beyond is a 2014 british science fiction romantic drama written and directed by joseph baker and tom large .

it stars richard j. danum and gillian macgregor as a married couple who attempt to make their relationship work during the approach of a potentially catastrophic asteroid .

it premiered at the sci-fi-london film festival on 24 april 2014 .

beyond ( 2014 film )

movie news , screening invitations and reviews from the world of independent film and beyond .
the final part in my forced beyond trilogy ( the beyond , beyond skyline ) , beyond actually predates both . . . and isn ' t as fun . some interesting ideas at work , but a bit boring throughout and the ending left me a bit cold .
inspired by the true story of siseko ntondini and piers cruickshanks , who together won gold in the 2014 dusi , beyond the river delivers a nail - biting adventure story about the triumph of the human spirit .
reviewed at cartoon movie , lyon , france , march 5 , 2014 . ( also in berlin film festival – generation kplus . ) running time : 78 min . ( original title : “johan und der federkonig” )
there are no critic reviews yet for beyond . keep checking rotten tomatoes for updates !
in partnership with berlin & beyond film festival of the goethe - institut san francisco , the honolulu museum of art presents the second berlin & beyond honolulu , a special selection of essential and award - winning new films from germany , austria and switzerland .
but the team behind star trek beyond had a simpler choice to make . yelchin & apos ; s performance was finished , and nothing in the film directly recalls the circumstances of his death . in fact , star trek beyond is largely constructed as a tribute to another late star trek icon : leonard nimoy , who died several months before beyond entered production .
for the official page of the film on the festival website , click here .
, includes entry to seven film screenings ( excluding the opening - night reception ) .
star trek beyond is largely constructed as a tribute to another late star trek icon : leonard nimoy .
entry 5 : critics and audiences loved beyond the lights . too bad no one can see it .
there are other ways into each other’s profound human experience beyond those provided by our longstanding tribal affiliations .
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we wish it was . we’d have at least got some benefit from the sleep . beyond a joke .
you ' ll walk away from this film lighthearted and wanting to hold someone ' s hand .
organizers this honolulu series is organized and programmed by : the honolulu museum of art staff ; sabine erlenwein , director of the goethe - institut san francisco and berlin & beyond’s board president ; christina gerhardt , assistant professor of german , university of hawai‘i at mānoa ; sophoan sorn , director of the berlin & beyond film festival .
he had just competed in the 2014 dusi canoe marathon with siseko ntondini , overcoming enormous obstacles along the way . it was a perfect story for the ngo heartlines which , like participant media , the american film production company founded in 2004 by jeffrey skoll , is dedicated to entertainment that inspires and compels social change .
“beyond the lights” is rated pg - 13 ( parents strongly cautioned ) . language and sex , nasty and sweet .
with its talented writer - director and strong leads , beyond the lights should be a lot better than it is .
how does somebody market a film and when is the right time to release it ? . . .
lovato worked on the film with photographer and filmmaker shaul schwarz , and collaborated with sunovion pharmaceuticals and five leading mental health organizations , who nominated fink , burke , and hale to be in the film .
“beyond the lights” is an epic movie , crammed with comedy , drama , music and romance , yet it never feels overstuffed . it makes its important statements while being immensely entertaining . at the toronto film festival premiere i attended , the director stated she cut the film’s extremely hot sex scene down to obtain a pg - 13 because she wanted teenage girls to experience the film’s strong female empowerment vibe . the film has that , and it has two black people in a romance , but that doesn’t mean it’s just for women or african - americans . “beyond the lights” includes elements that speak to those groups within a much bigger scope that appeals to all viewers .
the showcase features seven narrative and documentary films , six of them hawai‘i premieres . among them are two official entries for consideration for the best foreign language film category of the 2015 academy awards and two “sneak peek” films that will later screen in the main berlin & beyond film festival’s soon - to - be revealed 2015 san francisco lineup .
danny glover and nate parker as father and son in the film , directed by gina prince - bythewood .
during the q & a after the film ' s tiff screening , prince - bythewood talked about how difficult it was to get this film made . given her talent , one should find this hard to believe . hopefully , “beyond the lights” will draw the attention to her that “love and basketball” should have . that film has a permanent place in my heart , and while
beyond the lights
won’t replace it , there’s enough room in there for it to nest . i haven’t been able to shake this movie , or gugu mbatha - raw’s performance , since i saw it two months ago . this is a fantastic film . drop what you’re doing and go see it .
podcast | angelo acerbi interviews chris smith and jim carrey , director and protagonist of the film jim & andy : the great beyond – the story of jim carrey & andy kaufman with a very special , contractually obligated mention of tony clifton .
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the movie was written by craig freimond and robbie thorpe , directed by freimond and produced by thorpe , harriet gavshon and ronnie apteker . the beautifully shot film showcases some of south africa’s spectacular kwazulu - natal landscapes and has been funded by the national lotteries commission , the department of trade and industry , the national film and video foundation and the kwazulu natal film commission .
every now and then a movie comes along that’s so beyond - the - pale sloppy , so disastrous in both conceit and execution , that it simply defies conventional analysis . it happened with the happening . there was something unspeakably wrong with the words . and broken city was utterly beyond repair .
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 .
beyond the river ’s genesis was a powerpoint presentation that piers cruickshanks , academic head of the johannesburg school , kingsmead , gave at his school assembly .
there are no opening credits , making this the fourth consecutive star trek film that does not list its cast at the beginning .
( sweden - denmark ) a noble entertainment ( in sweden ) / copenhagen bombay sales ( in denmark ) / lionsgate home entertainment ( in u . s . ) release of a cb sverige presentation in co - production with copenhagen bombay rights 1 , co - financed by film i vast , with support from the swedish film institute , the danish film institute , nordisk film & tv fond . ( international sales : copenhagen bombay sales aps , copenhagen . ) produced by petter lindblad . executive producer , sarita christensen .
beyond the lights
is a faint shadow of 1992 ' s
the bodyguard ,
without the star power of whitney houston or kevin costner .
the movie is well shot and the music used fits well , however the pacing is slow and the film ends with no actual payoff .
as this year ' s oscars host , chris rock wrote in a 2014 essay for the hollywood reporter ,
forget whether hollywood is black enough . a better question is : is hollywood mexican enough ? you ' re in l . a . , you ' ve got to try not to hire mexicans .
beyond the divide is a documentary film directed and produced by jan selby . chris koza composed the original score for the film , which was edited by bill kersey . the film premiered at docutah and is continuing to elicit powerful emotional responses from viewers all over the world . the music begins with simple meditative guitar melodies and rhythms and slowly blossoms through a hybrid of woodsy and synthetic textures . the title track on the album is the only song with vocals , where koza channels his best mellow - mountaintop voice to carefully drift among the crags and crevices of a complicated and revealing facade .
a cross between the low - fi sci - fi of
monsters
, the non - linear romantic drama of
comet
and the guilt - ridden tragidrama of
rabbit hole
as well as a bit of
primer
and a tad of
memento
, this is an excellent film . loved it . also has a little something for post - apocalyptic film fans and alien invasion film fans as well .
writers and directors joseph baker and tom large’s beyond is particularly guilty of this sin . especially so as it does not have the good graces to provide even an entertaining inconsequence .
“it’s not just for canoeing people , it’s for everyone . everyone who goes to see it is going to have a really amazing film experience . ”
9a . a side note : when told about her unwanted surgery , lucy replies “i don’t care about the scar . ” attentive viewers may recall that johansson made light of a nearly identical injury / blemish in captain america : the winter soldier . is this a thing now ? is 2014 the year of the scar - jo abdominal scar ?
at least , i thought the camera pivoted to chekov . in retrospect , i & apos ; m almost 100 percent sure it was in my imagination . but for me , watching star trek beyond so soon after yelchin & apos ; s sudden death cast his performance—and the film itself—in a different light . it & apos ; s a resonance that the film & apos ; s creative team never intended , but it & apos ; s still there . when the film began , every time chekov appeared on screen , i felt a little jolt of grief . as it continued , this feeling gradually softened , but it never totally went away .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
in this world , though , we just have beyond the lights , a romantic drama that was once called blackbird and did at one point seem haloed in promise , but , alas , ultimately proves as bland as its new , generic title . beyond the lights still features appealing turns by mbatha - raw and parker , and scintillating sparks do fly between them . but so much of the film is haunted by the ghosts of what could have been , had a few creative decisions been made differently , or more carefully .
beyond is a self - consciously low - fi british sci - fi flick , pitching itself somewhere at the nexus between monsters and under the skin . those films had real visual and conceptual inventiveness and creativity , despite both being produced on a low budget . beyond can’t even boast that unfortunately , coming off as some kind of feeble district 9 in the english countryside .
in the spirit of brad barr , explosions in the sky , helios , and other pop - instrumentalists , the beyond the divide film soundtrack album is a delightful listen either under intense headphones scrutiny or as background textures drifting throughout the day . but i would be all the more grateful if you would have a listen and decide for yourself .
