Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon in World Culture
Cynthia Erb, Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon in World Culture. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998. ISBN 0 8143 2686 2 (paper) 280pp (Review copy supplied by Wayne State…
Failures and successes: local and national Australian sound innovations, 1924-1929
Introduction This article aims to expand our knowledge of the success or failure of sound technologies in the Australian exhibition market in the years between 1924 and 1929. Crucial to…
newmedia.com.au
Trevor Barr, newmedia.com.au Allen & Unwin: Australia, 2000. ISBN: 1 86508 049 7 280pp A$29.95 (Review copy supplied by Allen & Unwin Australia) Uploaded 1 December 2001 Trevor Barr's latest…
Korean Post New Wave Film Director Series: KIM Ki-Duk
Translated by Aegyung Shim Yecies and edited by Brian Yecies Uploaded Thursday, 21 November 2002 The following interview between JUNG Seong-Il, Korean movie critic, and KIM Ki-Duk appeared in the…
Sound Technology and the American Cinema
James Lastra, Sound Technology and the American Cinema (Film and culture series). Columbia University Press, 2000. ISBN: 0 2311 1517 2 270pp US$18.50 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Columbia University Press)…
Sound Beginnings: The Early Record Industry in Australia
Ross Laird, Sound Beginnings: The Early Record Industry in Australia. City: Currency Press, 2000. ISBN 0 86819 579 0 (pb) 384pp A$39.95 (Review copy supplied by Currency Press) Uploaded 30…
Hurray for Pusan and the Korean New Wave! Asian Cinema Odyssey at the 6th Pusan International Film Festival
Uploaded 25 July 2002 For nine days in November 2001 (9th-17th), the 6th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) rocked the seaside city of Pusan. A record 659 industry guests from…
The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution, 1926-1930
Scott Eyman, The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution, 1926-1930. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. ISBN 0801861926 (pb) 432pp US$18.06 (Review copy supplied by John Hopkins University Press)…