andrew johnston ( 1968 – 2008 ) was a film and tv critic .

he wrote primarily for time out new york and us weekly and was also editor of the " time in " section of time out new york .

andrew johnston ( critic )

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[ . . . ] film critic andrew johnston died at 40 three years ago : here’s a remembrance from then [ . . . ] posted by film critic andrew johnston died at 40 film critic on 2011 - 10 - 26 09 : 35 : 42
another birdie putt for andrew johnston but another par , that ' s three in the first three holes .
andrew
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johnston talks about his final round at the 146th open , and responds to questions about a sports critic ' s poll asking if he is a clown or an inspiration .
wo successive bogeys for andrew johnston , after a steady start of five successive pars , means he ' s back to one over now .
premiere critic glenn kenny wrote , “andrew was not just a piercing intellect and a first rate writer , he was an absolute mensch . he will be missed . ”
some sad news hit the media community on sunday night when time out new york time in editor andrew johnston passed away at the age of 40 .
condolences on the loss of andrew johnston . he ' ll be missed . posted by seeing _ i on 2008 - 10 - 27 14 : 30 : 00
at the time out blog , here ' s a remembrance by andrew ' s colleague , film critic joshua rothkopf . posted by matt zoller seitz on 2008 - 10 - 28 22 : 46 : 00
josh rothkopf , the magazine’s film critic remembers johnston on the tony blog . there will also be a full page in the next issue dedicated to his memory . for information about the memorial service , send an email here .
shaun leane makes jewellery unlike anyone else . andrew bolton examines his fierce , primal work
rickie fowler pulls off shot of the day and andrew ' beef ' . . .
just wanted to say that i became a fan of andrew through this site , and that as an aspiring critic , he was an inspiration . posted by chris on 2008 - 10 - 27 14 : 45 : 00
andrew was an influential critic in his 20s , when he started writing about movies for time out new york . a lot of men would have been content to enjoy that position and be done with it , but not andrew . he used whatever sway he had to bring other new voices into the fold . just in the past week , mike d’angelo , film columnist for esquire , credited andrew with helping establish him as a working film critic by recommending him as his replacement when andrew left time out for a brief and unhappy stint at us magazine . so did bilge ebiri , who writes for new york magazine and urltoken ; andrew gave bilge his first paying job as a critic and continued to send work his way up until the weeks prior to his death , when he asked bilge to review the new dvd box set of budd boetticher westerns for time out .
andrew james johnston . performing the middle ages from
beowulf
to
othello
. turnhout : brepols , 2008 . pp . viii , 344 . 70 . 00 ; $ 95 . 00 .
andrew ‘beef’ johnston is one of the most popular professional golfers on the planet . an everyman in the mold of john daly — a man he considers an idol — and fans everywhere love him for it .
andrew ' beef ' johnston has hit back at talksport presenters the two mikes after they labelled him a ' clown ' on their show and posted a poll on twitter to open the debate to their listeners .
johnston , 28 , took issue with mike parry as he ranted at co - host mike graham about the golfer ' s larger - than - life persona . parry took particular issue with johnston being announced on the tee at the open as ' beef ' and posted poll on social media asking followers if johnston was a clown or an inspiration .
over the course of five hours johnston repeatedly called for the removal of their poll and even for the hosts ' resignations .
and it is more than that . as sydney cockerell , william morris’s secretary , said , johnston’s influence “extended over the whole of the western world” . to see for yourself , if you’re reading this on a computer , click on the font menu . you see gill sans ? it was designed by eric gill , a pupil of johnston’s , and was directly inspired by—detractors would say stolen from—the font that bears johnston’s name . gill is world - famous , but johnston , like his great creation , remains largely underground .
johnston was adamant the row had not affected his preparations at royal birkdale , where he carded a frustrating 71 alongside compatriot paul casey .
a number of figures from golf and beyond came out in defence of johnston , including nick faldo , thomas bjorn and joey barton .
editor’s note : this column is dedicated to the memory of house contributor , time out new york editor and regular mad men recapper andrew johnston , who passed away sunday , oct . 26 at age 40 , following a long battle with cancer .
johnston took to twitter to criticise the talksport pair on saturday night , and expanded on his position after his final round at the open .
a more extensive tribute to andrew will run in the time in section of issue 684 , out next week .
andrew johnston is a new zealand poet , critic and editor who lives in france . his book fits & starts ( 2016 ) won the 2017 ockham new zealand poetry award . his previous books include sol ( 2007 ) , birds of europe ( 2000 ) , the open window ( 1999 ) , the sounds ( 1996 ) and how to talk ( 1993 ) , which won the 1994 new zealand book award for poetry .
as chief film critic for time out —and later , upon his return to the magazine as the editor and chief critic of the tv and dvd section—andrew made a point of farming out reviews and feature articles to talented but largely unknown writers whom he met in online forums , at parties , in bars , waiting on line at film screenings . andrew gave me my first paying job as a magazine editor last year , when he asked me to fill in for him as tv and dvd editor of time out while he was off having yet another round of surgery and chemotherapy .
so many truths only become clear with hindsight . here’s one of them : unbeknownst to nearly everybody , even those closest to him , andrew johnston was a superhero . his influence was as profound as it was largely unseen . like the hero of miller’s crossing , tom regan , andrew managed to re - order large parts of his universe without anyone being the wiser .
“if i ' m a clown for enjoying my work then so be it , ” johnston tweeted . “ur a sad person and couldn ' t care less wat u think . never been bout money , ur a d * * * head , ” johnston tweeted directly to parry .
beautiful remembrance , victor . thanks for making note of andrew’s passing . we’re feeling his loss deeply at the house .
johnston goes into the final round of the open at even par chasing not for the claret jug but for bragging rights as the top british golfer .
[ … ] my film - critic friends and i got some bad news sunday overnight . andrew johnston died , at the age of 40 . his death sunday night was a real surprise and shock . he had been battling cancer for several years , but the last i heard from him on this subject was about a year ago , when he was brimming with optimism that he ' d licked it , and the last time i saw him in person , whenever it was , he looked reasonably hail and had good weight on him . andrew was … read more [ … ]
this year , the new york critics chose “lord of the rings” because it’s “a masterful piece of filmmaking , ” chairman andrew johnston said . “it’s just beautifully made , it’s pure cinema , it does everything , ” said johnston , a critic for radar magazine . “it’s got amazing , epic scope to the drama , to the battle scenes , a lot of strong emotional stuff , really complex , well - rendered characters and effective comic relief where it needs it . ”tom o’neil , author of “movie awards” and host of the awards handicapping web site urltoken , said he was “totally stunned” by the group’s choice for best picture .
sarris , andrew . the american cinema : directors and directions , 1929 - 1968 . new york : dutton , 1968 . print .
ndrew ‘beef’ johnston has launched a second attack on radio presenters mike parry and mike graham for running a show asking if the englishman was an inspiration or a “clown” .
my film - critic friends and i got some bad news sunday overnight . andrew johnston died , at the age of 40 . his death sunday night was a real surprise and shock . he had been battling cancer for several years , but the last i heard from him on this subject was about a year ago , when he was brimming with optimism that he’d licked it , and the last time i saw him in person , whenever it was , he looked reasonably hail and had good weight on him .
did johnston mind ? we don’t know exactly . “i don’t think there was bitterness , ” says his grandson . though there was no money , either . “he was so lacking in business sense , he never charged a going rate for his work and so couldn’t make ends meet . ” for the underground font , johnston was paid 50 guineas—about £4 , 000 in today’s money ( he handed 10 % of it on to gill ) . by the time he died in 1944 , “the finances were in a terrible state , ” andrew johnston adds . “there had been a fund started by calligraphers in america to help this destitute master craftsman . ”
this column is dedicated to the memory of house contributor , time out new york editor and regular mad men recapper andrew johnston , who passed away sunday , oct . 26 at age 40 , following a long battle with cancer . andrew’s burial will take place saturday , nov . 1 at 2 p . m . at the monticello memory gardens in charlottesville , virginia . there will also be a memorial wednesday , october 29 at 5 : 30 p . m . ; if you were a friend of andrew’s and would like to attend , email matt at reeling @ urltoken for details .
many , many more working critics have their own versions of these anecdotes . they all end the same way : andrew gave me my start .