beyond the lights is a deft , gorgeous movie . for all its honesty , it’s never slow , and for all its criticism of the music industry , it’s never finger - wagging .
star trek beyond is hardly the first hollywood blockbuster to hit theaters under the shadow of a cast member & apos ; s unexpected death . the harry potter franchise recast the role of dumbledore after the death of richard harris . last year , the final hunger games sequel was reworked to minimize the role of plutarch heavensbee , the supporting character played by philip seymour hoffman , who died in february 2014 . earlier this summer , alice through the looking glass featured the final performance of alan rickman , whose unmistakable baritone classed up an otherwise forgettable movie .
richard lawson is a columnist for vanity fair ' s hollywood , reviewing film and television and covering entertainment news and gossip . he lives in new york city .
if heaven is for humans only , then “beyond beyond” answers the mystery of where bunnies go instead , spinning a lavishly illustrated yet hard - to - follow animated fable in which a lapine lad travels to extraordinary lengths to reunite with his dead mother . drawing on aspects of the scandi folk - tale tradition , scribe - director esben toft jacobsen ( “the great bear” ) [ … ]
how does somebody market a film and when is the right time to release it ? this is a question that calum waddell poses in the excellent bo . . .
unfortunately for a film about the importance of keeping it real , the drama here is largely formulaic , and the finish line crosses into the realm of artistic fantasy .
a study by usc ' s annenberg school for communication and journalism found that among the 100 top - grossing movies in 2014 , 73 % of all speaking or named characters were white , just more than 12 % were black and 5 % were asians . latinos , who make up more than 16 % of the u . s . population , were just below asians .
“the film is quite different . i can’t think of too many films like it . it’s got a feel - good side to it , but it has also got a lot of depth . people who’ve seen it have responded to the story , the film itself , the actors , the landscapes . people will enjoy this movie . ”
, baker and large capture the haunting vastness of scotland ; its otherness . the dreadful indie folk soundtrack lets the film down , though the repeating score packs a punch .
a separation director asghar farhadi confirms his place among cinema ' s true grown - ups with a pressure cooker of a relationship drama . prepare yourself for post - film debate
experience an exclusive viewing of the film ! make a block booking for your office , school , sports club , faith group , or for yourself and all your friends .
and yet , according to several studies , no group buys more movie tickets when compared with their proportion of the u . s . population than latinos . in the motion picture assn . of america ' s 2014 theatrical market statistics report for u . s . and canadian moviegoers , latinos were 17 % of the population but
oversampled
at 25 % of north american frequent moviegoers .
kaleidoscope’s dvd presents the film very nicely indeed . the picture is crisp but retains the inherent muddiness of the shots of grey skies and weather - beaten scottish hills . it’s a shame the extras go no further than a trailer , as a little insight into the film’s conception could have been fascinating . perhaps kaleidoscope may unearth something for the dvd’s release .
british actor charlie hunnam was cast asmexican american cartel kingpin edgar
la barbie
valdez in the film
american drug lord .
( don kelsen / los angeles times )
documentary filmmaker bill morrison found a newsreel from the 1919 ‘‘black sox’’ world series tucked away in a canadian archive while researching his new film
dawson city : frozen time
.
beyond is a suspenseful sci - fi journey tracking the turbulent relationship of cole and maya as they struggle to survive in a world where the human population has been left decimated after an extra - terrestrial attack .
we have to entertain one or the other unless we’re to completely write off almost 50 % of beyond ’s characters as absolute lunatics or the stupidest people that ever lived . pre - or post - annihilation .
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johansson closes the movie with a voiceover echoing the one that opened the film : “life was given to us a billion years ago . now you know what to do with it . ”
none of this is to criticize the creative team behind star trek beyond , who have felt the loss of yelchin as both a colleague and friend , and who have been unfailingly thoughtful and gracious in their tributes to yelchin during the movie & apos ; s promotional circuit . but the death of an actor changes the context in which you watch a movie , and for fans of yelchin & apos ; s work , star trek beyond will be both a tribute and a fresh source of grief . and sitting in a movie theater , it & apos ; s hard to reconcile those feelings with what star trek beyond wants to be : a fun , escapist summer popcorn blockbuster .
the past is a film that announces this director ' s arrival in the rank of those film - makers like kiarostami , haneke and pt anderson , directors who are intent on the unfashionable business of making morally serious films for adults . very often , a certain type of movie is praised for being
immersive
, for providing the longed - for sensual pleasure of pure cinema . farhadi ' s kind of film is quite different , but just as valuable . you are not immersed ; on the contrary , you are challenged , alienated , compelled to pay fierce attention to every line , every cutaway , every scene change , and then to question what you think you have learned . having watched and rewatched the past , i wonder if it is a little contrived , but its severity and cerebral force are beyond question , a pressure cooker of passion and anguish . just as in his film a separation , it is the agony of splitting that reveals the truth of a relationship most clearly ; literally an analysis , a taking - apart .
smart , inventive , genuinely creative and at times agonising to watch this is a great calling card for all involved . it ' s a bold little film that deserves to be higher on the radar .
but boyd , who has read the script , is skeptical . “it seems as though the period of time that they picked — the late ’70s — is probably the least significant era of miles’ music , ” he says . “if this film actually does make it to the screen , there’s the likelihood that we won’t see any more miles davis biopics any time soon . and so the legacy of miles davis is resting thus far on this one film , and i don’t think based on what i’ve seen , this film serves the purpose of properly representing what miles davis represented to american music and american culture . ”
social media erupted recently with
whitewashing
accusations after the film
american drug lord
gave the starring role of mexican american cartel kingpin edgar
la barbie
valdez to the british actor charlie hunnam .
the first film from the 21st century added to the list , which is restricted to works at least 10 years old , is “decasia , ” a 2002 experimental collage piece by new york artist bill morrison .
fred’s chiara nicoletti meets jim carrey and chris smith at the 74th venice international film festival where they presented jim & andy : the great beyond – the story of jim carrey & andy kaufman with a very special , contractually obligated mention of tony clifton , a documentary - interview - confession the title of which only sums up the first intent of the film : to finally show the audience the behind the scenes documentary on the making of man on the moon ( 1999 ) by milos forman . the film starred jim carrey in the role of andy kaufmann and the actor somehow became so immersed in andy’s character and his alter ego tony clifton that he felt his presence by his side for a long time after they were done filming . while guiding us on this trip through that moment in his life , jim carrey talks about the beginning of his career , the films that made him famous from the mask to dumb and dumber and also talk to us about his father . thanks to the film , we long for andy kaufman but we finally meet the person hiding behind “the mask” of jim carrey .
it’s no accident the film and tv production industry got here first , carmean says . by their nature , tv and film sets are closed , tightly - controlled spaces where using drones is inherently less risky . all individuals present know that cameras are rolling , rendering privacy a non - issue . and the companies that work in the space already have years of experience flying their aerial hardware . one member of the consortium seeking the exemption , flying - cam inc . , even won an oscar for its technical achievements in shooting scenes for the james bond film “skyfall” ( shot overseas , of course ; remember that prolonged rooftop chase in istanbul ? ) .
dvd review : beyond / cert : 15 / director : joseph baker , tom large / screenplay : joseph baker , tom large / starring : richard j . danum , gillian macgregor , paul brannigan , kristian hart / release date : january 12th , 2015
beyond the lights is a deft , gorgeous movie . for all its honesty , it’s never slow , and for all its criticism of the music industry , it’s never finger - wagging . prince - bythewood re - creates the hyperstylized imagery of music videos and awards shows , indulging in their pop absurdity while allowing an undercurrent of melancholy to course through . and she somehow does it all without ever letting the story get out of control , too ridiculous or fantastical . that may be beyond the lights ’ greatest accomplishment , and why , for a film so seemingly frivolous , it hits so hard : as we watch this dreamy , colorful piece of musical and romantic wish - fulfillment , we get the distinct sense we’re watching real life unfold .
sets and locations in cincinnati double for davis’ new york brownstone , the office of columbia records executive george butler , and for performance spaces in the flashback sequences that could make up as much as 40 % of the film .
fellow canoeist brad fisher had alerted film makers robbie thorpe ( producer of vaya ( 2016 ) , tell me sweet something ( 2015 ) and material ( 2012 ) ) and craig freimond ( writer / director of material ( 2012 ) , jozi ( 2010 ) and gums & noses ( 2004 ) ) to the story , thinking initially it would make a good documentary , but freimond and robbie convinced him that it would be great material for a feature film .
this isn’t a terrible film by any means . in fact , it’s quite nice to a see an earnest , genuinely sexy romance that has nothing to do with that slinger of saccharine nicholas sparks . ( let alone one that doesn’t look like sparks’s fantasia of wonder bread - white americana . ) but given its pedigree , its roster of talent , beyond the lights is disappointing . a familiar story told with little invention , the film feels like an outline , a placeholder for a more sophisticated , attentively drawn movie . i think that prince - bythewood has that movie in her , and i know her two stars do . so maybe they should all go and try to make that movie now . they have the perfect title already .
