June 2014 issue of Sight & Sound, with a colour promotional picture of Miyazaki's 'The Wind Rises' featuring the animated character Jiro Horikoshi on the cover. Contents include an editorial by Nick James reflecting on language, how society is evolving into a culture of invisibility in regards to the spoken and written word and how this affects film, television and those who write about it. There are small features on what the high concentration of A-list auteurs at the Cannes Festival means in the Competition, a piece by Hannah McGill explores a series of films and/or archetypes, from Oedipus to 'Black Swan' in which the shoes mothers put on their children are a key feature to represent them. There is also a column on five key films by musicians; an interview with Thai director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, and a dispatch by Mark Cousins discussing the historical high or low nature of cinema shifting into mostly representing a middle class experience. In 'The Industry' section there is a piece detailing Hossein Amini's struggle to bring Patricia Highsmith's 'The Two Faces of January' to the screen; a column focused on the numbers of live projections of plays, operas, ballets and other alternative content and the impact of event cinema on the film industry, showing Event Cinema: All-time top ten at the UK box office. There is an opinion piece reflecting on Tessa Ross' departure from Film4, and a profile on film financing and production company Silver Reel, which gives great prominence to its CEO Claudia Bluemhuber. The cover feature is a Studio Ghibli special, highlighting the work and influence of and on Miyazaki Hayao, along with articles on his film 'The Wind Rises' and an interview with the animated film's supervising animation director. Other main features include a piece by David Thomson questioning whereas World War I films have done justice to its memory, and an article on Amat Escalante's 'Heli'. The S&S Interview spotlights Italian director Dario Argento. The issue's films of the month are 'The Canyons', 'Frank', and 'Transcendence'. Other reviewed films include 'Heli', 'The Two Faces of January' and 'The Wind Rises' among others. Home releases include'White of the Eye', 'Querelle', and 'Le Mani Sulla Citta', and featuring in the forgotten films "Lost and Found" section, Frank Borzage's 'Moonrise'. The reading section features Mark Harris' 'A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War', 'Footlights' by Charles Chaplin and David Robinson, and Rebecca Prime's 'The Blacklist and Cold War Film Culture'.
Item number | 63464 |
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Category | Magazine |
Type | Criticism/History |
Language | English |
Country of origin | UK |
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