CineAction
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"In a film about an interplanetary encounter the image technologies and media as extensions of human eyes get a center stage placement — mirrors are present in almost every frame, many characters wear glasses (when the FBI agents raid the apartment of Oliver Farnsworth, played by Buck Henry, and one of them takes away his eye glasses he screams back; "Those are my eyes!") and the extraterrestrial hides his real alien eyes behind contact lenses, photos and photo cameras are visible throughout the movie, microscopes and telescopes get their moment too." --Milan Pribisic, CineAction, 2010, a review of The Man Who Fell to Earth |
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CineAction (formerly styled CineACTION!) is a Canada-based film magazine, published three times a year, edited by an editorial collective that included critic Robin Wood. It was founded in 1985 by members of the film department at Toronto's York University.
Overview
CineACTION! is a Canada-based film journal, published three times a year, edited by an editorial collective that includes critic Robin Wood. It was founded by members of the film department at Toronto's York University.
CineACTION! began publishing in spring of 1985, and reached its 70th issue mark in early 2007. In a lead editorial in its first issue, the collective wrote that the aim of the publication was to "provide, within the field of film criticism, alternatives to what is generally available. We want to steer a course between, on the one hand, the practice of journalistic reviewing (the expression of personal opinions, within an entertainment format) and, on the other, academic "criticism" of a certain type (detached from contemporary social realities and frequently inaccessible to the uninitiated)" (CineACTION!, No. 1, spring, 1985, page 1). The first issue then went on to offer articles on films such as A Matter of Time, Tell Me a Riddle, Death Watch, and The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia. Among the first issue's contributors were Robin Wood, Richard Lippe, Bryan Bruce, Florence Jacobowitz, and Lori Spring.
In subsequent issues CineACTION! (the logo dropped the exclamation point with the 23rd issue) went on to publish the work of Douglas Pye, V. F. Perkins, Scott Forsyth, Tony French, Tony Williams, Edward Gallafent, Brad Stevens, Deborah Thomas, Andrew Britton, and scores more. CineACTION! generally poses a theme for each issue, and such themes have included comedy, sexuality in cinema, the films of Martin Scorsese, Canadian film, teen films, Vietnam, interpretation, documentary, rethinking authorship, and questions of value.
In issue No. 70, Wood announced that he was stepping down from the collective board, but would continue to contribute to the magazine. Issue No. 71 (Sexuality in the Cinema) was delayed for several months due to financial problems. However, it finally appeared on store-shelves in late May 2007.
