Turksib: Building a Railroad
Introduction: Deane Williams These program notes, reprinted from the April 1933 bulletin of the Realist Film Association in Melbourne, Australia, were written for the screening there of the film Turksib, written…
The Ultimate Journey: Remarks on Contemporary Theory
Ultimatum: An Introduction to the Work of Nicole Brenez Adrian Martin In 1955, Jacques Rivette wrote: "It seems to me impossible to see Voyage to Italy [Roberto Rossellini, 1953] without receiving direct…
Cinema and Capitalism
Introduction Into its short life, the cinema has compressed a development that the older arts have taken centuries to attain. Its scope is at least as wide as that of…