, and at a loose end , he had a chance introduction to william lethaby , a friend of william morris and principal of the then - new central school of arts and crafts ( now central saint martin’s ) . johnston showed him some of his work . lethaby said that he was thinking of setting up an “illuminating class” at the school . johnston hoped to be one of its first pupils . “i shall put you in charge of it , ” said lethaby . johnston was alarmed and delighted . the modern art of calligraphy had begun in britain .
one of the many rewarding aspects of reading all the stuff people are writing about andrew is discovering that he was exactly the same person with everybody .
andrew founded the page , an online digest of the web ' s best poems and essays , and edited it from october 2004 until october 2009 .
my condolences to andrew ' s family . he will be deeply missed . posted by teka on 2008 - 10 - 29 09 : 24 : 00
parry said it was ' disgraceful ' that johnston - who he labelled ' a grinning jabbernacker ' - should be allowed to detract ' from the dignity of golf ' with his behaviour .
andrew is the abc ' s national security and defence reporter and has covered federal parliament since 2004 . he began his career in commercial radio and while at the seven network was a finalist in the walkley young journalist of the year awards . in 2010 he joined the abc and has reported from afghanistan and europe as well as assignments across australia such as the queensland floods . follow andrew on twitter @ andrewbgreene or email him at greene . andrew @ urltoken
russian composer and critic . as a member of the famous
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( mili balakirev , cui , mussorgsky , alexander borodin , and rimsky - korsakov ) he was one of the founders of the nationalist movement in russian music .
andrew—the time out new york film and tv critic and house next door contributor who died oct . 26 at age 40—was , to put it mildly , not a glamorous person . compared to andrew , peter parker was james dean . he was vaguely birdlike—darting eyes ; bobbing head ; question mark posture with arms akimbo , as if his body was remembering wings . it was possible to speak to him for minutes at a time without making eye contact , and when his eyes did meet yours , the connection was often brief , even furtive .
it wasn’t until he was in his 20s that johnston had any formal education . encouraged by his family , he put aside his childhood enthusiasm for lettering and began studying medicine . but eventually , as his daughter writes in her biography of him—entitled , with sans - serif simplicity , “edward johnston”—“he was dissecting human bodies and he could no longer disguise from himself that he hated it” .
when i saw the film last week , i thought it was even better than before . … [ but ] i didn’t say anything because i found that almost everything i wanted to say had been said , quite worthily , by mr . andrew johnston in post 10626 . we should all bow down before his brilliance . dude , you da explosion .
reading andrew in the pages of time out or in the weekly series tv recaps that he did for the house next door was a different proposition . he was an incisive , direct critic who managed to combine baseline assessments of a work’s entertainment value with a wide - ranging , free associative view of the work’s place within the culture—the forces that inspired it , and the message that it hoped to convey .
andrew johnston ' s article on jean vigo and ' ' l ' atalante ' ' [ ' ' rescuing a romantic epic from obscurity , ' ' june 11 ] is a welcome and sincere attempt to bring to the attention of film lovers an unjustly neglected master and his greatest masterpiece . but by presenting vigo as a creator of ' ' romantic fluff ' ' and his father , the radical miguel almereyda , as a merely exotic figure , mr . johnston has obscured the vital psychological connection between father and son that crucially shaped the latter ' s work .
a brooklyn - based filmmaker and a former critic for the new york times , the star - ledger and new york press , matt zoller seitz is the editor emeritus of the house next door . he posts videos on youtube under the name insomniacdad .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
johnston , andrew james .
passion and politics in othello .
wissenschaftliches seminar online 1 ( 2003 ) : 24 - 7 . analyzes the contradiction between othello ' s romantic construction of himself as a feudal vassal and the pragmatic sentiments of the venetian politicians and observes how iago manipulates the moor ' s chivalric passion to deceive him about desdemona ' s faithfulness .
and his way of speaking—well , house contributor sarah bunting , who interviewed him for the web site she cofounded , television without pity , told me that transcribing an interview with andrew for her “ask a tv critic” feature was one of the more difficult assignments she could recall . andrew didn’t talk in a straight line . on a good day , he was serpentine . he interrupted himself , qualified himself , questioned himself , reversed course , even argued with himself . he was his own interrogator . there were moments when it seemed as though you were talking to two people—andrew johnston and his questioning subconscious . his sentences had clauses and sub - clauses and sub - sub - clauses . in retrospect it seems not at all surprising that one of his favorite shows was deadwood , a series built around monologues that could go on for a minute or longer , and only when you looked at them on the page did you realize that the whole monologue was one long sentence .
each chapter is lengthy , digressive , generally rewarding , and offers as much perspective on the critical reception of the texts as on the texts themselves . this is why i call it a courteous book , because andrew james johnston has read his comrades carefully and thoroughly , displaying a scholarly generosity in doing so . rarely does one find this type of close reading of critical material any more , since single - sentence generalizations have become almost normalized . johnston follows the argument of even the most thorny and unwieldy secondary scholarship closely , and , with adeptness , locates the lacunae to allow him to situate his own critical intervention . in this way , he pays great respect to the discipline , ensuring that he is not repeating former arguments but in fact is building upon them . and since he is working with some of the most canonical texts of the discipline , his task in sorting through the critical tradition is huge and his achievement in doing so impressive . any critic cited in this text might consider herself or himself fortunate to have such an interlocutor as johnston .
andrew was a booster of great tv , closely following mad men , breaking bad , the wire , the sopranos , deadwood , buffy the vampire slayer , battlestar galactica , rescue me , the office , the shield , friday night lights and other series worth watching and arguing about . one of his proudest achievements was his championing of donnie darko , a film that got lukewarm to baffled reviews when it was released in fall of 2001 , soon after the attacks of 9 / 11 . andrew believed it was a future classic and a present - tense masterpiece , a film whose virtues would eventually be recognized . by writing a rave review for time out , then mentioning it again in print every chance he got , andrew did more than any working critic to usher that film into the modern pantheon .
stalin might not have approved of the speed at which the tube font was produced . having decided that the underground needed its own typeface , one that would “belong unmistakably to the 20th century” , pick met johnston , and gill ( who had been one of his first pupils ) , in 1913 . it would be another three years before johnston delivered the final lettering—about as long as it took the moscow metro to build its first line .
but probably my favorite andrew post on the group , which i’ll take the liberty of pasting in after the jump , was over apocalypse now redux , which andrew and i were virtually alone in thinking was an improvement on the original ( the vote was 5 better / 19 worse ) . i wrote the following then in lieu of defending the changes myself .
the man whose eye still guides millions of journeys every day has hardly done better in terms of recognition . but his name is there if you know where to look . on the chest in the depot the paper labels in the brass plates read “12 line johnston bold caps” or “8 line johnston” , the creamy paper blackened by years of inky fingers . open the drawers and there are lines of stammering wooden letters : ppppp , nnnnn , dddd , their backs beetle - black and glistening with printers’ ink . soon , this chest will be roped into the johnston centenary celebrations . for the moment , it stands here , by the trains and the bins , forgotten .
andrew’s taste was defiantly his own . he didn’t take his cues from anybody—no mean feat for a guy who landed a high - profile job as a new york film critic in the 1990s , when critics of earlier generations dominated the profession and insisted , explicitly or implicitly , that younger critics acknowledge the works they enjoyed during their youth in the ’60s and ’70s as the be - all and end - all . andrew’s taste in film and tv was eclectic ; he loved classic horror films , the signposts of mid - century european art cinema , and yes , the high watermarks of american film that made pauline kael’s heart go pitter - pat .
higson , andrew . “the limiting imagination of national cinema . ” transnational cinema : the film reader . ed . elizabeth ezra and terry rowden . london : routledge , 2006 . print .
uropean ryder cup captain thomas bjorn wrote a tweet supporting johnston . he stated : “if anyone has any doubt about @ beefgolf & his intentions – you only have to spend a little time with him to understand his true commitment . ”
yet parry suggested that johnston has no place in golf , ranting : ' he forms himself like a clown , stays as a clown , looks like a clown , performs like a clown and is referred to as a clown ' .
those of us who could see andrew’s work unencumbered by space , formatting and audience - targeting considerations knew how good a critic he was . i unfortunately didn’t read much of his work the last couple of years mostly because he began writing more about television , which i gave up a couple of years ago and so couldn’t even follow . everyone i know says this was when he best found his public voice . according to this piece at the house next door , even on his deathbed , he was watching and writing about mad men , for which he was beating the drum very early ( as i say , andrew was an enthusiast first and last ) . “mad men mondays” was a regular feature there . i think i owe it to him to pick up and start watching mad men from the start after the election to see what was andrew’s final love .
andrew robb says american efforts to contain china ' s rise are
a futile and counterproductive approach
but the struggle to do so is the biggest threat to australia ' s economic prosperity .