out of synch numerically with each year it’s been in operation , this year sci - fi - london skipped ( unlucky ) no . 13 and used november 2012’s first stratford - based autumn festival to make up the numbers so that sci - fi - london 14 could take place in 2014 . taking place at stratford east picturehouse and bfi southbank , and with notable events in other venues , the festival offered a rich array of films , taking on a wide range of topics from star wars to alien asteroid collision and subjugating frequencies .
the album is packaged in a full - color matte - finish eco - wallet , incorporating photography from the film and lyrics . the design elements can be seen below . full artwork will be added once the albums arrive from the manufacturer .
herbie hancock’s involvement in the film has been described as everything from serving as a consultant to a technical advisor , although he describes his role as non - specific . whatever original music is being done for the film is from jazz crossover artist robert glasper . “the only music i’ve heard so far is what robert has done , ” says hancock , who was drawn into the project in its very early stages . “it sampled some ideas that don had discussed with me earlier . ”
july 7 saturday 8 : 00 pm noir in our age video , reading , and discussion with the marquess of noir , alan k . rode , and suzanne lummis , the dispossessed contrarian baroness of noir . alan rode is a writer , film scholar , and director - treasurer of the film noir foundation . suzanne lummis teaches a course through the ucla extension writers program , poetry goes to the movies , and hosts the web series they write by night . regular admission . members free
christopher orr is a senior editor and the principal film critic at the atlantic . he has written on movies for the new republic , la weekly , salon , and the new york sun , and has worked as an editor for numerous publications .
outrage
was a banquet of suffering . signature dishes included a slashed face , a half - bitten tongue , anesthesia - free dentistry , chopsticks through the ear , and severed fingers in noodle soup .
beyond outrage
doesn ' t really go
beyond
in any sense except pushing the story a bit further . there are gruesome acts of violence , including a torture - by - drill , but for the most part kitano seems content to expand on one of his biggest hits by taking a page or two from francis coppola ' s
godfather
trilogy .
beyond baroque offers a wide variety of workshops , readings , performances , art exhibits , and community events and meetings . click on one of the calendar links below to find something to enjoy . if you ' d like to submit a proposal for an event , click here for more information .
chon noriega , a professor in the ucla department of film , television and digital media , points to the 1991 film
grand canyon ,
which was set in l . a . and dealt with issues of race and class but had no latino standouts . it was as if
only whites and african americans have a subconscious , only they dream ,
he said .
it just doesn ' t look like l . a . where did the other half of the city go ?
at the center of “beyond the lights” is gugu mbatha - raw , who does her own singing and embodies noni so fiercely that she sears the screen . this is a star - making performance ; noni is a complete 180 - degree turn from the titular character she played in “belle . . “beyond the lights” gives her complicated song and dance numbers , scenes of immense strength and overpowering weakness , and a romance that plays like a less tragic “a star is born” or “ mahogany , ” had “mahogany” been any good . this is an incredibly rich role and mbatha - raw commands every second she’s onscreen .
july 15 sunday 7 : 00 pm will alexander & andrew joron andrew joron ' s work shows a fascination with sound , with syntax , and other properties of language as a speculative substance . will alexander is the winner of the 2014 american book award and the 2016 jackson prize . the domain of his nervy curiosity ranges from the icy himalayas to the african savannahs , from physics , astronomy , and music , to alchemy , philosophy , and painting . orishas , angels and ghosts all sing to this poet , instructing him in their art of verbal flight . regular admission . members free
if heaven is for humans only , then “ beyond beyond ” answers the mystery of where bunnies go instead , spinning a lavishly illustrated yet hard - to - follow animated fable in which a lapine lad travels to extraordinary lengths to reunite with his dead mother . drawing on aspects of the scandi folk - tale tradition , scribe - director esben toft jacobsen ( “the great bear” ) and writing partner jannik tai mosholt invent an elaborate mythology around an impressive figure called the feather king , who guards the realm where johan , the rabbit boy , must venture , though the trip proves too dark and complicated for family crowds , limiting export prospects .
for its part , the davis family seems anything but displeased by what has transpired . “i want people to understand how complex he was , ” erin davis says about his expectations of the film , “and i want them to leave the movie wanting to know more . ”
july 28 saturday 8 : 00 pm sonia greenfield , donna hilbert , & martin ott sonia greenfield ' s book boy with a halo at the farmer ' s market , won the 2014 codhill poetry prize , and her work has appeared in the 2018 and 2010 best american poetry . donna hilbert’s latest book is gravity : new & selected poems from tebot bach , and her work is widely anthologized , most recently in poetry of presence , grayson books . martin ott has published eight books of poetry and fiction , most recently lessons in camouflage , c & r ; press , 2018 . regular admission . members free
set and shot in the scottish countryside , beyond follows in this trend , using the backdrop of an alien attack to tell a human story about an obstacle - ridden relationship between two troubled souls . sprinkled in are elements of horror and the obvious sci - fi scenario , but these barely infiltrate the dystopian drama which lies at beyond’s core . directors joseph baker and tom large refuse to placate us with action beats and we never even see the aliens ( though we are teased with a scene in which maya is invited to view photos , which we are not privy to ) , making clear that the two lead characters are to be our focus .
“beyond the lights , ” gina prince - bythewood’s occasionally silly , frequently stirring romantic melodrama , was originally going to be called “blackbird , ” after the nina simone song at its yearning heart . that song , a blunt , anguished , barely metaphorical reckoning with the intimate psychic violence of racism and sexism , is performed several times by noni , the film’s suffering pop star . the first time is as a young girl ( played by india jean - jacques ) at a south london talent show , where we are introduced to the two forces that will rule her destiny : a stunning vocal gift and a ruthless stage mother .
i was really prepared to go to bat for this film , its brilliant concept on a shoestring budget , but then the ending happened and that sort of messed things up for me . its not that its a bad ending , its just that it does away with the brilliant concept .
sombre and difficult this movie may be , but it is exhilarating to watch something that makes you come out of the cinema not sated or torpid , but wanting to talk – to talk about what the film meant , and meant to you personally . it ' s a rare pleasure .
in much the same way the revisionist north pole of “the polar express” threatened to derail children’s mental image of christmas , “ beyond beyond ” presents a puzzling alternative to heaven , one that looks like a crumbling guatemalan village with all of its stacked houses . while toft jacobsen has created some striking visuals — including a frog - like captain who does charon’s ferryman duties and a strange multi - tentacled creature named mora that gives orders from a glowing pool of water — there’s little logic in their behavior , and even less poetry in this peculiar allegory he has created . ( the original title , “johan and the feather king , ” literally does a better job of capturing the pic’s spirit . )
the original was a closed - off suspense picture about men in suits plotting death and disfigurement in rembrandt - lit boardrooms , restaurants and nightclubs . the gore was somewhat intertwined with a cop corruption subplot ( represented by fumiyo kohinata ' s detective kataoka , who did favors for one of the warring clans ) , but for the most part—as in
the godfather
—what happened in the underworld stayed in the underworld . in
beyond outrage ,
which is set five years after the bloody coup that ended the first film , the violence has spilled out in to the wider world , a la the second and third
godfather
pictures .
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i keep saying that science fiction is my favorite movie genre , and once a year there is something big and different - - like
gravity
( 2013 ) ,
interstellar
( 2014 ) ,
the martian
( 2015 ) or
arrival
( 2016 ) - - to keep me believing that preference . but honestly , there are so few sci - fi films being made now that really grab me . most of the
new
stuff is just ya dystopias or recycled time travel or live action graphic - novel superheroes , so i keep hoping that by trolling the latest indies i ' ll come across something fresh and exciting , and occasionally i do .
i think the directors of this film achieved everything they intended to achieve , which is very impressive . however , what they intended to achieve was a portrait of a couple ' s relationship falling apart in post - apocalyptic britain , and that is rather a hard watch . imagine being stuck on a bus when it ' s raining and cold , and sitting behind two people having a really embarrassing public argument . that ' s what this film is like . well - executed ? yes . enjoyable and entertaining ? no . it ' s miserable and often boring , but by my own rules i can ' t hate it .
many of these davis collectibles were offered as incentives to those who contributed to crowdfunding service indiegogo to help raise more than $ 343 , 000 in gap financing for the film . according to indiegogo’s head of film , marc hofstatter , the 2 , 000 - plus funders were driven by social media , with cheadle boasting some 240 , 000 twitter followers , and the miles davis website claiming almost two million likes on facebook . cheadle invested his own money in the production , but wouldn’t reveal how much . the rest was covered via independent financing from bifrost pictures , with a favorable ohio tax rebate . im global handled foreign pre - sales .
