Category Archive for: ‘Issue 45 – Classics & Re-runs’
KINOPRAXIS
(The original manuscript of Kinopraxis is published here with the kind permission of Bertrand Augst.) Table of contents 1 The contribution of J. -L. G to the Week of Marxist Thought on the theme “Film and event” at Besançon in December 1967, printed in La Nouvelle Critique #199 (November 1968) as “Un Prisonnier qu’on laisse taper sur la casserole”. 2 …
Read MoreKinopraxis and Jean-Luc Godard at Berkeley: An Interview with Bertrand Augst
Jean-Luc Godard first visited the University of California Berkeley in 1968 with Two or Three Things I Know About Her and La Chinoise….Godard returned to Berkeley in 1970 with British Sounds, and this second visit coincided with the publication of the first (and only) issue of Kinopraxis, devoted exclusively to Godard. Kinopraxis is a 16-page foldout which bears an unusual …
Read MoreThe Proposition: Notes on Style
This text was written by John Hillcoat before the production of The Proposition (released 2005). For many years I have wanted to make an Australian Western. In 1994, after an extensive trip encompassing four states, travelling throughout Central Australia with my Production Designer Chris Kennedy, I was convinced by the dynamic power of the rugged landscape and its brutal history …
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