i ' ve been catching up with mad men , and reading mad men mondays as i get through the episodes - so i just now learned of andrew passing away . these articles have been so full of insight and ideas about the show . such a loss . . . my condolences to andrew ' s family and friends . posted by anonymous on 2008 - 11 - 16 22 : 20 : 00
but johnston had the last word . “i have been called a bushy big teeth clown by u . u think i’m not gonna defend myself . i give my absolute best on course and u call me that . i’m no clown it’s out of order . ”
very nice tribute , victor . i’ve only met andrew a few times , but online and in e - mail he was always brimming with enthusiasm . he was never one to get down on things . rip .
mr . johnston had been writing the weekly re - cap and analysis column since the first season of the critically - aclaimed amc series and had a devoted following among readers who looked to his insights and erudition to make sense of matthew weiner’s layered , novelistic show .
on the way out , i said goodnight to him and told him that one of the great pleasures of this time was seeing how his mother , martha , doted on him , doing everything she could to make his ordeal as comfortable as possible . “you’ve got a hell of a mom , andrew , ” i said . andrew blushed a little , then grinned at me . “yeah , ” he said . “i know . ”
i can’t say if , in his multi - year battle with cancer , andrew experienced real change beyond , obviously , the physical ; i tend to think he didn’t experience change in the simplistic , formulaic sense—becoming a different person , a better person . if anything , andrew’s stubborn fight against his own mortality amplified the man he was—made his fighting spirit , his generosity , his life force not just more visible , but impossible to ignore .
rip to andrew johnson , who did some excellent work on this site bringing great television to the masses . he will be dearly missed . posted by joel e on 2008 - 10 - 28 05 : 04 : 00
andrew was one of the circle of internet pro - critic friends i have . he was most recently an editor at time out new york and had been previously been a critic for tony , us weekly and other magazines , and served for a time as chairman of the new york film critics circle . i won’t pretend to be closer to him than i was . because he was based in new york , i only saw him in person the five or so years we were both at the toronto film festival . but before we’d ever met in person , when i mentioned summer 2001 in our super - secret discussion board that i’d be coming to the next tiff , he e - mailed me with the words “thank god — that means there’ll be at least one [ guy ] i can drink with ! ” since most of the rest of our circle was one - or - none types .
johnston is yet to win on tour this season , but believes he is capable of regaining his best form over the coming weeks . qualification for next month’s us pga championship is far from secure and his next few appearances will dictate if he makes it to quail hollow .
even later asking for johnston to call into the show : ' mg and i have a mid - morning show on @ talksport tomorrow . . sunday . . we love @ beefgolf . . beef . . we never put you down beef . . so call us ' .
andrew has lectured across the united kingdom , taught at the ie school in madrid and was external examiner at the portsmouth school of architecture from 2010 - 2016 . he is currently a visiting professor at the university of navarra .
a terrible loss . andrew was an invaluable contributor to the house and truly the kindest of men . godspeed . r . i . p . posted by keith uhlich on 2008 - 10 - 27 03 : 14 : 00
thanks for the personal obit . i never met andrew , but he always seemed like… yeah , a mensch . he was one of the guys i would have definitely looked forward to meeting if i’d ever made it to tiff .
even though our time in editor , andrew , had been living with cancer for years , the end is not easy for us . he died yesterday—a passing that his mother tells us was “peaceful as could be . ” that ' s ironic . feisty until the end , andrew was a fighter . i remember his polymath’s curiosity , his enthusiasm that often spilled over into rage but also effusive emotion . he had a big heart . i choose to recall him on a summer afternoon in 2006 . andrew was about to enter the hospital for his first operation , but beforehand , he wanted to go see a scanner darkly . i was happy to oblige . we had lunch . as the lights dimmed in the theater , andrew leaned over and whispered , “check it out . ” he rolled up his sleeve to reveal a new tattoo on his shoulder , the colors still hot and flush . looking closely , i saw it was a quote from clint eastwood’s unforgiven : “deserve’s got nothing to do with it . ” squinting his eyes , andrew had the resolve to go wherever this disease would take him . and in my heart , i feel that he beat it .
even though our time in editor , andrew , had been living with cancer for years , the end is not easy for us . he died on october 26—a passing that his mother tells us was “peaceful as could be . ” that’s ironic . feisty until the end , andrew was a fighter . i remember his polymath’s curiosity , his enthusiasm that often spilled over into rage but also effusive emotion . he had a big heart . i choose to recall him on a summer afternoon in 2006 . andrew was about to enter the hospital for his first operation , but beforehand , he wanted to go see a scanner darkly . i was happy to oblige . we had lunch . as the lights dimmed in the theater , andrew leaned over and whispered , “check it out . ” he rolled up his sleeve to reveal a new tattoo on his shoulder , the colors still hot and flush . looking closely , i saw it was a quote from clint eastwood’s unforgiven : “deserve’s got nothing to do with it . ” squinting his eyes , andrew had the resolve to go wherever this disease would take him . and in my heart , i feel that he beat it . — joshua rothkopf .
at no point did andrew tell me of the good works he did for other people . it’s an aspect of his life that we’re all very slowly discovering as we talk about him , about his life and work and what it meant .
andrew ' s burial will take place saturday , nov . 1 at 2 p . m . at the monticello memory gardens in charlottesville , virginia . there will also be a memorial service in manhattan wednesday , october 29 at 5 : 30 p . m . ; if you were a friend of andrew ' s and would like to attend , email matt at reeling @ urltoken for details . posted by matt zoller seitz on 2008 - 10 - 28 23 : 36 : 00
shit , shit , shit , shit . andrew was not just a piercing intellect and a first rate writer , he was an absolute mensch . he will be missed . posted by glenntkenny on 2008 - 10 - 27 03 : 31 : 00
still , it was worth waiting for . along the way gill had dropped out , too busy sculpting the stations of the cross in westminster cathedral . today gill is perhaps more famous as a sculptor than as a typographer—and more infamous than either for his incestuous relationships with his daughters and sisters . there are hints , says andrew johnston , edward’s grandson , that his grandmother “had a pretty good idea” what was going on . she banned gill from the house , and “one reason for being very dubious about him was possibly having three nubile daughters on her hands . ”
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this is a revenge served up too cold .
times , london ( 17 october 2003 ) : 29 . offers a mixed appraisal of rupert goold ' s 2003 revival of othello . while the critic esteems the director ' s world war ii setting , he points out that
the production sometimes [ lacked ] the vital ingredient of passion .
he two mikes presenters defended themselves on twitter by pointing out that “inspiration” won their poll and that parry argued in johnston’s favour during the show . the golfer responded on social media : “if i’m a clown for enjoying my work then so be it . ur a sad person and couldn’t care less wat u think . ”
really sad news . i didn ' t know andrew and wasn ' t terribly familiar with his wider body of work , but i very much enjoyed these write - ups . posted by karina . longworth on 2008 - 10 - 27 04 : 14 : 00
since 1997 andrew has lived in france . he is married to christine lorre , an english lecturer at université paris 3 - sorbonne nouvelle , and they have three children , emile ( born 2002 ) , oscar ( born 2007 ) and louise ( born 2010 ) .
just discovered andrew ' s reviews on mad men today , only to find out that he died . a damned shame for someone so good and passionate about what he did . my condolences . posted by anonymous on 2008 - 11 - 03 19 : 50 : 00
the note kinda typified what defined andrew — a combination of menschness and enthusiasm . and that was him both personally and in his writing . in fact , the thing i remember best about andrew was the enthusiasm he projected as a writer . he had more of a fan’s sensibility and a populist taste than many of us . ( the year he was chairman , lord of the rings 3 won the new york critics top honor — which helped it build the momentum that ended with a historic oscar sweep . ) andrew was the kind of guy who loved gushing to you about what he loved , rather than ranting to you about what he didn’t . that sort of personality was a welcome and sometimes needed antidote to the worldwise sang - froid that some of us are prone to , myself definitely not excluded .
what a tragic loss - my sincerest condolences . to lose andrew and david foster wallace , two amazing minds and writers in such a short time , is beyond words . he will be missed . posted by audrey on 2008 - 10 - 27 14 : 41 : 00
this course will locate sggk within contemporary english culture , with a special focus on aristocratic and royal politics , religion and gender . but we will also consider the text’s specifically literary aspects , especially its aesthetic traditionalism , and in the latter third of the semester we will attempt to see the poem through the eyes of the era’s most brilliant literary critic , geoffrey chaucer , by comparing sggk to the squire’s and the franklin’s tales .
here’s one brief passage from andrew writing about one of his favorite series , mad men , for the house next door —reviewing an episode entitled “the benefactor” , he segues from a summary of the episode and its function within the show’s ongoing storyline into a discussion of narrative itself .