though , it doesn’t take that much time . up until this point , the film has a textured , even personal feel to it ; it’s intimate , specific , and prince - bythewood films with clarity and focus . but , unfortunately , as the movie’s pulse quickens and the romance starts to heat up , everything around it starts to warp , buckle , and melt . before too long , beyond the lights has reached near - lifetime original movie levels of easy schmaltz and stilted sex appeal . as perceptive a filmmaker as prince - bythewood is—her directorial debut was 2000’s smart , swoon - inducing love & basketball —she stumbles into a startling amount of cliches as noni and kaz’s relationship blooms and grows .
given the complex , metaphysical script , there’s plenty of different ways to interpret the film , especially its ending . leaving spoilers at the door , you’re going to file it away under different genres depending on how you interpret it . whether its sci - fi or a psychological drama is up to you . special features : trailer
kaz faces these choices , too , of course . but this is very much noni’s story , and ms . mbatha - raw’s film , and both mr . parker and his character seem to recognize that with gallantry and good humor . “beyond the lights” may be a fantasy — movies about love , like songs about love , tend to fall into that category — but it is an uncommonly smart and honest fantasy . what it wants us to believe , most of all , is that despite all the ugliness and exploitation in the world of entertainment , the bond between artist and audience is a real and sustaining form of love in its own right . and the movie is marvelous proof of its own argument .
with being on a run of watching good and enjoyable sci - fi movies i decided to opt for beyond . i do tend to like lo - fi sci - fci films and this appeared to have an interesting premise . an asteroid heading towards earth causing post - apocalyptic disaster . it should be something that i liked but unfortunately it was not . i expected so much more .
through a series of unexpected events , the two men find themselves attempting the three - day dusi canoe marathon as a doubles pair . but there are a few things they must overcome , not least of which are the completely different worlds they come from . they realise that the dream they both desperately desire requires them to work together , both in the boat and beyond the river .
of course , a movie faces a different challenge when a late actor & apos ; s performance contains echoes of their death . one of the joker & apos ; s final lines to batman in the dark knight —
i think you and i are destined to do this forever
—became unintentionally ghoulish after heath ledger died . and then , of course , there & apos ; s furious 7 —the james wan - directed installment of a franchise largely defined by stark trek beyond director justin lin , who directed installments three , four , five , and six . when paul walker died during the production of furious 7 —in a car crash , no less—the film & apos ; s producers faced a difficult decision : shut down production , or release a movie with some unsettling parallels to a real - life tragedy ? in the end , they concluded that releasing the film was the right decision , and they managed to give walker & apos ; s protagonist a relatively graceful exit , using previously shot footage , along with cgi and body doubles , to complete the performance .
bleak , involving and daring in its restraint , beyond is perhaps best served as a character - driven drama as opposed to an alien invasion flick . a small budget can go a long way in a film of this type , and the few effects scenes do not suffer , the alien’s floating cities looking substantial and scarily imposing behind dark clouds . the emotional wounds of the two leads are deeply felt , and become ever - more exposed as we journey to a finale which will leave you staring agape even as the credits roll . a more likeable and relatable cole would have made this one a real winner , but tolerate his po - faced gloom and apparent conservatism and you’ll be rewarded with a meditative and thoughtful piece of cinema .
july 21 saturday 4 : 00 pm steve mcdonald & judith pacht steve mcdonald’s second full - length collection , credo , was a finalist in brick road’s poetry contest , and his chapbook golden fish / dark pond ( 2014 ) took first place in the comstock review chapbook contest . he has also published the full - length book house of mirrors and the chapbook where there was no pattern . judith pacht’s summer hunger , won the 2011 pen southwest book award for poetry . her chapbooks , user’s guide and st . louis suite were published in 2009 and 2010 . her first collection , falcon , was published in 2004 . judith reads new work from her manuscript the year of the heart ( of the house ) , a collection of political and personal poems . regular admission . members free
at a key moment in star trek beyond , kirk leads the crew of the uss enterprise in a toast .
to absent friends ,
kirk says , as everyone raises a glass . and then the camera shifts , ever so slightly , to refocus on the man standing behind him : pavel chekov , the crew member played by anton yelchin , who died at age 27 in a freak automobile accident last month .
this timeline enabled screenwriters simon pegg and doug jung to weave nimoy & apos ; s real - life death into the fabric of the film . as beyond begins , spock ( zachary quinto ) learns that ambassador spock ( nimoy ) —his older self from an alternate timeline , as seen in the previous two star trek movies—has died . this news sends the younger spock into a soul - searching grief that informs his entire arc in the movie , as he contemplates leaving both the federation and his girlfriend , nyota uhura ( zoe saldana ) , to spend more time rebuilding his culture with the other surviving vulcans . the story crescendoes with a brief , poignant nod to ambassador spock and the rest of the original cast , offering a final love letter to both the character and leonard nimoy .
inspired by her own journey with mental health , lovato recently executive - produced a documentary called “ beyond silence , ” which follows three individuals — jeff fink , lauren burke , and lloyd hale — and their experiences with mental illnesses including bipolar disorder , schizophrenia , depression , and anxiety . though each of them suffer from very different disorders , they have a common ground of dealing with the setbacks of mental illness , lovato said .
“ miles davis is a hugely significant figure , perhaps one of the most important musicians and cultural figures of the 20th century , ” says todd boyd , professor of critical studies at usc who specializes in the study of race and popular culture . “so attempting to reduce someone’s life like miles into a two - hour film is a challenge in and of itself . ”
“we’re practically babysitters , ” kaz’s police officer dad ( danny glover ) tells him . dad wants kaz to run for office , and we spend enough time with parker and his subplot to flesh out his character . this enriches his romance with noni , a romance that dad thinks is detrimental . it’s to prince - bythewood’s credit that kaz’s first run - in with noni is far from a meet cute . she’s on a balcony about to kill herself , and kaz is called upon to do his job . this scene is so delicately written that the slightest misstep would have made it collapse . parker’s old - school leading man charm is akin to billy dee williams ’ in “lady sings the blues” ; coupled with mbatha - raw’s naked vulnerability , it helps turn some potentially ripe melodramatic dialogue into one of the most powerfully rendered two - hander scenes of 2014 .
13 . so , to recap : a small amount of cph4 makes you giggle . somewhat more begins giving you all the powers noted above . does this not make mr . jang the most inept criminal mastermind of all time ? why sell the stuff to junkies , when you could use it to create an army of super - soldiers , or to grant yourself god - like powers ? and how can it be that no one else in the film , witnessing lucy’s remarkable paranormal abilities , thinks , “hey , maybe i should try a little of that cph4 myself ! ” half the film is spent chasing down the packets stashed in the other mules , yet despite rampant opportunities no one other than lucy ever actually takes any of this all - powerful super - drug .
10 . we’re somewhat sure a planet , and very sure a ship , and absolutely sure a person , can’t get as close to a black hole as they do in this film . unless we’re playing by the rules of disney’s the black hole . and if love is a powerful inter - dimensional force , do other emotions power other dimensions ? like is there a sixth dimension fueled by shame ?
at the time of davis’ rock ’n’ roll hall of fame induction ceremony in 2006 , his nephew , vince wilburn jr . , a producer on the movie , was asked if a miles davis film was in the works . and , as cheadle recalls now — adding that he didn’t know it then — wilburn had said , “ ‘yes , and don cheadle ’s going to play him . ’ ”
as far as i can tell , the only change that was definitively made to star trek beyond in the wake of yelchin & apos ; s death happens several minutes after the movie itself has ended . in the middle of the credits , a warm title card appears that was presumably planned a long time ago :
in loving memory of leonard nimoy .
when those words fade away , they & apos ; re replaced by a second , simpler dedication :
for anton .
there are marvelous satirical touches in kitano ' s yakuza thrillers . they crystallize the idea that , as in the
godfather
films and martin scorsese ' s gangster pictures , you ' re seeing colorful metaphors for business in general , and for an old way of life being supplanted by a new one . the first half - hour of
beyond outrage
is an elegant and bleak comedy that finds murderous gangsters griping about workplace politics , and features some of kitano ' s strongest filmmaking .
the police department orders the cop kataoka to come up with a plan to neuter the syndicate . it ' s here that we start to notice the film ' s narrative gears creaking a bit . we learn that kataoka was playing a
long con
back in the first film and was never truly corrupt ( though he did get too chummy with the people he was fooling ) and that kitano ' s character , the haggard footsoldier otomo , wasn ' t killed behind bars at the end , but survived his shanking .
you started a rumor that i was dead ,
otomo tells kataoka . this is a bit too much like comic book or bad - tv storytelling : declaring ,
pay no mind to what you thought you knew
because it ' s the only way to tell the story you want to tell .
ostensibly science fiction , actually something much more complicated , beyond is one of the bleakest films you ' ll see this year but there ' s no denying it has power . visually , it achieves an amazing amount on its tiny budget , partly because directors baker and large know when to show us very little . narratively it struggles , in places , to bear up the weight of its own ambition , and the pacing sometimes falters , but there isn ' t a weak performance in it and macgregor delivers a tour de force as the object of cole ' s debatable affections . sharp , witty , sometimes deeply unpleasant but always compelling , she threatens to overwhelm the film , but this crushing presence is what makes the story convince . danum , by contrast , is understated even in his bursts of aggression , cole seeming perpetually out of his depth . they don ' t need an alien invasion to find themselves in trouble .
star trek beyond features one of yelchin & apos ; s final performances , which is both the simplest and most complete way to honor his work in the franchise—but his death also hangs over the movie , and the already - announced star trek 4 will need to address it . j . j . abrams has said that the role of chekov won & apos ; t be recast , but that it & apos ; s
too early
to decide how they & apos ; ll resolve the character’s absence .


