In Fishbelly White, a farm boy has become a teenager but still retains his pet chicken, and his favorite trick is to put the head of the chicken in his mouth for several seconds. The boy puts the chicken in the basket of his bicycle as he pedals around the countryside. Although he wants to be […]
Cowboy Bebop (Tengoku no tobira), directed by Shinichirô Watanabe, is a Japanese animation. The film has a schmaltzy filmscore, intended to be jazz; hence, the name “bebop.” The central characters are bounty hunters, referred to as “cowboys” at an early point in the film, and the location is Alba City on Mars in the twenty-second
The Red Violin (Le Violon Rouge in French-speaking Canada) is about a musical instrument with perfect acoustical qualities that carried a curse on its many owners from the time it was made by a Niccòlo Bussoti (played by Carlo Cecchi) in 1681 until the present day, when it is sold for millions at an auction house
Nominations closed on December 31, 1997, for the films that best raised political consciousness in 1997. The list below contains all nominated films. Political Film Society members are urged to see these films during January. The February newsletter will contain a ballot, which is due by March 1. DEMOCRACY Red Corner (shows how extralegal considerations
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HAWAI`I INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL STARTS NOVEMBER 7 The Ice Storm will open the 1997 Hawai`i International Film Festival at the historic Hawai`i Theatre on Friday, November 7. Director Ang Lee will be present to introduce the film and answer questions afterward. The festival, which lasts a week on O`ahu and moves to the Neighbor Islands
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THREE MORE FILMS NOMINATED FOR 1997 AWARDS Two recent films have been nominated for promoting consciousness of the need for more democracy. Jon Avnet’s Red Corner has been nominated for promoting consciousness of the need for more democracy in China. Although much of the story is jazzed up with Hollywood hyperbole (sex, a chase scene,
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CONFERENCE GROUP ON POLITICS & FILM CALLS FOR PAPERS Those seeking to present a paper at the 1998 convention of the American Political Science Association (Labor Day weekend, Boston Sheraton) are urged to email jww@prin.edu. Deadline: October 10. HOLLYWOOD CORRECTS THE RECORD AGAIN During the era of blacklisting in the 1950s and 1960s, many screenwriters
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HOLLYWOOD CORRECTS THE RECORD During the era of blacklisting in the 1950s and 1960s, many screenwriters were forced to ghostwrite scripts. Thanks to recent research by the Writers Guild of America, revised credits are now being issued to recognize Michael Wilson for his screenplay of the classic Friendly Persuasion (1956), The Bridge on the River
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CONFERENCE GROUP ON POLITICS & FILM Affiliated with the American Political Science Association, the Conference Group on Politics and Film has organized several panels at the next annual convention of the association, to be held at Washington, D. C., on Labor Day weekend. A panel on August 28 will discuss the documentary Taking on the
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DALAI LAMA TO BE IN FEATURE FILMS During 1997, four films about the Dalai Lama are expected. The Disney film refused to change the film to please the People’s Republic of China. “AMISTAD” DUE FOR RELEASE IN DECEMBER 1997 Stephen Spielberg and scriptwriter Steve Zaillan are following up their Schindler’s List with a film portraying
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