several critics offered their condolences in the comments to mr . seitz’s column , including slant magazine’s keith uhlich ( who also edits the house next door ) who called this , “a terrible loss . andrew was an invaluable contributor to the house and truly the kindest of men . ”
andrew phillips founded a p in 2013 . he has over 20 years of experience as a studio leader , developing major projects in close collaboration with a range of complex public and private institutions , a significant number of which have gone on to be awarded national and international awards .
it didn’t matter [ … ] that the films arrived on the world market carelessly dubbed [ … ] , stylistically hampered further by repeated use of back projections and studio lots which the set - dresser barely had time to alter from film to film ; or that the characterizations were minimal , relationships one - dimensional , [ or that ] the plots , as one critic put it , ‘dozed in their traces’” ( glaessner , 1974 : 10 ) .
i was shocked to read that andrew passed away . my husband and i truly admired his articles about mad men ( my husband translates the show into french , which is why i stumbled upon one of his articles a few months ago while searching the net for info - these gems made us see the show in a different light ) . it seems that the world has lost a most insightful and brilliant mind . all our condolences and much respect to andrew ' s loved ones . rebecca ( from paris , france ) posted by rebecca on 2008 - 10 - 29 20 : 10 : 00
andrew was one among several pro critics who accepted me ( and several other non - pros ; the group was about 50 - 50 pros / nonpros ) into their circle and the super - secret group based on my postings in the late - 90s on usenet . and the thing i prized most about that was that never was i talked down to or ever treated as an inferior , an amateur interloper , etc . — not by andrew or any of the others . without their everyday - implicit approval i certainly would never have started this site and / or would have packed it in several times .
andrew was a wholehearted geek , and while we may have had nothing else in common , we shared that , and it was enough . we became work friends , then actual friends . we saw x - men 3 together , and the descent , the latter right after his first round of chemotherapy . we went to hipster hamburger restaurants and watched the initial presidential debate ( the night after the sarah palin pick was announced , andrew was the first person to tell me that mccain had just blown the election ) . he tried to teach me to play xbox games that i was way too video - game illiterate to grasp .
the underground didn’t commission a font to look different from commercial ones simply to sell it straight back to the commercial world . but that world wanted the font nevertheless . and so johnston’s pupil eric gill obliged , creating gill sans , which would go on to be used on everything from the classic penguin books design to the bbc logo ( since 1997 ) —and , later , many a word document .
i ' ve been thinking about the similarities between the sopranos and mad men also , although mine have been mostly on a superficial level in terms of plot . duck is kind of a more civilized richie aprile or ralphie cifaretto . and so on . even the incident where don tells the man in the elevator to take off his hat is an echo of a scene in the second episode of the sopranos , where tony does the same thing to a nascar - esque guy at vesuvio ' s . anyway , always more food for thought . and though i didn ' t know andrew johnston , i thought his writeups here were fantastic . he ' ll be missed . posted by mark on 2008 - 10 - 29 18 : 43 : 00
logan , sandra .
domestic disturbance and the disordered state in shakespeare ' s othello .
textual practice 18 , no . 3 ( 2004 ) : 351 - 75 . analyzes othello within the social and political contexts of the emerging modern nation state . the critic argues that shakespeare ' s tragedy exposes a fundamental contraction of this system , observing that the modern state reinforces the subversive intrigues of alienated individuals such as iago while it destroys virtuous figures such as othello who
embody the very values it claims to uphold .
i ' d only become familiar with andrew ' s writing through this blog , but it was a weekly highlight and i ' m incredibly saddened by this news . apologies for backtracking the conversation ; off to watch the mm season finale on demand . . . posted by bill c on 2008 - 10 - 27 14 : 18 : 00
i only knew him through his wonderful writing ( i have been a devoted reader of his mad men re - caps ) , but i can only offer my condolances to andrew ' s family . what a bit of shocking , sad news . rest in peace . posted by ckoh71 on 2008 - 10 - 27 03 : 52 : 00
i only knew andrew from his writing - always eloquent , always fun to read - even if i hadn ' t seen the tv show in question . i am really sorry to hear of his passing . my deepest condolences to his family and friends . posted by sheila o ' malley on 2008 - 10 - 27 11 : 22 : 00
andrew gave other people permission to be themselves . he believed comic books , video games and series tv deserved to be evaluated as thoughtfully as feature films at a time when even suggesting such a thing marked one as unserious—as a geek . he encouraged critics his age and younger to stop mindlessly genuflecting to their fathers’ and mothers’ movies and embrace the new , the now .
five years later , as chairman of the nyfcc , andrew pushed hard to give peter jackson’s lord of the rings movies recognition . the final entry in the trilogy , return of the king , won best picture—a stunning upset that made many of his fellow nyfcc members furious . “i can’t believe we gave best picture to a movie about hobbits , ” one complained . andrew considered the award not just a deserved accolade for a mammoth and unexpectedly well - executed project , but a bouquet tossed to fantasy and science fiction buffs whose enthusiasms were more often mocked by the critical establishment . the nyfcc award paved the way for return of the king to sweep the oscars that year , and for other critics to proclaim their love of the trilogy openly , without the usual qualifiers .
my condolences to andrew johnston ' s family and friends . i had the strange fortune to discover him at his last piece for this site . better late than never ? it ' s a sorrowful situation . two years after the time - frame of season two , i had my first summer job , with a bank on wall street that later merged with bony . i started â€” where else ? â€” in the mail room . that took me all around the bank , which wasn ' t quite as sharp at sterling cooper but nearly . i ' m flabbergasted by the ability of actors who weren ' t even alive at the time to remind me of how people moved . if nothing else , mad men is a corrective to the way in which the era photographed itself . posted by r j keefe on 2008 - 10 - 27 22 : 59 : 00
gill’s absence left johnston free to do just as he wished in creating this “20th century” font ; and so he turned straight to the second century and to trajan’s column in rome . he used the capitals from the column for the proportions of his letters , while the dot of the i and the j came from medieval calligraphy , which , thanks to the blunt end of the quill pen , gave the font’s characteristic diamond shape . “the alphabet” , he said , “designed itself . ”
dear msz and the rest of thnd , my deepest condolences on this great loss . i was desperately trying to catch up with mad men to join the discussions i loved so much with the wire and the sopranos here , of which andrew was an instrumental part of and insightful voice in television / film discussion . posted by a . mccann on 2008 - 11 - 04 22 : 06 : 00
it is one of those family tales that are cherished partly for their whiff of irony . johnston not only knew where to stand for a bus and where it was going ; he was the man who ensured that the rest of london did too . it was he who created the london underground font , and honed its roundel , the circle with a line through it that appears on london buses , taxis , souvenir mugs and t - shirts . the font is now a symbol for london itself .
angered by what he viewed as a disrespectful , personal attack , johnston said : “i had a few people message me and said , ‘maybe you should listen to the show . ’ and it was actually worse listening to it . i don’t mind being criticised . it’s good taking people’s opinions , to see what i can do better , and if they put a poll out saying , maybe i spend too much time with the fans or i don’t concentrate , would he play better , i’d understand that .
i always find it hard to write about mad men and now even harder to express anything about andrew , whose passing came as a shock to me . i always admired that he could write about a show as elusive and complex as mad men , and did so with eloquence and an eye for detail every week . he ' ll be missed . posted by craig on 2008 - 10 - 28 10 : 31 : 00
been in london on a monday afternoon in the 1920s , you might have spotted a dark - haired man with an elgar moustache and a “remote , lost look in his eyes” standing near a bus stop . the man was edward johnston and his dreamy look , combined with his tweed coat and cherrywood walking stick , led people to take him for a hapless countryman , lost in the city . as his daughter said later , “the bus stop , he was told kindly , was further on ; it was no use waiting there . ”
bartels , emily c .
othello and the moor .
in early modern english drama : a critical companion , edited by garrett a . sullivan , jr . , patrick cheney , and andrew hadfield , pp . 140 - 51 . new york : oxford university press , 2006 . asserts that othello ' s unique appeal is largely due to the audience ' s inability to fix their own preconceived cultural and racial impressions on the character .
it ' d be great if , at the same time , we could talk about
mad men
too - - it ' s what andrew would have wanted . â€ i ' m so glad you said this , because my first â€” well , third â€” thought upon reading of andrew ' s death ( after ,
oh , how awful ! â€ and
now i feel like a jerk for being annoyed by no updates the past few weeksâ€ ) was
i really , really hope he got to see the last episode of the season . â€ i ' ve long felt that the key to immortality â€” at least for me â€” is always to be reading something really , really good . i can ' t imagine leaving this world without first finding out how everything all turns out . posted by skyline on 2008 - 10 - 27 19 : 30 : 00
andrew was the co - editor , with robyn marsack , of twenty contemporary new zealand poets , published in 2009 by carcanet , uk , and victoria university press , new zealand . he also edited moonlight : new zealand poems on death and dying ( random house , 2008 ) . in 2007 he was the j d stout research fellow at victoria university of wellington . this site has a selection of his poems , essays , articles and reviews .
there is some suggestion that even gill , not a man to be easily abashed , may have felt uneasy about this . he sent johnston a letter that manages to turn , in a moment , from humility to boastful defiance . “i hope you realise” , he wrote , “that i take every opportunity of proclaiming the fact that what the monotype people call ‘gill’ sans owes all its goodness to your underground letter . it is not altogether my fault that the exaggerated publicity value of my name makes the advertising world keen to call it by the name of gill . ”


rembetiko ( greek : ρεμπέτικο ) is a 1983 film directed by costas ferris and written by costas ferris and sotiria leonardou , with original music by stavros xarchakos .

