Author Archive for: ‘Brian Yecies Solo Author’
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 University Press) Uploaded 1 November 2000 Reception history of King Kong (1933) is an interesting case study in the effects of the Production Code. During the early 1930s the Motion Picture Producers …
Read MoreFailures 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 this issue are the complex relations between previously unrecognised groups and individuals involved in promotion of sound technology and in the wiring of Australian cinemas. The process by which all …
Read Morenewmedia.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 book newmedia.com.au is a thorough and decisive examination of where Australia’s media and communications industry is today and how it has been influenced by government, private, and public agendas. The book points …
Read MoreKorean 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 Korean Cine21 magazine issue #339 (Feb. 5-19, 2002). The interview took place in the afternoon on January 30th, 2002. This translated and edited version has been published with permission of Cine21. Sadistic? I …
Read MoreSound 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) Uploaded 25 July 2002 Sound Technology and the American Cinema makes an exciting contribution to the fields of film history, film theory, and cultural studies. It offers an in-depth, multi-sourced study …
Read MoreSound 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 June 2000 Ross Laird’s new book sets out to document the early history of the Australian record industry between 1924 and 1934 in what the author recognises as a period …
Read MoreHurray 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 30 countries, 3100 official Korean guests, and more than a hundred thousand moviegoers filled the seats of 332 completely sold-out, or near sell-out screenings in 15 different theatres. Thousands and …
Read MoreThe 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) Uploaded 30 June 2000 Scott Eyman’s latest book revisits the tumultuous period of the late 1920s in order to dispel the myths surrounding the coming of sound to the American …
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