On Giovanna d’Arco al rogo (1955)
Uploaded 1 March 2000 Ingrid Bergman in Rossellini's Giovanna d'Arco One would expect godless and nihilistic attitudes to be at antipodes with those of a very Catholic miracle play. In…
Hegel’s grave
[1] Uploaded 1 March 2000 Figure 1: Animated loop from video: Hegel's grave in Dorotheenstädtische Friedhof The Dorotheenstädtische Friedhof A VIP cemetery in East Berlin. In a quiet section, a…
How to tell the difference between a stereotype and a positive image: putting Priscilla, Queen of the Desert into history
Uploaded 1 March 2000 Introductory paragraph In 1994 Australia's Celluloid Closet burst into quite unexpected, and spectacularly colourful, flames (as old nitrate film stock is liable to do). With a cinematic flourish,…
Rhetorical “Rivers of Blood:” mediated interpretive controversy and The Trial of Enoch Powell
Uploaded 1 March 2000|Updated 15 March 2000 | Scholars seeking to understand the emergence of cultural memories and their functions have begun attending to the complex processes of public memory…
Seasick on the Serpentine: Englishness, otherness and consensus in Passport to Pimlico
[1] Uploaded 1 March 2000 Long shadows on county [cricket] grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers and [football] pools fillers...old maids bicycling to holy communion through the morning…
Issue 9 Editorial
Sidestepping questions of whether or not it marked the beginning of a new millennium, let alone a new century, the beginning of a new year has come and gone. As…