“Civilisations come and go. The only things that remain are the history of that civilisation and the art of that civilisation. Everything else crumbles and is sacrificed in the end.”Festival patron Paul Cox from his statement in the official programme guide. A fitting choice of words I thought and
By Bear. In 1993 a bearded fellow by the name of Steven decided to make a film based upon a bestseller by Michael Crichton, I am sure you might have heard of this movie. Jurassic Park anyone? Now, in 1993 I most definitely did not utter the words in the title of
Since the first film camera rolled for the first time the world of literature has been relentlessly mined as potential celluloid plunder. In 1896 Gerald Du Maurier's book Trilby and Little Billee was adapted into a short, and that same year Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle was made into
...Other Than Make Them Myself. In a break from my usual routine of reviewing semi-obscure, bad or mostly un-heralded films I am going to relate to you several odd, idiotic or unusual things films have inspired me to do (mostly as a child or teenager.) As a bit of a preface however,
Chapter I- This is the first appearance of what I hope will be a series of articles about movies, or films as they are sometimes called, that pleasure me highly upon viewing, but don't necessarily tickle other people's fancies (if they have even heard of these celluloid expressions at all.) Heat (1986) From