Tag Archives: AFTRS
Odds & Sods – 24/11/2010
Japanese Film Festival 2010 For some crazy reason, the good folks at Japan Foundation asked me to MC the opening reception for this year’s Japanese Film Festival. This year’s special guests were Tadao Sato, Tsutomu Abe and Shigeki Chiba. I … Continue reading
Come And See
Been A Long Time Back in the day, one of the most traumatic films you could watch about the experience of World War II was ‘Come And See’ directed by Elim Klimov. This wasn’t just any movie about the war, … Continue reading
Myth Making
More Claptrap From AFTRS I know I get a little mean when it comes to my alma mater The Australian Film Television and Radio School. But this piece in ScreenHub today just got my goat. I have proposed that we … Continue reading
Baz Mounts Defense of ‘Australia’
Because Evidently It’s Not Speaking For Itself Baz Luhrmann is sounding like he’s not enjoying the roasting. Here’s a Reuters article on the director’s perspective on his own film. “A lot of reviewers like ‘Australia.’ And we’re making people cry; … Continue reading
Like A Film School Movie
Ideologically Straitjacketed Years ago, the Dude from Audio Darnok and I went through our own little hell at AFTRS. It was just one of those things where we wanted to make a science fiction action movie and the School Administration … Continue reading
Short Films?
They Just Don’t Talk To One Another One of the many issues raised with the new Screen Australia organisation is the cutting of the Short Film fund. The argument is that the short films are necessary to nurture future film … Continue reading
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