{"id":332,"date":"2010-08-30T20:24:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T19:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/?p=332"},"modified":"2011-04-03T19:01:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T18:01:05","slug":"issue-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/2010\/08\/30\/issue-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 42: Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/2010\/08\/30\/issue-42\/review_vertov_homepage\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-333\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/review_vertov_homepage-594x453.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The Eleventh Year \" width=\"594\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/review_vertov_homepage-594x453.jpg 594w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/review_vertov_homepage-300x229.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/review_vertov_homepage.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Eleventh Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"left\">\n<p class=\"caption\">\n<b>Theme: Propaganda<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/01\/earth\/\"><I>Earth<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/01\/a-sixth-part-of-the-world\/\"><I>A Sixth Part of the World<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/08\/01\/no-politics-the-new-us-war-film\/\">No Politics: The New US War Film<\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/08\/01\/triumph-of-the-will-feeble-bombast\/\"><\/A>Reel Sounds:<\/A> <I>Triumph of the Will<\/I><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Interviews:<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/08\/01\/mother-interview-with-bong-joon-ho-2\/\">Bong Joon-ho<\/A> on <I>Mother<\/I><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/08\/01\/the-illusionist-interview-with-sylvain-chomet\/\">Sylvain Chomet<\/A> on <I>The Illusionist<\/I><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/08\/12\/the-refuge-interview-with-francois-ozon\/\">Fran&#038;#231ois Ozon<\/A> on <I>The Refuge<\/I><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/08\/01\/terrorism-considered-as-one-of-the-fine-arts\/\">Peter Whitehead<\/A> on <I>Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts<\/I><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Film Reviews<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/01\/the-human-centipede-first-sequence\/\"><I>The Human Centipede<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>DVD Reviews<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/01\/pandora-and-the-flying-dutchman\/\"><I>Pandora and the Flying Dutchman<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/01\/paranoiac\/\"><I>Paranoiac<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/01\/kamui\/\"><I>Kamui<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Comic Strip Review:<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/18\/cargo\/\"><I>Cargo<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Trailers and videos:<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2010\/08\/oddsac-trailer\/\">trailer for <I>Oddsac<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Podcast:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2010\/08\/the-films-of-vincenzo-natali\/\"><B>The Films of Vincenzo Natali<\/B><\/A> <br style=\"line-height: 22px;\">\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t<B>Propaganda: Revolutionary Soviets, Nazi bombast, apolitical America<\/B><\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s propaganda theme was prompted by the recent releases of Alexander Dovzhenko&#8217;s <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/01\/earth\/\"><I>Earth<\/I><\/A> and Dziga Vertov&#8217;s <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/01\/a-sixth-part-of-the-world\/\"><I>A Sixth Part of the World<\/I><\/A>. We also have a feature on <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/08\/01\/no-politics-the-new-us-war-film\/\">the absence of propaganda in recent American war films<\/A> and a Reel Sounds column on the soundtrack of Leni Riefenstahl&#8217;s <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/08\/01\/triumph-of-the-will-feeble-bombast\/\"><I>Triumph of the Will<\/I><\/A>.<\/p>\n<p>New cinema releases include the notorious extreme body horror movie <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/01\/the-human-centipede-first-sequence\/\"><I>The Human Centipede<\/I><\/A>, and we have an <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/08\/01\/mother-interview-with-bong-joon-ho-2\/\">interview with Bong Joon-ho<\/A>, whose extraordinary <I>Mother<\/I> is out this month. We also <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/08\/01\/the-illusionist-interview-with-sylvain-chomet\/\">interview Sylvain Chomet about <I>The Illusionist<\/I><\/A> and <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/08\/12\/the-refuge-interview-with-francois-ozon\/\">Fran&#038;#231ois Ozon<\/A> about <I>The Refuge<\/I>.<\/p>\n<p>In the DVDs, we look at classic Technicolor romance <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/01\/pandora-and-the-flying-dutchman\/\"><I>Pandora and the Flying Dutchman<\/I><\/A>, Hammer&#8217;s excellent atmospheric thriller <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/01\/paranoiac\/\"><I>Paranoiac<\/I><\/A> and disappointing ninja movie <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/01\/kamui\/\"><I>Kamui<\/I><\/A>. We also have a <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/18\/cargo\/\">comic strip review of Swiss sci-fi thriller <I>Cargo<\/I><\/A>. And we interview <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/08\/01\/terrorism-considered-as-one-of-the-fine-arts\/\">Peter Whitehead on <I>Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts<\/I><\/A>.<\/p>\n<p>In the Blog, we have previews of <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/07\/08\/film4-frightfest-2010-programme-announced\/\">FrightFest<\/A> and the <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/08\/02\/london-international-animation-festival\/\">London Animation Film Festival<\/A>. And you can watch the <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2010\/08\/oddsac-trailer\/\">trailer for <I>Oddsac<\/I><\/A>, a film by Animal Collective and Danny Perez.<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/category\/radio-and-podcasts\/\"><B>PODCAST:<\/B><\/A><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2010\/08\/the-films-of-vincenzo-natali\/\"><B>The Films of Vincenzo Natali<\/B><\/A>: Alex Fitch talks to director Vincenzo Natali about <i>Splice<\/i>, his previous films with actor David Hewlett, and his forthcoming adaptation of William Gibson&#8217;s novel <I>Neuromancer<\/I>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s propaganda theme was prompted by the recent releases of Alexander Dovzhenko\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <I>Earth<\/I> and Dziga Vertov\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <I>A Sixth Part of the 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