THE HOME PAGE OF STEVE ERICKSON
Review of Jonathan Rosenbaum's book MOVIE WARS
My ballot and (two-sentence commentary ) for VILLAGE VOICE 2000 year-end survey.
2002 Top 10 list
2003 top 10 list
FILMS I'VE SEEN IN 2003
Films seen 2004
FILMS SEEN IN 2005
FILMS SEEN IN 2006
FILMS SEEN IN 2007
FILMS SEEN IN 2008
Thanks to the graciousness of editor Paul Willemen, I've finally managed to get a copy of the manuscript for Daney's CINEMA IN TRANSIT, an unpublished English-language anthology acquired by the British Film Institute in 1994. I've written to them to inquire about the possibility of posting it on this site but have yet to receive a response and doubt I ever will. If anyone out there would like a copy, please contact me.
In other Daney news, the French publisher POL has just released a collection of his work from 1964 through 1981, the period when he wrote for CAHIERS DU CINEMA. The best source for ordering Daney's French books in North America appears to be Gallimard, Montreal's French-language bookstore. They carry TRAFIC, as well.
Early in 2007, Berg Publishers will be releasing POSTCARDS FROM THE CINEMA, an English-language translation of PERSEVERANCE. This book is what became of Daney's project to write an autobiography - it combines his essay "the tracking shot in KAPO" (see below) with a lengthy interview with former CAHEIRS DU CINEMA editor Serge Toubiana. My review has appeared in CINEASTE's fall 2007 issue. I'm not sure if it will become available on-line - as of early September, the magazine website hasn't been updated with the current issue's contents.
For your one-stop
Daney needs, you can take
a look at the
Serge Daney in English
blog.
THE TINKERERS (By Bill Krohn)
THE THREAD (An obituary of Jean Eustache)
FROM THE LARGE TO THE SMALL SCREEN
Obituary (by Adrian Martin)
Jonathan Rosenbaum on Serge Daney
THE AQUARIUM (on Robert Kramer and John Douglas' MILESTONES)
THE SCREEN OF FANTASY (Bazin and animals)
MONTAGE OBLIGATORY (the war, the Gulf and the small screen)
IN STUBBORN PRAISE OF INFORMATION
THE ORGAN AND THE VACUUM CLEANER (on Bresson's THE DEVIL,
PROBABLY)
THE NEW WAVE - A GENEALOGICAL APPROACH
Miscellaneous links of interest
Some (genuinely) indie film distributors.
2003 music picks
2002 music Top 10 list
Music I like (1999)
A much-expanded list of film societies and rep theaters
I am not the novelist Steve Erickson, nor do I write for
LOS ANGELES magazine.
I do not
know how to get in touch with him.
Thanks to Laurent Kretzschmar, Paul Willemen, Adrian Martin, Michael Sicinski, Joe McElhaney and Frank Matcha for their assistance with the Daney section.
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