Film International - Volume 6, Issue 2, 2008

INDEX 020: Kurt Kren: Which Way to CA? (2006) Austria Contains the following short films: 18/68 Venecia Kaputt (1968), 22/69 Happy-End (1969), 23/69 Underground Explosion (1969), 24/70 Western (1970), 26/71 Zeichenfilm Balzac und das Auge Gottes (1971), 27/71 Auf der Pfaueninsel (1971), 29/73 Ready-Made (1973), 30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam (1973), 33/77 Keine Donau (1977), 34/77 Tschibo (1977), 39/81 Which Way to CA? (1981), 40/81 Breakfast im Grauen (1981), 41/82 Getting Warm (1982), 42/83 No Film (1983), 43/84 1984 (1984), 44/85 Foot'Age Shoot'-Out (1985), 46/90 Falter 2 (1990), 50/96 Snapshots (for Bruce) (1996). Runtime c.56 minutes Produced and Distributed by INDEX/sixpackfilm DVD PAL (no regional code) Extras Hans Scheugl, Keine Donau: Kurt Kren und seine Filme (1988), 55 minutes. Eighteen-page bilingual (German/English) brochure with filmography and notes and the essay, Dokumentarische Aufzeichnung, by Michael Palm.

INDEX 023: As She Likes It: Female Performance Art from Austria (2006) Austria Contains the following short films: Maria Lassnig Kantate (Maria Lassnig and Hubert Sielecki, 1992), Im Leo (Miriam Bajtala, 2003), Strangers (Carola Dertnig, 2003), Byketrouble (Carola Dertnig, 1998), Neurodermitis (Kerstin Cmelka, 1998), SW-N 04 (Barbara Musil and Karo Szmit, 2004), Mock Rock (Ulrike Mller, 2004), Schminki 1, 2 + 3 (Fiona Rukschcio, 1999), Legal Errorist (Mara Mattuschka and Chris Haring, 2004), Der Schlaf der Vernunft (Michaela Pschl, 1999). Runtime 71 minutes Produced and Distributed by INDEX/sixpackfilm DVD PAL (no regional code) Extras Self-presentations of several artists. Eighteen-page bilingual (German/English) brochure with filmography and notes.

La Haine (1995) France Director Mathieu Kassovitz Screenplay Mathieu Kassovitz Producer Christophe Rossignon Director of Photography Pierre Am Art Director Giuseppe Ponturo Costumes Virginie Montel With Vincent Cassel (Vinz), Hubert Kound (Hubert), Sad Taghmaoui (Sad), Mathieu Kassovitz (Young Skinhead) Runtime 97 minutes DVD USA, 2007 Produced and Distributed by The Criterion Collection (region 1) Aspect Ratio 1.85:1 Sound Mix Stereo 5.1 Extras New restored high-definition digital transfer. Audio commentary by Mathieu Kassovitz. Video introduction by Jodie Foster. Theatrical trailers. Ten Years of La Haine, an 84-minute documentary. Video featurette on the film's setting. Behind-the-scenes footage. Deleted and extended scenes. Stills gallery. Booklet with essays by Costa-Gavras and Ginette Vincendeau.

Flag Wars (2003) USA Directors Linda Goode Bryant and Linda Poitras Producers Linda Goode Bryant and Linda Poitras Director of Photography Laura Poitras Runtime 86 minutes DVD USA, 2007 Produced and Distributed by Zeitgeist Films (region 1) Aspect Ratio 1.85:1 Extras 16:9 anamorphic transfer. Enhanced for widescreen televisions. Promotional trailer. English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. Interview with the film-makers.

Cinema Before Cinema: The Origins of Scientific Cinematography, Virgilio Tosi, (2005) London: British Universities Film and Video Council, 234 pp., ISBN 0901299758 (pbk), $45.99

Filmosophy, Daniel Frampton, (2006) London: Wallflower Press, 254 pp., ISBN 1904764843 (pbk), $24.00, ISBN 1904764851 (hbk), $80.00

4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile) (2007) Romania Director Cristian Mungiu Screenplay Cristian Mungiu Producers Oleg Mutu and Cristian Mungiu Director of Photography Oleg Mutu Art Director Mihaela Poenaru Costumes Dana Istrate With Anamaria Marinca (Otilia), Laura Vasiliu (Gabita), Vlad Ivanov (Mr Bebe), Alex Potocean (Adi), Luminita Gheorghiu (Gina Radu), Adi Carauleanu (Dr Radu), Liliana Mocanu (Unireal hotel receptionist), Tania Popa (night receptionist), Teo Corban (Unireal hotel receptionist), Cerasela Iosifescu (Tineretului hotel receptionist), Doru Ana (Benzinarul), Eugenia Bosnceanu (mother of Mr Bebe), Ion Sapdaru (Dr Rusu) Runtime 113 minutes

No Country for Old Men (2007) USA Directors Ethan and Joel Coen Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Original Story Cormac McCarthy Producers Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, David Diliberto, Robert Graf, Mark Roybal Director of Photography Roger Deakins Art Director John P. Goldsmith Costumes Mary Zophres Editors Joel and Ethan Coen Original Music Carter Burwell With Tommy Lee Jones (Sheriff Ed Tom Bell), Javier Bardem (Anton Chigurh), Josh Brolin (Llewelyn Moss), Woody Harrelson (Carson Wells), Kelly Macdonald (Carla Jean Moss) Runtime 122 minutes

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) UK Director Julien Temple Producers Anna Campeau, Alan Moloney and Amanda Temple Co-Producers Orlagh Collins, Stephan Mallmann and Susan Mullen Cinematography Ben Cole Film Editors Niven Howie, Mark Reynolds and Tobias Zaldua Runtime 125 minutes

Compass International Festival of Resistance, 21 October9 November 2007 A report by Nadia Arancio and Luke Moffat

The fifty-first London Film Festival, 17 October1 November 2007 A report by Harry Joll

Hed: supersized Dek: on the scene at the forty-eighth Thessaloniki International Film Festival A report by Dimitra Kessenides

Cucalorus Film Festival, 710 November 2007 A report by James Kreul

Turin 2007: legendary encountersJan Lumholdt visits an Eldorado for cinephiles and Italophiles alike.

The twenty-ninth annual Mediterranean Film Festival in Montpellier, France: Under Bombardment in Montpellier (among other films from Greece, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Algeria, Spain and elsewhere) A report by Larry Portis