the film is based on the life of rebetiko singer marika ninou .

rembetiko ( film )

rembetiko home ; rembetiko porzelang . rembetiko donauinsel ; sapore di mare ; mar y sol . . .
rembetiko : kaigomai - kaigomai - youtube a song scene from the 1983 movie
rembetiko
by costas ferris .
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this is a long film but it really succeeds in telling of the origin of rembetiko . the environments in which rembetiko arose are faithfully reproduced . the music too is authentic , i . e . , truly as rembetiko used to sound before it became appreciated by others .
rembetiko – wikipedia das rembetiko wird oft auch als der „griechische blues“ bezeichnet , weil die texte ähnlich wie im blues von den alltäglichen sorgen und erfahrungen der . . .
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, my most favorite greek film . read more at ; urltoken fabuloso flick , worth seeing / buying !
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rembetiko is an excellent film , a classic which meets all expectations - excellence from its actors , authentic feel of story and background of true events .
rembetiko is a historical movie which shows what life was like for greeks in the early parts of the 20th century .
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it was in the early 80’s that a young director , costas ferris , decided to put together a film detailing the history of rembetiko . his basic idea was to centre his film on the life of legendary female rembetiko singer , marika ninou . in this way , through ninou’s life , alongside the lyrics of greek songwriter nikos gatsos , the viewer is presented with a unique and all - encompassing history of greece .
greeks from the mainland have now after almost a century , welcomed and celebrated the classic songs of what the era of rembetiko was the catalyst for .
o ' toole , fintan .
working - class dublin on film .
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rebetiko - wikipedia , the free encyclopedia rebetiko , plural rebetika , occasionally transliterated as rembetiko , is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban greek folk music which have . . .
rembetiko ( 1983 ) - imdb directed by costas ferris . with sotiria leonardou , nikos kalogeropoulos , michalis maniatis , themis bazaka . the story of a group of rembetes , singers and musicians of . . .
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strange fruit
: lady sings the blues as a crossover film .
renowned greek director pantelis voulgaris shows his deeply humane and emotional touch in this elegant film , and perhaps his reputation was the reason this film caught the eye of martin scorsese , who became executive producer .
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rembetiko : music of the outsiders - part 2 - youtube music of the outsiders : rembetika . a documentary made in around 1988 . the program has english subtitles . george dalaras narrates in english . in this . . .
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the genuine feeling and historical accuracy of rembetiko managed to defy italian master bernardo bertolucci when he was quoted
the director must be crazy .
this film was booed more than any other film in the festival’s history on opening night . a week later but it received many awards at the close and the same people were applauding . director ferris comments on the fact that his film was received with much greater admiration in new york , geneva , barcelona and cairo than in his homeland . he believed it was a tendency for greece to show disdain towards its’ native artists .
i believe that this film is only for the people interesed by modern greece . other persons surely feels bored by it
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when you want to understand a culture , you should always find a way inside it . in new orleans , the blues provide an entire story in the space of a smoky , underground bar . in lisbon , go to alfama and you’ll hear the portuguese singing fados , accompanied by tears of passion . or listen to an amateur group of friends singing rembetiko together , gathered in a greek tavern in piraeus , the port of athens – a particular aspect of greek culture that rembetiko attempts to capture .
as costas ferris has said when asked about his film , and for the songs which greeks call rembetika : “the song that we call rembetiko , in this century of traumatized national pride of greeks is the strongest defence which our culture has made available . no other modern creation wakes , so directly and so automatically , the greek soul ; the rebel that every greek has inside”
considered to be one of the most powerful and emotional greek movies , rembetiko focuses on the life of an individual woman , a real person and through her personal story , it retells the story of greece , from 1920 to 1955 : the national disaster in asia minor , the one million refugees who came to greece , the world war ii , the nazi occupation , the civil war . the tragedy and the glory of a nation during the century . and all these bound with the music of rembetiko , the music of the outcasts . great direction , great performances , great music . a voyage to history of the first half of the 20th century , but also a voyage to the origins of rembetiko . realistic and dreamy . an original greek epic .
i see this film in greece , many years ago , and i wish to have it . i love the rebetika music
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monaghan , terry .
rock around the clock : the record , the film , and the last historic dance revolt .
by the way dogtooth was nominated for an oscar as best foreign film , it won un certain regard award at cannes , it won the dublin film critics award and several other awards , so this is not one of those under - the - radar films . you may wonder how it won those awards but after you find yourself thinking about the film for a few days you may understand .
accurate portrayal of greek rembetika with good acting and cast . musical score was excellent and the settings of the film interesting and realistic .
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in the island ( nissos ) , tragedy becomes opportunity , which then becomes dark comedy in director christopher dimas biting and hilarious film about human nature . the film is swamped with bravado performances by an ensemble cast that perfectly drives their own characters into a storm of controversy because they have no other gear but self - preservation and survival . greed , power , ambition and desire all play out with bristling energy in this film that has the honour of being the little greek film that beat out avatar at the national box office in greece that year .
hake , sabine .
detlef sierck and schlußakkord ( final chord , 1936 ) : a case study of film authorship .
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with his lowly budget , director michael cacoyannis trapped the power , drama , and scope of the uneasy days before the legendary trojan war . iphigenia soared through the cannes film festival and seamlessly ended up at the oscars of 1977 as a nominee for best foreign film from greece .
( this film is adult in theme and nature and we strongly suggest that is for audiences that are over 18 years of age . )
kitwana , bakari .
wankstas , wiggers , and wannabes : hip - hop , film and white boyz in the hood .
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nettelbeck , colin w .
okra and quenelles : jazz and film - making ( as nourishment ) in tavernier ' s round midnight ( 1986 ) .
unlike most films that were shot within the greek film industry in the early sixties , phaedra ' s locales included paris , london , and of course the beautiful aegean island of hydra . this rare film exudes the exotic air of a film from a bygone era of hollywood , but in reality is a genuine classic in the vein of greek drama . ( the gfr would like to thank park circus in glasgow , scotland for working with us to ensure this special screening . )
what my eyes have yet to see was the last salvo for several years from a highly revered and commercially successful filmmaker . on opening night of the film , several ministers were troubled by how the political personalities were portrayed , and it took several years for marangos to launch another feature film . this is one of the rare films that the greek film retrospective hopes will continue its ' tradition of unearthing great little films that truly exhibited the talent of greece ' s past cinematic gems .
there has always been an irony in the great emigration of greece in the post - 1952 era . some say they had to go for their own personal survival . in rembetiko , it was all out sacrifice by the characters that live and die in this film for music and art . even their children were victims until success happened . it is a portrayal of an
all - or - nothing
thrust and most of the time there was nothing but a bitter road back home for these artists…
fulmer , jacqueline .
cundieff ' s revision of masculinity in film , or , a ' hard ' man is not necessarily good to find .
