{"id":257,"date":"2010-05-13T16:32:45","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T15:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/?p=257"},"modified":"2011-04-03T19:02:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T18:02:04","slug":"issue-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/2010\/05\/13\/issue-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 39: Confined Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/2010\/05\/13\/issue-39\/review_lebanon_homepage\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/review_lebanon_homepage-594x445.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Lebanon\" width=\"594\" height=\"445\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/review_lebanon_homepage-594x445.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/review_lebanon_homepage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/review_lebanon_homepage.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lebanon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"left\">\n<p class=\"caption\">\n<b>Theme: Confined Spaces<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/lebanon\/\"><I>Lebanon<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/05\/the-virtues-of-restriction-the-hide-and-other-cinematic-enclosed-locations\/\"><I>The Hide<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/cube\/\"><I>Cube<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/05\/knifeinthewater\/\">Reel Sounds: <I>Knife in the Water<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/01\/08\/exam-interview-with-stuart-hazeldine\/\">Interview with Stuart Hazeldine<\/A> <br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Interviews:<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/21\/bodyguards-and-assassins-interview-with-teddy-chen\/\">Interview with Teddy Chen<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Features:<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/05\/colonialreportinaugural\/\">Greg Klymkiw&#8217;s Colonial Report from the Dominion of Canada<\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/05\/magic-lanterns\/\">Magic Lanterns<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Film Reviews<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/fish-story\/\"><I>Fish Story<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/american-the-bill-hicks-story\/\"><I>American: The Bill Hicks Story<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/the-temptation-of-st-tony\/\"><I>The Temptation of St Tony<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>DVD Reviews<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/shadows-of-forgotten-ancestors\/\"><I>Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/van-diemens-land\/\"><I>Van Diemen&#8217;s Land<\/I><\/A><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Double Take Review<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/19\/double-take-bad-lieutenant-port-of-call-new-orleans\/\">Bad Lieutenant<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Comic Strip Review:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/comic-strip-review-the-card-player\/\"><I>The Card Player<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Online Movie:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/19\/online-movies-girl-number-9\/\">Girl Number 9<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Blog:<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/05\/04\/terracotta-festival-2010-preview\/\">Preview of Terracotta Film Festival<\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/05\/05\/nippon-connection-2010\/\">Nippon Connection 2010<\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/05\/05\/zoomer\/\"><I>Zoomer<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/05\/05\/the-reykjavik-whale-watching-massacre\/\"><I>Reykjavik Whale-Watching Massacre<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/05\/17\/cine-excess-2010-the-movie-orgy\/\">Cine-Excess: <I>The Movie Orgy<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Short Cuts:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/05\/puppetoons\/\">Georges Pal&#8217;s puppet animation<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Film Jukebox:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/05\/film-jukebox-lali-puna\/\">Lali Puna<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Podcast:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2008\/11\/peter-greenaway-and-the-raindance-film-festival\/\">Until the End of the World<\/A> <br style=\"line-height: 22px;\">\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t<B>Confined Spaces: From tanks to locked rooms and futuristic cubes<\/B><\/p>\n<p>As the powerful war drama <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/lebanon\/\"><I>Lebanon<\/I><\/A>, which is entirely set in a tank, is released this month, we look at <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/themes.html\">confined spaces<\/A>, with articles on bird-watching British thriller <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/05\/the-virtues-of-restriction-the-hide-and-other-cinematic-enclosed-locations\/\"><I>The Hide<\/I><\/A> and metaphysical horror film <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/cube\/\"><I>Cube<\/I><\/A> as well as Krzysztof Komeda&#8217;s soundtrack for <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/05\/knifeinthewater\/\"><I>Knife in the Water<\/I><\/A>. <\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s new movies include Herzog&#8217;s demented <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/19\/double-take-bad-lieutenant-port-of-call-new-orleans\/\">Bad Lieutenant<\/A>, charming punk sci-fi tale <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/fish-story\/\"><I>Fish Story<\/I><\/A> and the documentary <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/american-the-bill-hicks-story\/\"><I>American: The Bill Hicks Story<\/I><\/A>. We also review Kafkaesque Estonian drama <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/the-temptation-of-st-tony\/\"><I>The Temptation of St Tony<\/I><\/A> and we have an <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/21\/bodyguards-and-assassins-interview-with-teddy-chen\/\">interview with Teddy Chen<\/A>.<\/p>\n<p>In the DVDs, we look at Paradjanov&#8217;s lyrical film poem <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/shadows-of-forgotten-ancestors\/\"><I>Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors<\/I><\/A> and Australian cannibal drama <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/van-diemens-land\/\"><I>Van Diemen&#8217;s Land<\/I><\/A>. We have a comic strip review of Dario Argento&#8217;s <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/04\/comic-strip-review-the-card-player\/\"><I>The Card Player<\/I><\/A> and our online movie is <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/05\/19\/online-movies-girl-number-9\/\">Girl Number 9<\/A>.<\/p>\n<p>We are very excited to present our very first <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/05\/colonialreportinaugural\/\">Colonial Report from the Dominion of Canada<\/A> from <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/snowballing-secrets-guy-maddins-careful\/\"><I>Careful<\/I><\/A> producer Greg Klymkiw and we also have a feature on <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/05\/magic-lanterns\/\">Magic Lanterns<\/A>. In the Blog, we have a preview of the <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/05\/04\/terracotta-festival-2010-preview\/\">Terracotta Film Festival<\/A>, and reviews of the <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/05\/05\/nippon-connection-2010\/\">Nippon Connection<\/A>, American backwater documentary <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/05\/05\/zoomer\/\"><I>Zoomer<\/I><\/A>, Iceland&#8217;s first horror film <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/05\/05\/the-reykjavik-whale-watching-massacre\/\"><I>Reykjavik Whale-Watching Massacre<\/I><\/A> and Joe Dante&#8217;s rarely seen pop culture film collage <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/05\/17\/cine-excess-2010-the-movie-orgy\/\"><I>The Movie Orgy<\/I><\/A>.<\/p>\n<p>In the Short Cuts, we look at <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/05\/puppetoons\/\">Georges Pal&#8217;s puppet animation<\/A> while <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/05\/05\/film-jukebox-lali-puna\/\">Lali Puna<\/A> pick their favourite movies in the Film Jukebox. 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