Archival Spaces 335 Alfred Zeisler Uploaded 24 November 2023 I first interviewed Alfred Zeisler in April 1983, when he attended a Berlinale Retrospective; I was in the final throws of writing my dissertation which included a chapter on Zeisler’s biopic of Dr. Joseph Paul Goebbels, Enemy of Women (1944). Zeisler had been a powerful producerContinue reading “335: Alfred Zeisler”
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328: Bonn Silent Film Fest
Archival Spaces 328 Bonn Silent Film Festival Uploaded 18 August 2023 I first wrote about the Bonn Summer Cinema – International Silent Film Festival two years ago. This week I’ve again been able to view films at the Festival for this 39th iteration from 10 – 20 August 2023. As in the past several yearsContinue reading “328: Bonn Silent Film Fest”
327: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Archival Spaces 327 A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream (1925) restored Uploaded 4 August 2023 One of the films I was most looking forward to at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival was the world premiere of the previously lost German film, A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream (1925) because I had as Director of UCLA Film & TelevisionContinue reading “327: A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
316: The Berlinale
Archival Spaces 316 Berlinale Competition Uploaded 3 March 2023 The 73rd Berlinale took place between 16 – 26 February. I attended for the first time since 2019 because the COVID pandemic had kept me away. The largest film festival in the world, after Cannes and Venice, the Berlinale presents approximately 450 films in various programs,Continue reading “316: The Berlinale”
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