference attendees. http://www.kinonet.com/conferences/cosign2002/program.html CONFERENCE LOCATION ====================== COSIGN 2003 will be held in Middlesbrough, UK, hosted by the Virtual Environments Group of the School of Computing and Mathematics at the University of Teesside. Middlesbrough sits near the mouth of the River Tees in the north-east of England. It is a lively town with a proud industrial heritage and one of the main shopping and leisure centers for the area. It is also an important location for business and commerce, communications and civic administration. In the Tees valley heavy industry mingles with wetlands and wildfowl reserves while just a few minutes drive away are the North York Moors National Park and the dramatic North Sea coast. Teesside International Airport is less than 20 kilometers from Middlesbrough and has several direct connections every day to both London (Heathrow) and Amsterdam (Schipol) which are major European hubs for international flights. Further information is available at the following web address: http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003/ SUBMISSION PROCEDURE ==================== Authors of accepted papers will be required to prepare a written version of their paper for inclusion in the printed and online proceedings. Attendance at the conference is dependent on authors providing this written version of their paper by the required date and in the required format. Acceptance is also dependent on at least one of the authors registering for the conference by 13th of June 2003. As in previous years, COSIGN will endeavour to support as much as possible the registration fees and/or accommodation of those presenters who are not funded by an institution or organisation. 1. ACADEMIC PAPERS Papers are invited on any subject that explores areas of overlap (or potential overlap) between semiotics and interactive digital media. Examples of this include, but are not limited to, the following: - - - The use of semiotics in artificial intelligence and expert systems. - - - Software architectures and technologies using, based upon or inspired by semiotic theories, systems or models. - - - The use of semiotics in the creation of generative narrative systems, interactive digital games, entertainment and artworks. - - - The use of semiotics in the study and criticism of digital interactive media. - - - Narratology in games and new media. - - - Semiotic-orientated HCI. - - - Semiotics and Hypermedia. Papers should demonstrate an understanding of - and engagement with the principles of semiotics (understood here as the study of signs) and gain something from this engagement. Further details of the submission process (and templates for papers) are available at http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003/ - - ------------------------------------------------------ Submission date for Academic Papers: 28th March 2003 Acceptance will be notified on or around 12th May 2003 Camera-ready copy for the proceedings by 9th June 2003 - - ------------------------------------------------------ 2. ARTWORKS In addition to academic and theoretical papers, presentations of artworks of all forms and in all formats are invited. We are particularly interested in digital art, net art and other technology-based or technology-oriented art forms. Artworks will be assessed on the basis of documentation of the work presented in the form of an online website. The website should display the following: - - - A textual description of the proposed artwork and any illustrations - - - A biography of the artist(s)/author(s) - - - Contact details Further details of the submission process and requirements are available at http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003/ - - ------------------------------------------------------- Submission date for Artworks: 28th March 2003 Acceptance will be notified on or around 12th May 2003 Camera-ready copy for the proceedings by 9th June 2003 - - ------------------------------------------------------- 3. POSTERS There will be an opportunity for researchers to present new work and ideas that are not yet ready for the full presentation. Short papers will be presented in poster format, and will be included in both the hardcopy and electronic proceedings. Further details of the submission process and requirements are available at http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003/ - - ------------------------------------------------------- Submission date: 24th April 2003 Acceptance will be notified on or around 12th May 2003 Camera-ready copy for the proceedings by 9th June 2003 - - ------------------------------------------------------- 4. TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATIONS Demonstrations of relevant leading-edge work and work in progress are invited. Submissions will be peer-reviewed to ensure quality. Demonstration proposals must be submitted electronically. Further details of the submission process and requirements are available at http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003/ - - ------------------------------------------------------------- Submission date for Technical Demonstrations: 24th April 2003 Acceptance will be notified on or around 12th May 2003 Camera-ready copy for the proceedings by 9th June 2003 - - ------------------------------------------------------------- ALTERNATIVE SUBMISSION PROCEDURE ==================================== Authors and artists who have difficulty in making their submission in the appropriate form or in viewing the detailed