Movies | Michael Firus

Roosters and Red Tape

I distinctly remember the first time I decided to do something with a camera that went past the “play with” mentality. Coming from a photographic background, my Dad felt it necessary, sometime after my 9th birthday, for me to have a camera. It was at that time that I decided to make a film. The…

Adaptation.

I think most year 11 media students have heard of this film. Only because it featured prominently in the screenwriting section of the curriculum textbook. This was my only experience with the film before the screening, and I must say, despite the trendiness of bad-mouthing Nicolas Cage as an ‘over-actor’, I found the film quite…

Experimental Film

Experimental film is a rather difficult area of cinema to define. These, however, are its general characteristics: Experimental films are deliberately nonconformist and usually independent of the commercial elements of film-making. Usually instead of a story in a conventional sense, sentiment, mood, or viewpoint are used to construct meaning. Some examples: Ballet Mécanique (1923–24): Ballet…

Trailer: Holy Motors, Leos Carax’s tentatively categorized fantasy drama is one of those films. One of those films where no one is completely sure what on earth is going on. This is because the film explicitly rejects any sort of logical structure or definitive interpretation. However, my opinion on the issue of the films interpretation…