“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” - from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) In a prescient 1993 essay, Greg Solman warily explores the growing trend of “director’s cuts”…
Palimpsests of time and space: palpable space Sometimes the very best essays are the ones that reveal their flaws with the greatest clarity. Cynthia Contreras’ analysis of Kobayashi Masaki’s film, Harakiri (Japan,…
Abstract In the critical discourse surrounding filmic adaptations of literary works, the concept of “fidelity” frequently rears its ugly head - the idea that a film’s literary source material is…
After rating little more than a curt mention in Australian cinema histories for several decades, Giorgio Mangiamele’s status as a pioneer of the Australian cinema has more recently come to…
Every piece of film that you put in a picture should have a purpose. You cannot put it together indiscriminately. It’s like notes of music. They must make their point.…