inadmissible evidence is a 1968 british drama film directed by anthony page and starring nicol williamson , eleanor fazan and jill bennett .

john osborne wrote the screenplay , adapting his own 1964 play inadmissible evidence .

nicol williamson sings two songs in the film : " room 504 " and " moonlight becomes you . "

inadmissible evidence ( film )

with the headline : the screen : ' inadmissible evidence ' ; john osborne adapts his play for film .
in the film . visible are machining marks and bluing flaws that can be seen clearly in the film , validating that it is the same pistol .
despite the success of numerous excellent programs to boost the number of women in the film industry over the years ( film schools today produce roughly equal numbers of male and female graduates ) , the key decision makers in the film industry — who approve film funding and hire creative teams — are still overwhelmingly male .
inadmissible evidence .
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provide that a party shall not examine a witness about a statement that is inadmissible in evidence .
future learning and skills – giving everyone the opportunity to build a lifelong relationship with film .
—— , inadmissible evidence : plays three , faber and faber , 1998 , pp . 177 - 264 .
a film version of inadmissible evidence was produced by woodfall films ( united kingdom ) in 1968 . the screenplay was written by osborne and starred nicol williamson , who had played bill to rave reviews on the british and u . s . stage . as of 2006 , this film was not available .
source : wendy perkins , critical essay on inadmissible evidence , in drama for students , thomson gale , 2007 .
source : klay dyer , critical essay on inadmissible evidence , in drama for students , thomson gale , 2007 .
clurman , harold , review of inadmissible evidence , in nation , december 20 , 1965 , p . 508 .
“film” includes a microfilm ; “statement” includes any representation of fact , whether made in words or otherwise .
inadmissible evidence .
drama for students . . encyclopedia . com . ( july 9 , 2018 ) . urltoken
the work of women in the australian film industry has consistently been dismissed with comments like :
maybe your film just isn ' t any good
or
the best ideas are the ones that get rewarded .
creators mcgregor and celia pacquola vowed to not film during tasmania ' s bitter winter , but found themselves there again .
rich , frank ,
the stage : inadmissible evidence ,
in new york times , february 24 , 1981 , p . c18 .
nicol williamson sings two songs in the film :
room 504
and
moonlight becomes you .
[ 3 ]
' in the foul rag and bone shop of the heart ' … douglas hodge in inadmissible evidence at the donmar warehouse . photograph : johan persson
tasmania ' s film and television industry continues to mature with many professionals opting to stay on home land rather than honing skills interstate .
if you can get a copy of the film version of the play , be prepared to lead a discussion on how the filmmaker depicts bill ' s mental collapse . if you cannot get a copy of the film , write a section of a screenplay that reflects the audience ' s inability to determine whether bill is speaking to real people . how would you cast doubts in a film version on the reality of certain characters ?
[ 2 ] the crown sought to lead evidence of film from a security camera ( “the security film” ) installed in a truck stop in alice springs for the purpose of establishing that the accused was in alice springs early on 15 july 2001 and , therefore , had the opportunity to commit the crimes . in addition the crown sought to lead two categories of opinion evidence . first , evidence was advanced from four persons who knew the accused in july 2001 that either they recognised the person depicted in the security film as the accused or the person depicted looked like the accused . secondly , it was proposed to call a forensic anatomist , dr meiya sutisno , to give expert evidence that the similarities between the person depicted in the security film and the accused were such that in her view the person in the film was the accused . the accused objected to the admission of evidence of the security film and any opinion evidence based on it . i admitted all the evidence to which objection was taken with the exception of one of the four witnesses who knew the accused . i now set out my reasons for those rulings .
inadmissible evidence would become an extraordinary act of prophecy for osborne . two years after its premiere , he cracked up like bill maitland , ended his apparently idyllic marriage to film critic penelope gilliatt , and was hospitalised with a nervous breakdown . his rocky future was written into the fictional alchemy of his own play .
the defendant argued that the enhanced images were inadmissible pursuant to the best evidence rule and that they were untrustworthy because they are susceptible to tampering and subsequent modification through enhancement .
statements of opinion and statements based on hearsay , which would normally be inadmissible , are admissible in evidence if made by an expert witness in the course of his testimony . the
[ 66 ] in evidence at the preliminary examination mr johnston was shown a digital copy of the security film before it was enhanced in queensland . he said he had previously seen the footage on tv . mr johnston gave the following evidence :
as a play , the best thing about inadmissible evidence was nicol williamson , who brought to life the tormented , mediocre , bullying coward that john osborne had conceived on paper . same holds true for the screen version in which same actor appears . there is value and insight to the film . yet much of it is opaque and confusing .
[ 41 ] the evidence of the security film is a piece of circumstantial evidence to be considered in conjunction with the evidence to which i have referred and other circumstantial evidence concerning the accused’s movements on 15 and 16 july 2001 . the film considered in conjunction with other circumstantial evidence is capable of proving that the accused possessed the opportunity to commit the crime . in the context of the remote location where the crime was committed and the likely issues at trial , proof of opportunity is a significant part of the crown case .
as a play , the best thing about inadmissible evidence was nicol williamson , who brought to life the tormented , mediocre , bullying coward that john osborne had conceived on paper . same holds true for the screen version in which same actor appears . there is value and insight to the film . yet much of it is opaque and [ … ]
[ 53 ] the above reasons for admitting the truck stop video are based upon the material before me at the time the objection was taken . as i have said , there was no suggestion that the copying process had adversely affected the reliability of the film in the sense that the film reliably depicted a vehicle and driver .
“63 . evidence of a trait of a witness ' s character for truthfulness or untruthfulness is inadmissible to attack or support the credibility of the witness unless it is of substantial probative value .
despite the success of numerous programs to boost the number of women in the film industry , the key decision makers — and award winners — are still overwhelmingly male .
report on evidence ( 1975 ) , evidence code , section 29 ( 4 ) .
this imbalance is most evident in traditional film , where women account for just 32 per cent of producers , 23 per cent of writers and 16 per cent of directors .
murder – admissibility of expert evidence – video footage – identification evidence – facial and body mapping / photo - comparison – evidence admitted .
this was a motion brought by the defence seeking a ruling that digital enhancement fingerprint analysis does not meet the frye standard and therefore should be ruled inadmissible .
[ 10 ] the security film was subsequently enhanced . in evidence given at the preliminary hearing in may 2004 , ms lees was shown the enhanced film . she said the picture she observed in august 2001 was of poorer quality than the picture she was shown in court . she said that in august 2001 she was not able to say anything about the identification of the person depicted in the video .
no witness should be cross - examined about statements which are inadmissible in evidence , whether or not such statements are read to the court in the course of cross - examination . [ pp . 168–9 ]
inadmissible evidence was a commercial and critical success in london , especially with nicol williamson in the lead , but it did not fair as well with u . s . audiences . many critics conclude that the play
picture is in black - and - white and it adds to the bleakness of the portrait being presented . yet the same effect could have been achieved had film been done in color .
perkins is a professor of twentieth - century american and british literature and film . in the following essay , she traces the causes and consequences of the main character ' s mental breakdown .
in other words , professor verhoeven says :
the historically consistent lack of equity for women in the film industry is not inevitable , but is caused by identifiable networks of people .
the rifle in the district attorney ' s office . harry acquires this firearm in a warrantless search . as such , they claim the gun gives no aid to the case , since it is inadmissible as evidence (
evidence act , section 14ce ( added by evidence ( amendment ) act 1976 section 4 ) .
my peers and i at women in film and television ( wift ) are fed up with the sausage party , and believe the aacta awards should be more representative of our diverse screen culture .
[ 9 ] images from the security film were shown to ms lees on 4 august 2001 . indicating an image of a person who the crown asserts was the accused , ms lees said :
as a study of harrowing pressures that destroy a middle - aged , weak but complex human being ,
inadmissible evidence
gives the satisfaction that comes from viewing a carefully crafted work . view full article in timesmachine »
[ 52 ] in the circumstances under consideration , even without reference to the proposed opinion evidence , i am satisfied that the admission of the security film into evidence will not be unfair to the accused in the relevant sense . for these reasons i decline to exercise my discretion to exclude it .
