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Issue 110: May/June
2006 – Contents:
Is
It Serious? If you are serious about film,
must the films you enjoy be 'serious'? Can art and entertainment
co-exist in the same work? Michael Open tackles these an other
questions.Extract
Living by the Sword
On its 25th Anniversary, Pavel Barter charts the making
of John Boorman's Excalibur, with contributions from
actors Helen Mirren and Nigel Terry, as well as costume designer
Bob Ringwood. Extract
Art on Screen Between
the gallery and the cinema there are many points at which the
world of art touches the moving image. Minù Habibi Minelli
explores some of the forms art/cinema can take.Extract
Finding Your Way to Experimental Cinema Edel
Robinson tells how her aim to understand film better led her
to a unique resource for cinephiles and experimental filmmakers
– the Archives du Film Expérimental in Avignon.
Extract
Learning to Shout Carlo
Montanaro is co-Artistic Director of the Asolo International
Art Film Festival; he spoke with Minù
Habibi Minelli about defining and programming
art cinema. Extract
She Had Her Gun All Ready Vivienne
Dick came to New York form Ireland in the 1970s and became part
of the 'No Wave' film/music scene. Lindsay Bane examines Dick's
career and her importance to alternative cinema.Extract
Half
an Hour of Hurt
An
excited Paul Farren set out to interview acting legend John
Hurt. Despite the best efforts of photographers, phone-calls
and tea-breaks, he gleans some gems of wisdom about Orson Welles
and David Lynch, among others.
Extract
Soft and Hard
In the 1980's Channel 4 commissioned Soft and Hard
from Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Mièville. Rode
Stoneman explains the background, and locates the film within
Godard's oeuvre.
Extract
Personality Crisis Dominik Moll, director of Harry, He's Here to Help,
makes his return to the screen with Lemming. Carol
Murphy talks to him about the film, and finds out how a lemming
can become a red herring. Extract
Intervention
Beef In a special extended version for the Film Ireland
website, Séamas McSwiney reviews the notion of state
intervention in film production ahead of the Copenhagen ThinkTank
on European Film and Film Policy. Extract
