Sight and Sound October 2000

This issue features Gillian Anderson on the cover for her role in 'The House of Mirth'. Feature articles include: 'Beauty's Slow Fade' - 'The House of Mirth', adapted from Edith Wharton's novel and directed by Terence Davies; 'The Beat-Up Kid' - an examination of the work and image of Harmony Korine; 'The Man who Fell to Earth'- looks at Werner Herzog's 1974 'Enigma of Kaspar Hauser'; 'Send in the Clowns' - the 1979 television thriller 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'; and 'Thieves Like Us' - Hollywood prepares for a stand-off with internet video pirates and Danny Birchall interviews MPAA boss Jack Valenti. Films reviewed include: 'The Wind Will Carry Us', 'Billy Elliot', 'Cherry Falls', 'Dancer in the Dark', 'Hollow Man', 'Me, Myself, and Irene', 'Nurse Betty', 'O Brother, Where art Thou?', 'Shaft', 'Shanghai Noon', 'Snatch', 'Space Cowboys', 'Titus', and 'Twin Falls Idaho'.