[ 56 ] the four witnesses from whom the crown sought to lead identification evidence based upon a viewing of an image taken from the security film are ms beverly allan , mr james hepi , mr brian johnston and ms julie - anne mcphail .
since receiving my invitation to the 6th annual aacta awards — ostensibly held in celebration of australia ' s highest achievements in film and television — i had been thinking about pulling some kind of stunt .
eleventh report : evidence ( general ) ( 1972 ) , draft criminal evidence bill , section 31 .
tentative recommendations and a study relating to the uniform rules of evidence , article viii , hearsay evidence .
the rule against hearsay is not defined in any statute . professor sir rupert cross , in his text book on the law of evidence , has offered as a statement of the rule that “a statement other than one made by a person while giving oral evidence in the proceedings is ( inadmissible as evidence of any fact stated” . (
in the following review , gassner asserts that osborne ' s main character in inadmissible evidence is
mediocre ,
expresses himself minimally and with total indifference to others . he also reproaches osborne ' s writing as lacking insight and feeling .
report on the law of evidence ( 1976 ) , draft evidence act , section 22 ( 2 ) .
insp . chico gonzalez ( reni santoni ) is seen using what appears to be a colt detective special as his sidearm in the film , but both scenes when he fires it take place in almost complete darkness .
these are likely either colt pythons or colt troopers as sfpd officers used both during the period and both are seen being used by sfpd officers in the following films , particularly pythons in the next film , magnum force .
[ 37 ] in support of his submission that the evidence of the security film should be excluded , counsel for the accused referred to a number of authorities concerned with the destruction of evidence and subsequent stays of criminal proceedings . particular reliance was placed on the decision of cox j in holmden v bitar ( 1987 ) 47 sasr 509 .
[ 107 ] the image of the person entering the shop at the truck shop taken from the security film is far from clear . this is not a case of comparing clear photographs where it could be said with considerable force that the jury could reach its own conclusion without help . in addition , there is evidence that the accused has changed his appearance since july 2001 . the comparison between the image from the security film and photographs of the accused is far from straightforward and , in my opinion , the jury would be assisted by the evidence of dr sutisno .
an out - of - court statement made by a spouse at a time when he or she would have been incompetent to testify in a case to which the other spouse is party should be inadmissible .
[ 42 ] the evidence was lawfully obtained . there is no suggestion of any unlawful or improper conduct on the part of the police . at best from the point of view of the appellant , the police were less than diligent in their investigations . they obtained an inferior copy of the security film and failed to secure the film in its original format by seizing the hard drive or taking other action to ensure that the relevant images were not overwritten before they were down loaded from the hard drive in digital format .
in the following review , kemp comments on the
self - testimony
and
special pleading for a character who seems his author ' s alter ego .
he praises several of the cast but finds that inadmissible evidence is a
solo turn .
eleventh report : evidence ( general ) ( 1972 ) , draft criminal evidence bill , section 32 ( 4 ) .
pending a review of the law governing the competence of children to testify it is considered that an out - of - court statement of a child who is not competent to give sworn or unsworn evidence should be inadmissible except , perhaps , for the accused in criminal cases .
dirty harry is the 1971 crime film that introduced the character of
dirty harry
callahan to movie audiences . clint eastwood stars as sfpd inspector callahan , who is assigned to head up the investigation to catch a serial killer who calls himself
scorpio
and who threatens to kill a citizen of the city each day until his ransom demands are met . dirty harry was the first in the film franchise and introduced the now iconic . 44 magnum smith & wesson model 29 .
[ 72 ] the principles pursuant to which the admissibility of this type of non - expert opinion evidence is to be determined were discussed by the high court in smith v the queen ( 2001 ) 206 clr 650 . the accused was presented on a charge of robbery of a bank . film from the bank’s security cameras showed the offender . two police officers gave evidence identifying the appellant as the offender depicted in the security camera footage . the only basis for their conclusion was knowledge gained of the appellant’s physical appearance during previous encounters when compared with features revealed when looking at the photographs from the security film .
report on the law of evidence ( 1976 ) , pp . 16–7 , draft evidence act , section 22 ( 3 ) .
denison has collected a wide range of useful articles on osborne , such as analyses of individual plays , including inadmissible evidence ; an examination of the plays ' reflection of their historical moments ; a commentary by osborne ' s contemporary in british theater , arnold wesker ; and a comprehensive bibliography .
an out - of - court statement made by a spouse at a time when he or she would have been incompetent to testify without the consent of the other spouse should be inadmissible without the consent of that other spouse .
inadmissible evidence stuns and it disgusts – compelling us to become witnesses to a man tearing up his life . though feminists have seen its tormented anti - hero as a typical osborne misogynist , at its centre is love – pure and not so simple . it is about love ' s ruination .
one of these letters was written in 1969 after rattigan had seen inadmissible evidence and then read it deep into the night . as if to confirm his spellbound response , it concluded :
i think it not only your fullest and most moving work , but the best play of the century .
inadmissible evidence presents another osborne type in bill maitland , a contemporary london attorney who finds that his lusts for power , money , and women do little to fill the emotional voids in his life . athanason described the play as opening in a
kafkaesque dream sequence set in a courtroom that foreshadows the fate of [ maitland , ] on trial before his own conscience for ‘having unlawfully and wickedly published and made known a wicked , bawdy and scandalous object’—himself .
although he pleads not guilty to the court ' s indictment of him , his life is presumably the inadmissible evidence that he dares not produce in mitigation .
( 1913 ) 30 t . l . r . 190 , records compiled by the post office showing the times at which telegrams were received were ruled inadmissible because there was no intention that such records should be retained for public inspection . in
[ 40 ] the security film is plainly of probative value , even when viewed without the assistance of any form of opinion evidence . if the jury accept the evidence of ms lees , coupled with the evidence of the truck driver who ms lees flagged down and forensic evidence concerning the finding of blood containing dna matching that of the deceased on the roadside , it would be open to the jury to find that the offender moved the kombi van to a position north of the scene of the killing and then drove south in his own vehicle in the direction of alice springs . the security film is taken at a time when the offender could have been in alice springs . it depicts a vehicle very similar to that driven by the accused in july 2001 and a person of similar height and general appearance to the accused .
however no notice is required in the draft evidence code proposed in the law reform commission of canada ' s report on evidence ( 1975 ) .
furthermore , the fundamental , principal requirements for admitting a photograph into evidence — whether it is digital or film - based — are relevance and authentication . mr . knoerlein testified that the digital photograph was an accurate representation of the image captured on the negative , and mr . witzke demonstrated for this court that the more hits program could successfully authenticate the image .
64 ( 1 ) evidence of the conviction of a witness for a crime is inadmissible for the purpose of attacking his credibility if the witness has been pardoned for the crime or five years have elapsed from the day of his conviction or release from confinement for his most recent conviction of a crime , whichever is the later .
[ 95 ] dr sutisno was an impressive witness . she is highly qualified and experienced in her field . she compared and analysed features gleaned from the image captured by the security film with features apparent from images of the accused visible in media footage , photographs of the accused and surveillance video footage recorded at the berrimah correctional facility . applying both morphological analysis and photographic superimposition , dr sutisno concluded that the person depicted in the image taken from the security film was the accused . she was unable to identify any differences of significance . dr sutisno’s conclusions in this regard were not challenged in cross - examination and no evidence was called to contradict them .
[ 11 ] as to the identity of the person shown in the enhanced film , ms lees said : “he’s somewhat of a man i described” . ms lees also said that the vehicle depicted was similar to the one she had described and she was unable to pick out any dissimilarity .
finally , it should be noted that the practice of admitting all statements made in the presence of a party is not warranted by the present law , where the statement is otherwise inadmissible and no admission can be inferred from the reaction of that party . if such statements are proved in the presence of the jury , even if they are told to disregard them where no admission can be inferred in the circumstances , there is a danger that they will act on evidence which is inadmissible . it is , therefore , suggested that a judge should , as a matter of law , be required to rule on whether an admission should be inferred before an otherwise inadmissible statement made in the presence of a party is put to the jury . where a judge sits without a jury he should be required to rule explicitly on the admissibility of the statement .
the judge found that jim wood was qualified to give expert evidence . his evidence was of assistance to the trier of fact in understanding the videotape evidence . the opinions of jim wood were supported by an adequate factual foundation .
di trevis ' s production of inadmissible evidence makes one notable addition to the play ; a closing tableau in which most of the cast are seen sitting in a jury - box and staring accusingly at the protagonist , bill maitland . while in keeping with the judicial atmosphere of the work—which opens with a fantasy courtroom sequence and spotlights the personal and professional trials of a solicitor—it ' s an incorporation that is not altogether judicious . for , as the rest of the evening has exhibited , inadmissible evidence is a play that puts a man in the dock , only to let him slip out of it and don the robes of prosecuting counsel , stabbing the finger of indictment at everyone and everything around him .