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iphigenia is a towering achievement of a film where ancient greek characters rage and love and die in their own language . this is a legendary film where high drama plays out with a sense of authenticity that has never been found in hollywood studio pictures , where usually most actors / characters speak in a british accent or are dubbed .
this is a 1991 italian film that won the academy award for best foreign language film in 1991 about a group of italian soldier garrisoned on the island of kastellorizo during world war two which was not a bad place to be during the war . if you want to see a film that will make you want to go to greece this may be it because the scenery is beautiful and the characters are memorable ( even though i don ' t remember them ) . one thing you may not know about this film , even if you are one of the many people who loves it , is that it was produced by silvio berlusconi . yes . that silvio berlusconi .
what makes this film a landmark is the seamless storytelling of fringe greeks that are living and dying , struggling and singing for their daily and nightly bread . it is a testament to the dispossessed of asia minor , their incredible fortitude in the growing slums of a world wide depression , and how they lost and found themselves and survived in a ravaged nation . whether you are a fan of the genre of greek blues or not , rembetiko possesses one of the most naked and painful montages recorded on film of modern greek history . through stock footage and brilliant song and lyric , director ferris crafted a film about his motherland and its’ inescapable reality of farming out its’ children to the diaspora . ( whether this is unfair or not , the truth is that greece lost ten percent of its’ children to the u . s . , canada , australia , germany , and beyond . )
in rembetiko , the director , much akin to a painter , uses these historical events — either by showing or suggesting them — to recreate a background of a social order that always seems to be on the edge of chaos and collapse . scenery , costumes , period piece trivia etc . are all well executed and are successful in recreating a realistic and believable visual context for the period . the viewer will have little difficulty in the area that movie analysts love to call “the suspension of disbelief” . the filmmaker tries to help the viewer to adopt real , genuine feelings . as a viewer you will drink , you will sing and you will dance zeibekiko ( the most appropriate dance for these songs ) . you will understand that rembetiko is not just a movie . it is a musical identity . and it is not just a musical identity when applied to a genre of songs , but the musical identity of a whole country . it is not the chronicle of a century , but a view from all centuries and in all centuries . rembetiko , put simply , is a summary of greek history .
brides is a poignant film brought to life with sincere performances and honest writing . it is an honour for the gfr to screen a film of this caliber , as we feel certain the audience on the danforth this summer will be moved by this heartbreaking story . we truly hope to be able to show more of voulgaris ' classics in the coming years .
ramsey , guthrie p . , jr .
muzing new hoods , making new identities : film , hip - hop culture , and jazz music . ( critical essay ) .
at last , her fame may spread beyond the boundaries of greece - - or so it seems . sotiria leonardou won the prize for best actress at the 1983 thessaloniki film festival , for her portrayal of ninou , and the film itself tied for best picture , and won three other awards as well ( two best supporting actor prizes , and one for music ) .
inspired by the italian film carosello napoletano by ettore giannini , director costas ferris began collecting 78’s , an ancient version of vinyl records in his research of his epic film . ferris might indeed have the longest research period in motion picture history . his journey was launched in 1957 and the historical accuracy and measures ferris undertook all paid off when the dust settled after 1983 .
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my first experience of this film was its soundtrack , which my dad had on tape , and had played every now and then . fantastic soundtrack , xarchakos is a genius . the music in this film captures the mood of the real rebetiko perfectly , but unfortunately i have to say that after hearing this soundtrack , i really did expect a lot more than i saw in the film itself . some of the acting was ok , including leonardou ' s , but much of the filming and editing was heavy handed ; the over - saturated colour of the film was also too much for me , and the german occupation either had too much focus for its ultimate importance , or was not developed enough to have the importance that might have been intended . the reason that i haven ' t totally scrapped this film is for a few reasons . even though the film is not as smoothly cohesive as it could have been , and was a bit inconsistent , there were some very well produced
moments
; individual parts of the film where everything worked perfectly ( probably my favorite part was the final scene . in my opinion , this is the only part of the film which really cooperated with the soundtrack . i got chills down my spine ) . another thing is that the actors playing smaller characters dd a better job of acting than the protagonist , for example , the old man who dances the slow zeibekiko ( and by the way pja , it ' s zeibekiko , not zeibetiko . )
a good introduction to this special form of music , beautiful , moving and interesting with lots av music . very dramatic . you don ' t have to love rembetika to love this film !
the history underpinning this film is the one that makes this film really unique . it is very hard for this film to be translated and make it understandable by the majority of people that can ' t speak greek and may not feel the story . the story begins around 1920 in the coastal area of ( now days ) turkey . between the war most of the greeks owned this area , however most of them were killed ( not as soldiers but as unarmed people ) and all the others were sent to greece were they had to start their life from zero . the passion and the lyrics of the music as well is what makes this film one of the best in greece . rempetiko is this kind of music that was carried in main greece by them .
a short film about a teenage boy with musical ability who wants to enter a talent competition his teacher has suggested to him , but his mother isn ' t interested and he faces numerous problems at school .
( this is a film for adults . there are no explicit scenes of sex or violence , but the themes and suggestions are for 18 and over . we expect that this message is clear to our audience to not make this a family outing . 18 and over . we have scheduled this film for a 9 : 30 slot for a reason and we intend on standing by it . in greece it might not have had this regulation . in toronto , canada , it will . do not bring young kids or adolescents to this screening . please respect this very forward message from the greek film retrospective of toronto and thank you . )
this is my favorite greek film . it is a history of the greek urban blues told in the form of a story about a singer named marika , ( based on marika ninou ) and her sometime lover composer babis , ( whose character is based on vassilis tsitsanis , greece ' s greatest musical composer who wrote over 2000 songs on subjects like love , betrayal , prison , the occupation drugs and the life of the refugees ) . the film begins in asia minor and follows marika to athens , thessaloniki and america and features a fantastic soundtrack by xarhakos . the film was made by kostas ferris . i still cry when i see it .
this is a lavish film that was fittingly nominated for best costume design at the 1963 oscar awards and best actress in a foreign film for the golden globes . dassin artfully portrays the elite shipping families with their yachts and high fashion attire , and of course their decadent affairs with dead - on precision . ( some have suggested obvious parallels of the real - life marriages involving the onassis and niarchos shipping clans of the era . )
the syros international film festival showcases a wide spectrum of cinema in traditional and re - purposed island sites . located in the middle of the aegean summer , removed from the usual demands and hierarchies of the film industry , siff embeds events , styles and programs , into its unique setting . the festival aims to welcome an array of cinematic experiences into this immersive dreamscape , allowing us to re - think the question of “what is cinema” ?
: proceedings of the second annual film conference of kent state university . [ kent , ohio ] : romance languages dept . , kent state university , c1984 . ( main ( gardner ) stacks pn1995 . 9 . s45 f551 1984 )
this is a largely forgotten film , as american audiences could not get past anthony perkins ' unforgettable role in alfred hitchcock ' s psycho . when perkins became norman bates he secured his place in film history in one of the most frightening thrillers of all time . fifty - two years later , it is a complete revelation to see what an excellent actor perkins was as he portrays the virile yet cerebral son of a greek tycoon who gets caught in an inescapable trap of lust .
using a short film of workers returning to work in the saint ouen wonder factory after the general strike of 1968 as a starting point , le roux obsessively tracks down the individuals involved . his furtive documentation provides an intriguing filmic platform for retrospection .
directe by tex avery . animated short . don ' t be fooled by the title - droopy looks like droopy , but he ' s actually jazzman john pettibone , with his performing flea combo , and the film shows how it came into being .
fred and vinnie is a special presentation of the greek film retrospective of toronto this year . after a decade of returning back to toronto support greek - canadian events , the gfr is honoured with being able to screen the canadian gala of his dark comedy .
this 1955 greek film is a retelling of carmen directed by michael cacoyannis and written by cacoyannis and iakovos kambanelis . the music was composed by manos hadjidakis and vassilis tsitsanis . this is another movie with melina mercouri and while this time she is not a prostitute as in never on sunday , she is a woman rembetika singer who refuses to settle down with one man . unlike never on sunday it is more of a tragedy than a comedy . it has some amazing views of 1950 ' s athens . it was originally panned by greek critics but is now considered a classic which i suppose reflects badly upon greek film critics . it is in greek and you can find a copy with english subtitles in the world classic cinema series along with the girl in black , another early cacoyannis film . .
beautiful film and the music was very moving . this is a great film for people who want to delve deeper in to greek culture . the many actresses that played marika were very well chosen . hats off to ferris who wrote such a story . the scenery in the film really helped give an idea about the slums . i wish the subtitles were a bit better because i noticed there was more going on and not enough being translated . it is amazing how the blues genre of the world is the same in soul but different in sound . i would have loved a bit more history on asia minor . the music at the lemon market is my favourite in the beginning . this story is not about the famous greek singer although a lot of similarities do exist but amazing movie nonetheless .
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tripped out : the psychedelic film and masculinity .
quarterly review of film & video ; jul - sep2004 , vol . 21 issue 3 , p161 - 171 , 11p uc users only savage , jon .
snapshots of the sixties .
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possession . / tuning into wonders .