submission procedure should contact: Frank Nack CWI - INS2 Kruislaan 413 P.O. Box 94079, NL-1090 GB Amsterdam Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: +31 20 592 4223 Fax: +31 20 592 4312 ORGANISING COMMITTEE ==================== Andy Clarke - Kinonet (UK) Clive Fencott - University of Teeside (UK) Craig Lindley - Interactive Institute (Sweden) Grethe Mitchell - University of East London and Kinonet (UK) Frank Nack - CWI (Netherlands) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE =================== Elisabeth Andre - University of Augsburg (Germany) Wilton Azevedo - Mackenzie Presbyterian University, S“o Paulo, (Brazil) Paul Brna - Leeds University (UK) Kevin Brooks - Motorola Human Interface Labs (USA) Andrew Clarke - Kinonet (UK) Chitra Dorai - IBM (USA) Clive Fencott - University of Teeside (UK) Brody Condon - Media artist (USA) Werner Kriechbaum - IBM (Germany) James Lester - North Carolina University (USA) Craig Lindley - Interactive Institute (Sweden) Grethe Mitchell - University of East London and Kinonet (UK) Frank Nack - CWI (Netherlands) Mirko Petric -University of Split (Croatia) Paolo Petta - OFAI (Austria) Doug Rosenberg - University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) Ola Stockfelt - University of Goteborg/University of Skovde (Sweden) Robert Wechsler - Palindrome Inter-media Performance Group (Germany) ARTWORK COMMITTEE ================= Andrew Clarke - Kinonet (UK) Silvia Eckermann - Digital artist (Austria) Fatima Lasay - University of the Philippines (Philippines) Luca Marchetti - Anomos (France) Grethe Mitchell - University of East London and Kinonet (UK) Timothy Portlock - University of Illinois (USA) David Rokeby - Digital Artist (Canada) Doug Rosenberg - University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. From: Livia Alexander <[log in to unmask]> I am sure that many of you will be happy to learn that First Run / Icarus Films has re-released the landmark film by Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER, made from a new Digi beta video master. Defined as the key cinema verite film, CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER is the winner of the International Critics Prize at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER Chronique dún été A Film by Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin Paris. The summer of 1960. While war rages in Algeria and pre-independence Congo struggles for independence, ethnographic filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist Edgar Morin send two women out into the streets of the city to interview passersby. Rouch, whose previous groundbreaking films were shot in Africa, and Morin, an academic and writer, were experimenting with a new kind of documentary film about their own society that would reveal the innermost truth of peoples' lives. From a simple starting point - asking Are you happy, sir? - CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER delves deeper and deeper into the lives of its characters, as the light opening scenes give way to intimate revelations and hotly contested political arguments. CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER is a true landmark in film history. Rouch and Morin were among the first filmmakers to use the newly invented hand held sync sound 16mm equipment. Rouch and Morin also coined the term cinéma vérité to describe their approach, although their tendency to deliberately place people in situations and provoke responses differs from what later came to be called vérité films. Their use of the urban landscape and groundbreaking cinematography deeply affected the French New Wave and much of subsequent documentary practice. The film's self-reflexive structure, in which Rouch and Morin screen the film for the participants to critique it on-screen, as well as their own reactions to the critique, is still, amazingly, contemporary. More than 40 years later, CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER remains as ambitious, forward-looking and powerful as the day it was first released. As Roland Barthes stated, "What this film engages is humanity itself." "A seminal work!" - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader For more information about this film go to: <http://www.frif.com/new2003/sum.html>http://www.frif.com/new2003/sum.html 85 minutes / B&w / 1961 / Y3K 4B8 Sale/video: $440 Rental/video: $125 * Please refer to Order #s on all purchase orders and written requests * Free preview for purchase consideration available * Purchase price includes Public Performance Rights * This film is available to our Canadian customers (except for Quebec) ***************** Cine-Ethnography by Jean-Rouch, edited and translated by Steven Feld, will be available in March from University of Minnesota Press. For more information, visit www.upress.umn.edu ***************** Livia Alexander First Run / Icarus Films 32 Court Street, 21st Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: 718.488.8900 Fax: 718.488-8642 Email: [log in to unmask] www.frif.com . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. . .. . : ... .'.. ..,.. Salon Netiquette: When hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to -- namely, do not leave old posts underneath your reply (but by all means quote lines you particularly want to refer to). Please do not use html or styled formatting when sending messages -- some members will not be able to read your post, and non-formatted texts take up less bandwidth and thus download quicker. 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