[ 63 ] mr hepi was shown the same image of the driver entering the truck stop shop taken from the queensland enhanced security film . asked if he recognised the man in the picture , mr hepi responded in the affirmative that it was the accused . asked how he recognised him , mr hepi said :
evidence of reputation may also be tendered to establish character or to prove marriage .
by the document or by admissible secondary evidence of the contents of the document .
an admission admissible under this section shall be proved by the best available evidence .
the court expressed no concern with the admissibility of the digital image enhancement evidence .
was excluded . in justice it is difficult to defend the exclusion of any logically probative evidence exculpating an accused . as regards evidence for the prosecution it may be argued that the public interest is not protected fully if any logically probative evidence is withheld . while it would seldom be appropriate to convict on the basis of hearsay evidence alone , such evidence might be valuable in corroborating the testimony of other witnesses .
the liquor store owner ( james nolan ) shows the scorpio killer ( andrew robinson ) his walther p38 pistol , which he brags he used to stop several attempted robberies . unfortunately for him scorpio hits him with a liquor bottle and takes the gun from him , and carries it up to the climax of the film .
the bank robber at the start of the film , being played by albert popwell ( who would play four separate roles in the dirty harry series ) wounds insp . callahan ( clint eastwood ) with a shot from his winchester model 12 , but is disarmed during the famous
do i feel lucky ?
scene .
phillips on evidence ( 1820 ) cited with approval in archbold , pleading , evidence and practice in criminal cases , para . 1399 ( 38th ed . 1973 ) .
see federal rules of evidence ( 1978 ) , rule 803 ( 20 ) ; law reform commission of canada , report on evidence ( 1975 ) p . 76 .
essentially , though , inadmissible evidence is a solo turn : a self - testimony which , despite the final tableau this production sets up , is far from designed to bring in an unequivocal verdict of guilty . opening as if it might be an unwavering x - ray of a confused psyche , the play swivels into a flatteringly angled mirror in which inflamed narcissism can contemplate itself .
[ 92 ] despite the fact that this type of evidence has been admitted in the united kingdom , counsel for the accused submitted that such a field of science should not be recognised in australia and the evidence should not be admitted . counsel contended that the evidence of dr sutisno is no more than a statement of her opinion and the jury are in as good a position as dr sutisno to make a comparison between the features upon which dr sutisno relied . alternatively , de sutisno’s evidence should be limited to the comparison of features and she should not be permitted to express an opinion as to whether the accused is the person in the image extracted from the security film .
report on evidence ( 1975 ) , draft code , section 29 ( 3 ) .
eleventh report : evidence ( general ) , ( 1972 ) , para . 257 .
a party producing a witness should not be permitted to give any evidence adverse to that witness ' s credibility except evidence of a previous inconsistent statement made by that witness .
see , for example , the evidence act ( ontario ) , section 36 ; the united states federal rules of evidence ( 1978 ) , rule 803 ( 6 ) .
to be given in evidence so as to afford an opportunity for cross - examination .
[ 20 ] the accused objected to the admission into evidence of the security film . in essence , counsel submitted that police had available the best evidence in the form of the digital hard drive which should have been seized or from which images directly downloaded in digital form . in these circumstances it was unfair to the accused to admit the inferior analogue copy or the digitally enhanced version of the analogue copy . counsel contended that if the hard drive had been retained or a digital download had occurred , the number plate of the vehicle might have been ascertainable and might have established that the toyota was not the toyota owned and driven by the accused in july 2001 . bearing in mind the evidence establishing at least a resemblance between the driver and vehicle depicted in the film and the accused and his vehicle , and in view of ms lees’ evidence that the driver depicted was “somewhat of a man i described” , if the number plate proved that the vehicle did not belong to the accused the film would have established the presence in alice springs at a relevant time of another person who could have been the offender . in this way , so the argument proceeded , the failure of the police to take possession of the hard drive or carry out a digital download before the images were overwritten might have deprived the accused of not only the opportunity of depriving the crown of positive evidence of opportunity on the part of the accused , but of placing evidence before the jury pointing positively to the presence of another person who might have been the offender .
eleventh report : evidence ( general ) ( 1972 ) , draft criminal evidence bill , section 31 ( 1 ) , 34 ( 2 ) ( c ) ( vi ) .
criminal law revision committee , eleventh report ; evidence ( general ) : draft criminal evidence bill , clause 37 . under the civil evidence act 1968 , which governs admissibility in civil cases in england , a statement of an incompetent child would appear not to be admissible .
cross on evidence , p . 469 ( 5th ed . 1979 ) ; d . f . libling “evidence of past identification” [ 1977 ] crim . l . r . 268 .
h . h . class ( ed . ) seminars on evidence , p . 136 .
medical evidence to show that a witness suffers from some disease or abnormality that affects the reliability of his evidence . but it does not appear to be permissible to lead other evidence on the capacity or opportunity of a witness to observe the facts to which he has testified .
the statement is proved in court by the best evidence available . [ pp . 38–40 ]
requiring the witness to attend to give evidence at the trial of the cause or matter .
[ 81 ] my rulings and above reasons were prepared on the basis of statements to the police by the witnesses and their evidence at the preliminary examination . each of the witnesses gave evidence before the jury . having heard that evidence , i remained of the same view .
dyer holds a ph . d . in english literature and has published extensively on literature , film , and television . he is also a freelance university teacher , writer , and educational consultant . in the following essay , he discusses osborne ' s use of the metaphor of marriage to represent the breakdown of civility and reason in the world of the play .
[ 73 ] in a joint judgment , gleeson cj and gaudron , gummow and hayne jj held that the evidence was inadmissible because it was irrelevant . significantly , there was no suggestion that the physical appearance of the appellant had changed materially between the time of the offence and the time of trial or that by reason of their previous observations of the appellant the police possessed an advantage in recognising the persons in the security film . in the joint judgment , their honours observed that the police were “in no better position to make a comparison between the appellant and the person in the photographs than the jurors … ” . it was in those circumstances that their honours held that the assertion by a police officer that he recognised the appellant was “not evidence that could rationally affect the assessment by the jury” of the question in issue . their honours continued ( 655 ) :
[ 43 ] as the evidence of the security film is not the product of unfair or unlawful conduct on the part of the investigating authorities , there is no occasion for the operation of the public policy discretion . that discretion has its origins in the judgment of barwick cj in r v ireland ( 1970 ) 126 clr 321 and is the discretion in respect of which the judgments in bunning v cross ( 1978 ) 141 clr 54 are usually cited .
for the purpose of any transferred provision or rule of law or practice requiring evidence to be corroborated or regulating the manner in which uncorroborated evidence is to be treated , a statement which is admissible in evidence by virtue of section 1 shall not be capable of corroborating evidence given by the person who originally supplied the information from which the record containing the statement was compiled .
the ability to convince the court that digital evidence is worthy of reception into the criminal process is dependent on the qualifications and competence of the tendered expert , the skill and knowledge of the prosecutor in leading such evidence and the quality of the digital evidence itself . digital evidence has been successfully led in many jurisdictions in the united states and canada over the past decade .
the judge should have discretion to admit depositions , evidence taken on commission and statements on affidavit where the importance of the evidence does not justify the expense of bringing a witness to court .
as to his general reputation : at common law no other evidence is allowed , not the individual opinions of witnesses as to a person ' s character nor evidence of specific acts . 202
both the forensic pathologist and the fbi agent were presented as expert witnesses . accordingly , evid . r . 702 applies . the court held that the evidence of the fbi agent was admissible as the comparison evidence given was similar to the techniques used to compare fingerprints and shoeprints . the evidence was therefore admissible and the jury could assign whatever weight to the evidence it chose .
[ 80 ] i have considered whether the evidence should be excluded in the exercise of my discretion . i am satisfied that the evidence of the three witnesses to whom i have referred is probative and that , given appropriate directions , the risk of the jury giving the evidence undue weight is minimal . the jury is perfectly capable of understanding the limitations of this type of evidence .
that express provision should be made for the admissibility of out - of - court statements where the other party does not object . to cover the case of unrepresented persons or failure to object by legal advisers , the court should have discretion to exclude an inadmissible out - of - court statement to which no objection is raised . 64
[ 13 ] the security film which the crown seeks to place before the jury was taken by more than one camera situated at the truck stop . the cameras were motion operated . the particular footage commenced at 12 . 38am on 15 july 2001 , apparently triggered by the movement of a toyota landcruiser vehicle which witnesses subsequently either positively identified as the vehicle being driven by the accused in july 2001 or said was very similar . no objection is taken to that evidence .
no fully satisfactory formulation of the doctrine has ever been achieved . it is , in the words of lord tomlin in homes v . newman [ 1931 ] 2 ch . 112 at 120 , “adopted to provide a respectable legal cloak for a variety of cases of which no formula of precision can be applied” . “if you wish to tender inadmissible evidence” advised lord blackburn , “say it is part of the res gestae . ” 187
general council of the bar of england and wales , evidence in criminal cases , memorandum on the eleventh report of the criminal law revision committee : evidence ( general ) , para . 182 .
general council of the bar of england and wales , evidence in criminal cases , memorandum on the eleventh report of the criminal law revision committee : evidence ( general ) , para . 185 .
report on evidence ( business records ) ( 1973 ) , appendix e , para . 3 .
cited in cross on evidence p . 37 , fn . 2 ( 4th ed . 1974 )
the court admitted the forensic video analysis evidence because each of the above requirements had been met .
read osborne ' s look back in anger and compare its
angry young man
to that of inadmissible evidence . determine what has caused each man to be angry and compare how each vents that anger and the consequences of that venting . prepare a powerpoint presentation comparing and contrasting the two men and be prepared to discuss what point you think osborne makes about the nature and / or the consequences of anger in these two plays .