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last days ( 2005 ) directed by gus van sant . cast : michael pitt , lukas haas , asia argento , scott green , nicole vicius , ricky jay , ryan orion , harmony korine , kim gordon . this film is inspired by the final hours of kurt cobain . blake is a brilliant but troubled musician whose success has left him in a lonely place . the film follows blake through a handful of hours spent in his wooded home . . . a fugitive from his own life . 97 min . dvd 5973 credits and other information from the internet movie database
this subtitled greek film is about a group of young disillusioned athenians who commit crimes just for the hell of it who attract the attention of the police and features a sam peckinpah wild bunch ending that embraces the philosophy that if you don ' t like the game you destroy the board so nobody can play . i saw this at the hellenic film festival in berkeley , california by myself because my two greek - american friends i was visiting were much happier smoking pot and watching jeapardy , which actually is a pretty typical situation for me . i can never get my greek - american friends to watch greek movies with me because they refuse to believe that a greek movie could be any good . the irony in this situation that the favorite movie of these two happened to be the wild bunch and had they gone to see glyka symoria they may have been hooked on greek film for life .
this 1963 american film , directed , produced and written by elia kazan , from his own book , had an effect on me before i ever saw it . when i was about eight years old my father told me about the film , i suppose because it told the story of his own father and the hardships he and many other immigrants faced when they left greece to come to america , though in the case of the film the guy was leaving asia minor , ( though he was greek ) . i remember being so inspired by the story that i turned our garage into a theater , the garage door was the curtain , and the audience ; the neighborhood children , sat outside while the performers ; my brother and sister and our closest friends , were in the garage which was the stage . i starred and directed in my own eight year old version of america , america . there was no script , just a vague plot and me telling everyone what to say and do . though it was a step up from lip synching beatles songs while playing tennis rackets it was the last play i ever directed and except for a small role in an elementary school play , as the march wind ( where i ran roaring across the stage dressed as a lion ) , it was the end of my acting career as well . so since my version of america , america is lost forever the next best thing may be to see the elia kazan film since after all it was nominated for best film and best director at the 38th acadamy awards .
i was very pleased to find ' rembetiko ' on dvd after so many years ! back then , it only was on for a short time at my local cinema / art - house ( rotterdam , holland ) / right after , i was * very * impressed and checked for another view , but it was the very last one performance , alas . since then , this movie became some sort of a myth in my memory . after seeing the film after almost 25 years it feels very different . . . ( now i ' m older i know more in what way greece also suffered during wwii / and their drama is still not very well known in europe , they kept the horror more quiet , imo ) . so this knowledge was an extra for me in 2007 . therefore i disagree with the former poster
dionysianartist
, the emphasis on the nazi - period gives the movie a wonderful twist . perhaps this way , it also returns the feeling to the true blues of 1920 ' s rembetica . my dvd came with these subtitles ; * greek * english * french * spanish * italian * german * turkish ( no further extra ' s ) . check it out ; great film , with much of the greek sphere and feelings involved . john .
humoresque ( 1947 ) directed by jean negulesco . cast : joan crawford , john garfield , oscar levant , j . carrol naish . a glamorous but alcoholic socialite , trapped in a marriage to an older man , finds herself falling in love with a young violinist ( garfield ) from the lower east side whose performance she is underwriting . lester friedman , in his
hollywood ' s image of the jew
( ny : ungar , 1982 ) , p . 36 ) calls the film the
quintessential ghetto film .
126 min . dvd 4049 ; vhs 999 : 1228 credits and other information from the internet movie database
i can hear the film critics howling but this was a terrific film about a very smart dog that has had a micro - chip planted on him by terrorists who escapes into 1970 ' s athens where he has numerous adventures including making friends with one of the stray dogs in the agora . there are few films in english which show athens as well as this one does as benji makes his way from the plaka and monastiraki all the way to the kypseli market on fokionos negri trying to reunite with his family while secret agents pursue him with dobbermans and guns . an entertaining film that will keep you on the edge of your seat up to the thrilling finale at the caravel hotel . some say this was benji ' s best movie ever and that its failure at the box office sent america ' s most loveable dog on the sad tail - spin that led to his well documented drug addiction , his affair with lindsay lohan , and his eventual death .
the man i love ( 1947 ) directed by raoul walsh . cast : ida lupino , robert alda , andrea king , martha vickers , bruce ( herman brix ) bennett , alan hale , dolores moran , john ridgely , don mcguire , warren douglas , craig . a nightclub singer who falls for a no - good mobster and a moody piano genius becomes dangerously involved with her brother ' s descent into crime . this film inspired scorsese ' s film titled new york , new york . from the novel night shift by maritta wolf . 90 min . dvd x4501 ; vhs 999 : 2869 credits and other information from the internet movie database
a tedious journey with harvey kietel as he searches for the roots of balkan film . like all of theo angelopoulos ' films that i have seen , this one also substitutes speeches and poetry for dialogue and tarries a bit too long to wring meaning out of each shot which turns twenty minutes of plot into three hour marathons of what for anyone but the most devoted film students could be described as unbelievably boring . but they say he is a genius so i keep watching in the hopes i will someday get it . one interesting thing is that the movie used the town of lavrion as a stand - in for war torn sarajevo snce they could not film there because the war was still going on . other films by angelopoulos are landscapes in the mist , the traveling players , and eternity and a day all the kind of movies that make you feel like getting up and doing something important like washing the dishes . you should read my review of weeping meadows too .
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popular music history on screen : the pop / rock biopic .
popular music history , apr2007 , vol . 2 issue 1 , p77 - 93 , 17p uc users only schlotterbeck , jesse .
trying to find a heartbeat
: narrative music in the pop performer biopic .
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night and day ( 1946 ) directed by michael curtiz . cast : cary grant , alexis smith , monty woolley , ginny simms , jane wyman . a musical film presenting a fictionalized biography of composer cole porter from his days at yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s . the film ' s attempted biography matches many public myths surrounding cole at the time . special features : vintage shorts desi arnaz and his orchestra and musical movieland ; bugs bunny and elmer fudd in the classic looney tunes cartoon the big snooze ; cole porter musicals trailer gallery . 128 min . dvd 8216 credits and other information from the internet movie database
cazuza - o tempo não pára ( brazil , 2004 ) directed by walter carvalho and sandra werneck . cast : daniel de oliveira , marieta severo , reginaldo farias , emílio de mello , andráa beltrão , leandra leal , andré gonçalves , cadu favero . the life and times of cazuza , brazilian singer / poet / enfant terrible , from his start with rock group
barão vermelho
, to his death from aids in 1990 . the film follows his life through his career , love affairs , and involvement with drugs . presented at the international latino film festival held in the san francisco bay area . 96 min . dvd x3638 credits and other information from the internet movie database
peking opera blues ( tao ma tan ) ( hong kong , 1986 ) director , tsui hark . set against the elegant backdrop of chinese opera in china ' s warlord period in 1913 , the film focuses on three young women who become entangled with revolutionary guerillas . 102 min . dvd 868 credits and other information from the internet movie database
directed by fritz lehner . presents 2 versions of the film directed by fritz lehner of the last days of the composer franz schubert . udo samel plays franz schubert in these film biographies that present a grim look at the darker side of the legendary composer . schubert is released from a hospital - asylum after being treated for a sexually transmitted disease . after visiting his strict father , he goes to live with his wealthy friend schober . franz is followed by kajetan , the crippled beggar he befriended during his hospital stay . in german without subtitles . version 1 : notturno : love has lied ( 100 min . ) - - version 2 : notturno : winterjourney ( 131 min . )
i wanted to know the evolution of modern greek music - from turkish music influenced
rembetiko
of the early 1920s to modern greek
laika
of the 1970s . the dvd covered all the
catastropes
of modern greek history from independence , dictatorships , misadventure in turkey in 1920s , italian and german occupation , to post wwii
civil war
to 1950s and the evolution of modern greek music . beautifully done , great music , orchestration and singing . excellent merger of old newsreel excerpts and
period
costumes and cinematic themes . i would have liked a playlist with original songs and singers . inclusion of the contributions of great bouzouki artists like tsitsanis and zambetas would have enhanced the presentation . very enjoyable experience
great movie that came out in 1988 , based on the novel by barry unsworth and written and directed by james deardon . the film stars ben kingsley and helen mirren about the theft of an ancient statue on the fictional island of nisi and is filmed on simi . kingsley plays a spy of the ottomans who has been living on the island for the last 20 years . charles dance plays a british archaeologist who visits the island who may not be what he seems . when this came out it was the favorite movie of almost everyone i knew , whether they had been to greece or not and was entered in the cannes film festival . now you don ' t hear many people talking about it . find it and watch it anyway .
