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Issue 98: May/June 2004 - Contents:

La Pelota Vasca Skin Against Stone
Basque director Julio Medem has experienced
a torrent of abuse as a result of his documentary La pelota vasca: La piel contra la piedra. Esther Terradas talked to him about the film and the reaction when he attended the recent Dublin International Film Festival. Extract
Capturing the Friedmans Screen Capture
Carol Murphy talks to Andrew Jarecki, director of the acclaimed and controversial documentary Capturing the Friedmans. Extract
Grand Theft Parsons Hot Burrito
Irish director David Caffrey talks with Joe Griffin about Grand Theft Parsons, a film which takes as its subject the corpse-napping of former Flying Burrito Brother Gram Parsons. Extract
Headrush High Time
After a long wait, Headrush is finally approaching release. Rebecca kemp talks to Shimmy Marcus, the film's director, and producer Edwina Forkin to find out what it was like to work with big people on a samll budget. Extract
Go Further

Get On the Bus!
From counterculture chronicler to advocate for social change, Ron Mann is a documentary-maker whose films are engaging, thought-provoking and eminently watchable. He discusses his work to date and latest film, Go Further, with Ross Whittaker.
Extract

John Kelleher

A Cut Above
The process of film classification has reached a new phase in its evolution. Niall Kitson talks to Film Censor John Kelleher, and provides an overview of the classification process and its history.
Extract

Jonjo Mickybo Children and Animals
Jonjo Mickybo is the first feature from director Terry Loane. Cecilia McAllister looks at the film's production, talks to the director, and deliberates on the arduous road to that elusive first feature.
Extract
Donal Dineen

Here Comes the Light
Tanya Sweeney talks to pioneering DJ, photographer and filmmaker Donal Dineen about his visual work from the early days of No Disco to his current audio/video collaborations. Extract

21 Grams

Screenwriting:
Life Out of Sequence

21 Grams is one of the year's most talked-about films, Joe Griffin talks to screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga about his non-sequential narrative and the challenge of writing in a second language. Extract