[ 75 ] in my opinion , the evidence of ms allan is admissible . she knew the accused well . ms allan does not give positive identification evidence that the image on the security film is an image of the accused . she said “it just looked like him” : festa v the queen ( 2001 ) 208 clr 593 . in addition , ms allan relied upon her recollection of the way the accused walked and held himself and of his body posture . these are features which , by necessity , cannot be made apparent to the jury . although the jury will see additional film of the appellant walking in the context of expert opinion evidence discussed later in these reasons , in my opinion that limited opportunity does not provide an adequate opportunity for the jury to identify the relevant distinctive features about which ms allan speaks . there is a vast difference between observing films of the accused walking and moving around in the confines of the custodial environment and the opportunities possessed by ms allan to view and recall the appellant’s body posture and manner of walking and holding himself .
the similar legislation in northern ireland , the criminal evidence act ( northern ireland ) 1965 and the civil evidence act ( northern ireland ) 1971 is set out in appendix 2 to this working paper .
a party producing a witness should not be permitted to give any evidence adverse to that witness ' s credibility except evidence of a previous inconsistent statement made by that witness . [ p . 68 ]
hartman was ultimately convicted of aggravated murder , kidnapping and tampering with evidence . he was sentenced to death . he appealed on a number of grounds including the admissibility of the digitally enhanced fingerprint evidence .
there is a perception , largely undeserved , that digital evidence somehow alters the true nature of the original evidence and is therefore unreliable . presented properly , digital evidence is capable of being of tremendous assistance to the courts . digital evidence has been led in courts in the united states and canada over the past decade , sporadically at first and more frequently of late . even though it has been around for a while , we are still at the forefront in developing and presenting this potentially valuable evidence .
and has no family except his descendants . the statements of persons , such as servants , professional advisers and close friends , should be received on the same footing as those of members of the family . the fact that the statement was made after the controversy arose should go to weight and should not , as at present , make it inadmissible .
see ontario law reform commission , report on the law of evidence ( 1976 ) pp . 14–15 .
the criminal evidence act 1965 was passed to reverse the effect of the decision in the myers case .
the united states federal rules of evidence ( 1978 ) , rule 803 ( 6 ) ; criminal justice act 1965 ( england ) , section 1 ( 1 ) ; criminal evidence act ( northern ireland ) 1965 , section 1 ( 1 ) ; civil evidence act 1968 ( england ) , section 4 .
digest of the law of evidence , p . 201 ( 12th ed . ( 1936 ) ) .
the admissibility of expert evidence should not be affected by the proposed legislation . [ pp . 46–1 ]
[ 47 ] the evidence of the security film is reliable in the sense that it reliably depicts a vehicle and driver at the premises in the early hours of 15 july 2001 . there is no suggestion that the copying process has adversely affected the reliability of the evidence . sufficient detail appears in the enhanced images to support a conclusion that the vehicle depicted is very similar to the vehicle being driven by the accused in july 2001 . the images are also capable of leading to a conclusion that the person seen entering the shop is of very similar height and general appearance to the height and general appearance of the accused . unaided by any form of opinion evidence , these limited conclusions could be drawn by a jury .
it will be necessary to enact consequential provisions to facilitate the reception of evidence of records not kept in words or figures , by allowing an explanation to be tendered in evidence . this has been done in new south wales by section 14cn ( 1 ) ( c ) of their evidence act which provides : -
[ 114 ] my decision with respect to the admission of the evidence of dr sutisno was based upon both her report and evidence given in the absence of the jury . in evidence before the jury , dr sutisno provided greater detail of the work she undertook in arriving at her opinion . in particular , the evidence demonstrated the significance of dr sutisno’s expertise and experience in assessing the existence and significance of various characteristics both individually and in their combination . having heard dr sutisno give evidence before the jury , i remained of the view that her evidence was admissible and should not be excluded in the exercise of my discretion .
for anthony page , the original director of inadmissible evidence , osborne joined writers such as eugene o ' neill and franz kafka in finding something universal out of an unsparing exploration of themselves .
the play creates its own rules ,
page believes .
it ' s a dramatic poem about a man ' s measure – the ' quintessence of dust ' , the heroic aspiration , passion and fierce irony , and the guilt , weakness and shabby reality .
or has not made a will , or has or has not revoked his will , or that identifies his will , is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule” . the federal rules of evidence ( 1978 ) at rule 803 ( 3 ) while providing that a statement of memory or belief is not generally admissible to prove the fact remembered or believed excepts from this rule a statement which “relates to the execution , revocation , identification , or terms of declarant ' s will” .
a treatise on the anglo - american system of evidence , para . 1477 ( 3rd ed . ) .
the judge should have discretion to admit depositions , evidence taken on commission and statements on affidavit where the importance of the evidence does not justify the expense of bringing a witness to court . [ pp . 37–8 ]
amongst other issues , auker argued that the comparison evidence of the video images should not have been admitted .
rule that cross - examination with reference to inadmissible evidence is not allowed but it entails the disadvantage for the cross - examiner that the material cross - examined upon becomes evidence at the option of the side calling the witness . if all previous statements of witnesses are admissible there is no reason why a witness should not be cross - examined on any such statement even if he does not refresh his memory from it . but where memory is refreshed from the statement of another , it is considered that cross - examination should not be allowed from parts of it other than those from which the witness refreshes his memory unless these are admissible in evidence in their own right as out - of - court statements .
notwithstanding subsection ( 4 ) , in any civil proceedings the court may for special cause require oral evidence to be given of any matter of which evidence could ordinarily be given by means of a certificate under that subsection .
[ 12 ] ms lees ' attention was drawn to a cap on the person visible in the enhanced film . asked whether there was anything in the cap which assisted her recollection , ms lees answered “yes , it’s got a motif on the front , a motif” . as to what was significant about the motif , ms lees responded “the man also had a black cap and it had some kind of motif on the front . ”
the most simple solution would be to retain the present rule but to give the court a discretion to admit otherwise inadmissible hearsay evidence . this approach was adopted to some extent in the federal rules of evidence in the united states . 27 these rules contain two groups of exceptions to a general prohibition of hearsay . the first group , comprising 23 exceptions , apply even though the maker of the hearsay statement is available as a witness . the second group , comprising 4 exceptions , apply only where the maker of the hearsay statement is not available as a witness . both groups conclude with an omnibus exception as follows :
the statement in that part of the document is admissible in its own right as evidence of the facts therein .
the evidence act ( northern ireland ) 1939 which followed a similar act of the previous year in england was largely repealed by section 15 ( 2 ) of the civil evidence act ( northern ireland ) 1971 . section 5 which has survived and which has no counterpart in the english act made the following provision for evidence on affidavit : -
the difference between the new south wales law reform commission proposal and the english civil evidence act 1968 is illustrated by a case where c , having overheard a telling b the number of a car , writes the number down , and a , b and c die . this would be inadmissible in england because it is second - hand oral hearsay but would be admissible as documentary hearsay of ' the second kind ' under the new south wales proposal . in support of the latter it was argued as follows :
[ 79 ] ms mcphail did not know the accused well . she spoke of the person in the image as “very familiar” to the person she met on the side of the road . she relied upon the slightly rolled forward shoulders and her observations over a short time that the accused had a habit of holding his thumb in his jeans or belt . in my opinion , given ms mcphail’s limited opportunities of observation , her evidence would not be of assistance to the jury and is , therefore , inadmissible .
the new south wales law reform commission recommended a provision making admissible an out - of - court statement not objected to . but they included in the draft bill annexed to their report a sub - section saving the existing situation in criminal cases whereby an unrepresented accused person who does not object may still appeal against the admission of inadmissible evidence , and a represented accused person may do so in some circumstances . ( report on the rule against hearsay ( 1978 ) p . 179 , bill , section 89 . )
reference has been made to the rule by which declarations to be inferred from family conduct , are admissible as evidence of pedigree . 237a a pedigree hung up in a family mansion is good evidence even if the person who made it
“ . . . . it must at all times be made clear to the jury that what the witness said in the written statement [ to the police ] is not evidence of the fact referred to but is only evidence on the question of whether or not she said something else – it is evidence going only to her credibility . ” 90
[ 55 ] although the objection to the admissibility of the evidence was not renewed following the evidence of professor spring , i gave further consideration to the question of admissibility and discretionary exclusion . following that further consideration i remained of the view that the evidence was admissible and should not be excluded in the exercise of my discretion . ultimately the question of the weight to be given to the evidence in view of the opinions of dr spring was a matter for the jury .