| Reference Type |
The Sydney Morning Herald
newspaper
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| Title |
Mike and Stefani step from the past |
| Author(s) | Helen Frizell |
| State |
Unknown |
| Country |
Unknown |
| Publication Date |
31-05-1975 |
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| Page Number |
n.p. |
| Comments |
A copy of this newspaper article is held on file at the AFI library. A video of the film Mike and Stefani is available (for purchase or lending)through the National Film and Sound Archive. |
| Synopsis |
The article investigates why the 'hauntingly, beautiful' film 'Mike and Stefani' was not given a public release when it was completed in 1952. Frizell interviews the film's director, Maslyn Williams, and highlights the forthcoming 1975 Sydney Film Festival where 'Mike and Stefani' will have its first public screening since being put into the'too hard' basket in the 1950s. |
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| Realism in Mike and Stefani |
In reference to the article, it mentions the obscure ways in which Williams constructed the film, such as mentioning 'We had one camera, half a dozen lights and an old wire recorder'. He also mentions that he dubbed it in seven different languages.
Williams created the film for it to become a 'historic document'. As the film was hailed as 'more human, more moving and more enacted' than any other documentaries before it.
It is also interesting to note that in the article, Williams says that although the film was originally designed as government propaganda, it goes past that as it is a personal film, with 'performances by non-professional actors' which are amazing and add a 'gritty realism' to it.
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