Yearly Archives: 2006

95 post(s) found

It’s a Wonderful Life…

Posted: 29 October 2006 by Chris Hocking

This film truly takes you on an emotional rollercoaster. It’ll make you laugh and it will [almost] bring a tear to your eye. But what I really liked about this film was that it was surprisingly unpredictable. I was absolutely…



Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Posted: 24 October 2006 by Chris Hocking

How happy is the blameless Vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d. Alexander Pope Every once in a while you sit down on your couch,…



GPS raises significant issues of mobile privacy

Posted: 20 October 2006 by Chris Hocking

The government’s been in bed with the entire telecommunications industry since the forties. They’ve infected everything. They get into your bank statements, computer files, e-mail, listen to your phone calls…. Every wire, every airwave. The more technology used, the easier…



Philosophy of Open Source

Posted: 13 September 2006 by Chris Hocking

Introduction The purpose of this document is to explain the philosophy behind Open Source. It will first examine the definition of the term, then reveal its history, and finally, explore how the philosophy is affecting all areas of society –…



Documentary Interview Experiments

Posted: 9 September 2006 by Chris Hocking

As part of our Language and Communications class, we split into groups of four people and conducted a series of interviews. One person acted as camera tech, another sound tech, an interviewer and an interviewee. The purpose of the interview…



Elephant

Posted: 9 September 2006 by Chris Hocking

I have just realised that after half a year of studying film and television, my whole perspective of what makes a fantastic movie has changed. Last year, I would have said it has to entertain me and absorb me in…



In God We Trust

Posted: 22 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

As Robert stands in the middle of a street contemplating the text written on a coin, he is suddenly hit by a SUV and instantly killed. In the waiting room of the afterlife, Robert soon is told by a clerk…



Summer 04

Posted: 22 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

15-year-old Nils invites his 12-year-old girlfriend Livia to spend the holidays with him and his mother and father at their summer home. One day whilst sailing, Nils returns home without Livia, much to his families shock. Silvia returns home later…



2:37

Posted: 22 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

2:37 was the opening night film at MIFF 2006… Set in a South Australian High School, 2:37 opens with a scene of blood oozing out of a janitors closet. When the door is finally opened, although we don’t see it,…



The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

Posted: 22 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

One of the worst things about attending any film festival is that unfortunately, you will, at least once (although probably more often than not), be trapped in a jammed packed theatre and forced to witness some of the worst footage…



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