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24 July 2003
Art+Film
Scheduled to coincide with the 52nd Melbourne International Film Festival, Art+Film is an exhibition that evaluates the affect of cinema and filmmaking on contemporary artists and art practices. The exhibition explores society’s love affair with the cinema and how it has transformed the way we see, hear, feel, and imagine.
Exhibition: Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Running 24 July to 24 August 2003
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9 May 2003
Ned Kelly - The Movie
Australian director Gregor Jordan has again paired up with compatriot Heath Ledger, the star of his 1999 film Two Hands, to bring a national hero back to life. Julie Rigg spoke to Jordan about his latest film, Ned Kelly, and his experiences in Hollywood.
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17 February 2003
Gangs of New York
It is hard to think of any filmmaker other than Martin Scorsese who could have brought 'The Gangs of New York' to the big screen in such a compelling way
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9 October 2002
Alfonso Cuaron: Y Tu Mama Tambien
Julie Rigg spoke to Alfonso Cuaron, Director of the Mexican hit film this year, Y Tu Mama Tambien. Cuaron discusses the rise of a new generation of Mexican filmmakers who are keen to make an impression on a global scale.
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28 August 2002
David Cronenberg on Spider
Canadian born David Cronenberg, writer/director of art shock films such as Naked Lunch, Crash, Existenz, and Shivers is reknowed for having an original style. His latest feature, an adaption of the Patrick McGrath novel, Spider maintains his recent tradition of exploring the relationship between mind and body and continues the trend in his career of adapting other people’s work.
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21 August 2002
Mike Moore Speaks: Bowling for Columbine
Mike Moore's Bowling for Columbine became the first documentary to be invited to the Cannes Film Festival official selection for 55 years. Many critics have hailed this feature length doco as a sign of the rebirth of the form.
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31 May 2002
CANNES 2002
Our roving reporter in Cannes, John Doggett-Williams has been busy tracking down the latest news in film. He caught up with the Australian presence in Cannes at the AFC's rooftop party (video footage included). AFC chief Kim Dalton, told the Space that the immediate future for Australia and other non-Hollywood movie making countries will be difficult.
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1 May 2002
Big Screen 2002
The Big Screen film festival will tour regional and rural areas showcasing the gems of Australian film. The program includes rarely seen archival footage from each region, the latest Australian feature films and forums with filmmakers and actors. Last year Big Screen reached over 29,000 Australians in 22 regional cinemas across the country.
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13 March 2002
The Circle
Jafar Panahi’s film The Circle won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2001. The latest in a stream of gifted filmmakers to emerge in Iran in the last decade or so, Panahi has been feted by critics round the globe for this astonishing yet grim portrait of the situation of women in Iran. Radio National’s film critic, Julie Rigg spoke to the filmmaker.
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28 February 2002
Kerry Fox on 'Intimacy'
Julie Rigg talks to actor Kerry Fox, who first made her mark as Janet Frame in 'Angel at My Table'. Fox's new film 'Intimacy', which won her the best actress award at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival, is based on a novella and short story by Hanif Kureishi.
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21 February 2002
Rabbit Proof Fence
Michael Gurr of Radio National's 'Nightclub' arts program, talked with director Phillip Noyce about his latest film 'Rabbit-Proof Fence'. Set in Jigalong, Western Australia, 1931, the film is based on the book "Follow the Rabbit-proof Fence" by Australian author Doris Pilkington.
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21 February 2002
Tropfest 2002
The number of entries for this year's Tropfest festival was a record 611, with films received from around the country. 'Many of those who are simply curious viewers one year enter their own film the next. It's about creating the inspiration for filmmakers to make films', says Polson, the festival's founder.
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4 January 2002
Faking It: The Mockumentary
Arts Today presenter Michael Cathcart spoke to the newly-appointed head of Screen Studies at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Jane Roscoe prior to the launch of her new book "Faking it" at the Visible Evidence conference, hosted by Griffith University. "Faking it" investigates the mock documentary and the way it undermines the authority of the documentary form.
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5 December 2001
Craig Baldwin: Raider of the Lost Reel
The term "overachiever" is an understatement when it comes to describing Craig Baldwin, one of recent underground cinema’s most prolific figures. Triple J's "film culturist" Megan Spencer spoke with Baldwin at the 7th Annual International Documentary Conference in Perth.
