Monthly Archives: October 2011

Francoise Romand: The Camera I

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

French filmmaker Francoise Romand debuted in 1986 with a remarkable documentary called Mix-Up ou meli-melo. In telling the story of two English families whose lives were tangled by fate when their babies were inadvertently switched at birth, Romand used a … Continue reading →

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Rough Cut: one year old

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

Hard to believe, but I posted my first entry on this blog one year ago today. At first there was a bit of frenzied activity, with posts going up every day or two. Back in February, I went to once … Continue reading →

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In-flight entertainment

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

I recently took a one-week trip to Beijing to attend my brother’s wedding. The city itself is fascinating, built on a monumental scale (or as dissident artist Ai Weiwei puts it, “inhuman”), and Beijing traffic is one of the most … Continue reading →

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Found-footage addendum

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

In light of this week’s post on Matthew J. Avant’s “found footage documentary” Lunopolis, it seems like fortuitous timing that Glenn Erickson over at DVD Savant has just passed on a couple of links dealing with a series of found-footage … Continue reading →

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DVD of the week: Lunopolis

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

There are two main types of time travel story. The first treats time as little more than another spatial dimension, with the traveler heading off to see something in the past or future as if going to another country. H.G … Continue reading →

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In the beginning …

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

I recently started work on a documentary about the history of movie theatres and movie-going in Winnipeg. A brief article about the project in the Winnipeg Free Press has brought an amazing number of calls and emails from a wide … Continue reading →

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