in the early seventies we used to joke about greek films ( before ever having seen one ) , that to make a successful greek comedy you need several things : a fat woman in a mini - skirt , a man in ladies clothing , a cross - eyed guy who yelled all the time , and a scene in a bouzouki joint . that is because all we knew of greek movies were the ads in front of the theater that all seemed to show these same things . greek comedies seemed like jerry lewis on acid . regardless , it was not until i left greece and was nostalgic for it that i began to go to the greek film festivals that were being held on any campus with a large enough greek community to support one . films like rembetiko , stella , glyka symoria , and others opened my eyes to greece in a way that being an american and living within the american community couldn ' t . greek movies helped me find the greek in my greek - american - ness . i have complied a list of films and a description of not only greek films but also foreign films which take place in greece which will be helpful for anyone needing a greek - fix or inspiration .
lady sings the blues ( 1972 ) director , sidney j . furie . cast : diana ross , billy dee williams , richard pryor , paul hampton . presents a film biography of the life of billie holliday , the performer known as
lady day
, one of america ' s most loved and memorable blues singers . 144 min . dvd 4819 credits and other information from the internet movie database
this 1960 film made melina mercouri almost a household name in america and an icon in greece . it is about a prostitute who lives a life of free - spirited bliss and the american who tries to ' civilize ' her and make her miserable like him . just as in rembetika and zorba , never on sunday is also aided by a great soundtrack , this by manos hadzidakis and the song children of pireaus is the most recognized piece of greek music after the zorba dance , and only because that song is played at every baseball game in america . the american in the film is played by jules dassin who directed it as well . this is also in black and white and creates a nostalgia in me of a greece i barely glimpsed before it was swept away by western culture . it won the academy award for best song ( manos hadjidakis for
never on sunday
) . it was nominated for the academy awards for best actress in a leading role ( melina mercouri ) , best costume design , black - and - white , best director ( jules dassin ) and best writing , story and screenplay as written directly for the screen ( dassin ) . mercouri won the award for best actress at the 1960 cannes film festival .
dananir ( dananeer ) ( egypt , 1955 ) directed by ahmed badrakhan . set during the time of the arabian nights around the singer dananeer who has a divine voice who ' s taken from the simple bedouin desert life to the decadence and intrigues of the palaces . the songs performed in this film are regarded by critics as one of the highlights in her singing career . dvd . 90 min . dvd 4778 credits and other information from the internet movie database
i love the film , it is a must see greek classic . however , the quality of the dvd is very , vert poor . resolution of the image is very low , subtitle letters are irregular and not aliased . and worst of all and most annoying , the sound is about a half second out of sync with the picture . that is just carelessness on the part of the manufacturer . expected much more from facets video and a
deluxe edition .
waltzes from vienna ( aka strauss ' great waltz ) ( uk , 1934 ) directed by alfred hitchcock . cast : jessie matthews , edmund gwenn , fay compton . the story of johann strauss the elder and younger . the crux of the film is the intense rivalry between the two strausses , which is somehow resolved by the inaugural performance of joseph junior ' s
the blue danube .
78 min . dvd x6409 credits and other information from the internet movie database
in this funny and scathing film , the brazenly talented dimas actually spends the same amount of time giving the noble and long - suffering greek roles almost the same screen time they deserve . he does this even though what steals the show is the unfortunate portrayal of the four main characters that are bound for glory and riches . these may seem stereotypes at first glance , but in 2012 , the island is proof that sometimes clichés are eerily close to what we fear .
fantasia ( walt disney pictures , 1940 ) directed by james algar samuel armstrong , et al . this extraordinary blend of magnificent music and classic disney animation is an exhilarating sight and sound experience that has emerged as a milestone in the history of motion pictures . featuring a host of unforgettable images , including mickey mouse as the sorcerer ' s apprentice , fantasia has captivated generations of moviegoers all over the world . restored version of the original full - length film released in 1940 .
orchestra rehearsal ( prova d ' orchestra ) ( italy / west germany , 1979 ) directed by federico fellini . cast : balduin baas , clara colosimo , elisabeth labi , ronaldo bonacchi . a controversial yet comical film , it depicts the turmoil of italian society through events that take place during a rehearsal gathering set in a 13th century chapel , as musicians rebel against their conductor . 72 min . dvd 5984 ; vhs 999 : 2576 credits and other information from the internet movie database
the doors ( 1992 ) director , oliver stone . cast : val kilmer , meg ryan , kevin dillon , kyle maclachlan , frank whaley , michael madsen , billy idol , kathleen quinlan . biographical film about one of the most exciting and controversial figures of the ' 60s , jim morrison . with his rock and roll band , the doors , he influenced the rock music scene as no other group had . 181 min . dvd 770 credits and other information from the internet movie database
200 motels ( 1971 ) directed by frank zappa . cast : the mothers of invention , theodore bikel , ringo starr , keith moon , jimmy carl black , martin lickert . a psychedelic precursor to music videos , in which the mothers of invention , a touring musical group , wreak havoc in centerville , a stereotypical american town . the first color movie made on videotape and then transferred to film , it includes many visual effects . 99 min . dvd x3138 credits and other information from the internet movie database
aria ( 1987 ) ten directors : robert altman , bruce beresford , bill bryden , jean - luc godard , derek jarman , franc roddam , nicholas roeg , ken russell , charles sturridge , julien temple . cast : bridget fonda , elizabeth hurley , theresa russell , john hurt , buck henry , beverly d ' angelo , anita morris . ten of the world ' s best - known filmmakers contributed to this compilation film , each fashioning a short film inspired by an aria from a famous opera . the approaches vary broadly , from the playful abstraction of jean - luc godard ' s segment , which illustrated armide with exercising body - builders , to the more literal approach of franc roddam , who transports tristan and isolde ' s story to modern - day las vegas . a particular stand - out is julian temple ' s take on rigoletto , which recasts verdi as the accompaniment to a contemporary southern california sex farce . arias sung in italian , french and german . 88 min . dvd 3310 credits and other information from the internet movie database
they made such a big deal about the making of this war movie movie in 2001 it seems amazing that it could have been such a dud . nice scenery and it somewhat follows the script of louis de benieres book , which is more worth reading than the movie is worth seeing . but if you want a greece fix and you can tolerate nicholas cage in probably the worst role of his career ( maybe ) then it is worth watching , at least according to my wife . i saw half of it in the theater and i refuse to watch it again until they remake it , which someone should do , hopefully before i die . enough time has passed hasn ' t it ? the movie takes place on the beautiful island of kefalonia and you can visit many of the places they filmed and hear stories from the locals on the making of the film which by now has turned into greek island folklore and will probably be passed down from one generation to the next . perhaps 500 years from now people will look more kindly on this film .
the jazz singer ( 1927 ) directed by alan crosland . cast : al jolson , may mcavoy , warner oland , william demarest , eugenie besserer , otto lederer , josef rosenblatt . a melodramatic story of a jewish cantor ' s son ( al jolson ) who aspires to be a jazz singer despite his father ' s objection and religious tradition . in motion picture history , this marks the first feature film to utilize synchronous sound . 89 min . dvd 8594 ; vhs 999 : 790 credits and other information from the internet movie database
bound for glory ( 1999 ) directed by hal ashby . cast : david carradine , ronny cox , melinda dillon , gail strickland , randy quaid . set against the grim backdrop of depression america , this film joyously celebrates the life of woody guthrie , america ' s great folk balladeer and poet . as he traveled across america his buoyant spirit and soul - rousing music surrounded him with a quiet strength enabling him to do battle with the social injustice which surrounded him . 149 min . dvd x1038 credits and other information from the internet movie database
song o ' my heart ( 2004 ) directed by frank borzage . cast : john mccormack , alice joyce , maureen o ' sullivan , john garrick , tommy clifford . a film made as a showcase for the voice of irish tenor , john mccormack . a fictional irish singer leaves behind success in new york to return to ireland to care for the children of his recently deceased childhood sweetheart . full sound version ( 87 min . ) - - music and effects version ( 90 min . ) dvd x722 credits and other information from the internet movie database
this award - winning 1989 british romantic comedy - drama film staring pauline collins and tom conti is based on willy russell ' s 1986 one - character play of the same title . it has inspired several thousand middle - aged british housewives to leave their boring husbands and run away to greece in search of love in the form of a greek fisherman or waiter . worth seeing especially if you are a middle - aged housewife bored with your husband who wants to run away to greece in search of love and have an attraction to greek fishermen and waiters , which i guess is just about every housewife in britain and the usa . the funny thing is that i know a lot of women who did exactly what the woman in shirley valentine did , and stayed in greece , and never went back to their husbands and used my website to do it . the success of the film and the play created a cottage industry and who knows what else ? a lot of happy waiters and fishermen . they say the movie is based on a real life person in molyvos whose daughter owns the captain ' s table restaurant .