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18 October 2001
Demented for Ever
When it comes to movies, American director John Waters is the king of trash. Triple J’s Megan Spencer spoke to John Waters about ‘Cecil B. Demented’ and his illustrious film career.
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21 September 2001
Movie Muster
Filmmaker, author and city slicker, Jenny Hicks returned to the bush to co-ordinate Movie Muster, a travelling film festival in South West Queensland.
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18 September 2001
Digital Liaisons: Deborah Mailman, Actor
Digital Liaisons was a regular feature of Headspace, the Space's now defunct magazine, that asked some of the stars of the arts 21 probing questions about their lives... Deborah Mailman is a well-known actor who has most recently starred in the television production 'The Secret Life of Us'.
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18 September 2001
The Vision of Martin Scorcese
Francis Leach speaks with Martin Scorcese, one of the world's most critically acclaimed film makers of the last 20 years, about his film 'Kundun' and his filmmaking vision.
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17 September 2001
George Romero and The Horror of Identity
George Romero is the 'poster boy' for the modern indie horror movie. His groundbreaking film 'Night of the Living Dead', made in 1968 by Romero and a bunch of his dedicated friends, has spawned countless copies, and has inspired just about every horror director (and every kid with a Super 8 or video camera) ever since.
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17 September 2001
Gleaning Agnes Varda
Arts Today's Julie Rigg interviews French film-maker Agnes Varda about her latest documentary 'The Gleaners and I', which screened at Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane International Film Festivals 2001.
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17 September 2001
Screen Grab: Bec Smith
Bec Smith is Editor in Chief of If Magazine Australia and Cannes Film Festival survivor. The Space ABC Arts Online investigates...
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17 September 2001
Screen Grab: Clara Law
Clara Law moved to Melbourne Australia in the mid 90s from Hong Kong, where she had already directed many features, including The Other Half and the Other Half (1988), Autumn Moon (1992) and The Temptation of a Monk (1993). Clara Law's two Australian-based films, which were written with her longtime partner and film collaborator Eddie Fong, are Floating Life (1996) and the 2001 release, The Goddess of 1967, a stunning achievement in Zen and the art of movie making
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17 September 2001
Screen Grab: Gary Bartholomew
The Space ABC Arts Online asked the tough questions to uncover Gary Bartholomew's film passions. Gary is a film reviewer with ABC Networked Local Radio.
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17 September 2001
Screen Grab: James Hewison
James Hewison is the director of the Melbourne International Film Festival. He has been a longtime film devotee, and has worked in film distribution for nearly two decades. The Space ABC Arts Online caught up with James on the eve of the Festival's 50th anniversary.
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17 September 2001
Screen Grab: Jamie Blanks
Perhaps Australia's most successful horror "export" and exponent, Jamie Blanks is a Melbourne-born and based Victorian College of the Arts graduate. So far he has made two successful Hollywood horror features, Urban Legend (1996) and Valentine (2001).
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17 September 2001
Screen Grab: Megan Spencer
Megan Spencer is Triple J's Film Reviewer. The Space ABC Arts Online probes Megan's cinematic obsessions.
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17 September 2001
Screen Grab: Richard Lowenstein
Richard Lowenstein's latest feature film, 'He Died With A Felafel In His Hand' made its debut at the 50th Melbourne International Film Festival as the closing night film. He has directed a swag of music videos for the likes of INXS, U2, Hunters & Collectors and Pete Townshend, in addition to his seminal 80s feature 'Dogs In Space', 'Strikebound' and 'White City'.
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17 September 2001
Sheep Thrills: Deb Verhoven talks Australian Film
Julie Rigg, Radio National's Arts Today film critic, chats to Deb Verhoven, the current head of the Australian Film Institute about sheep in film, the subject of her doctoral thesis. .
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29 August 2001
Julian Schnabel, Javier Bardem and 'Before Night Falls'
Julie Rigg, film critic for Radio National’s Arts Today program, interviews Julian Schnabel & Javier Bardem, the director and star of ‘Before Night Falls.’ This is an edited version of the longer broadcast interview.
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13 September 2000
The Limelight Film Pioneers
The Salvation Army's Australian Film Unit documented Federation and set the pace
in the pre-Hollywood days of the film industry.
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