Interviews with Directors and Artists
55th Sydney Film Festival—Part 5
Yung Chang speaks with WSWS about Up the Yangtze
By Richard Phillips, September 22, 2008
This is the fifth in a series of articles on the 2008 Sydney Film Festival. Part 1, 2, 3 and 4 appeared on September 16, 17, 18 and 19 respectively.
“Something in the Commune has an impact on culture as a whole”
An interview with J. Michael Friedman, co-writer of Paris Commune
By Sandy English and Peter Daniels, June 4, 2008
World Socialist Web Site: Let’s start with your theater company, The Civilians.
An interview: Filmmaker Jules Dassin, witch-hunting and Hollywood’s blacklists
By David Walsh, April 7, 2008
American-born film director Jules Dassin, a target of the anti-communist frenzy of the late 1940s and early 1950s, died in Athens March 31 at the age of 96. (See: “Jules Dassin, victim of the an...
An interview with Richard Pare, co-author and photographer of The Lost Vanguard: Russian Modernist Architecture, 1922-1932
By Tim Tower, March 6, 2008
Born in Portsmouth, England, in 1948, Richard Pare studied graphic design and photography at Winchester and Ravensbourne College of Art before going to the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received ...
An interview with JoJo Henrickson, screenwriter of Ladrón que roba a ladrón
By Ramón Valle in Los Angeles, October 18, 2007
World Socialist Web Site: Ladrón que roba a ladrón is a heist movie and reminds us of previous ones. Ocean’s Eleven is one. Why did you decide to write it?
An interview with Philippe Faucon, director of Dans la vie
By David Walsh, October 4, 2007
David Walsh spoke to Philippe Faucon during the Toronto film festival.
An interview with Ramin Bahrani, director of Chop Shop
By David Walsh, September 26, 2007
David Walsh spoke to filmmaker Ramin Bahrani during the Toronto film festival
Dee McLachlan writer/director of The Jammed speaks with WSWS
By Richard Phillips, September 21, 2007
The Jammed, a low-budget feature written and directed by Dee McLachlan about sex trafficking in Australia, was ignored by this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival. Eventually given a 10...
“We need to create some artistic space”
Vimukthi Jayasundara, Sri Lankan filmmaker, speaks with WSWS
By Richard Phillips, October 2, 2006
Sri Lankan director Vimukthi Jayasundara recently visited Australia for screenings of his first feature The Forsaken Land (Sulanga Enu Pinisa) at the Brisbane International Film Festival. A visually s...
Iranian director Tahmineh Milani speaks with WSWS
By Richard Phillips, September 29, 2006
Director Tahmineh Milani recently visited Australia to introduce her feature The Hidden Half (2001) at the 15th Brisbane International Film Festival. One of Iran’s best-known female filmmakers, ...
An interview with Bahman Ghobadi, director of Half Moon
“If I only want to say what the government wants me to, then I have to be a government employee, not a filmmaker”
By David Walsh, September 26, 2006
David Walsh and Joanne Laurier spoke to Iranian-Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi at the Toronto film festival
Honour Bound director Nigel Jamieson speaks with WSWS
By Richard Phillips, August 23, 2006
Honour Bound director Nigel Jamieson is best-known for his large-event productions—Tin Symphony at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and the closing ceremony of the Manchester Commonwealth Games. Bu...
