A Critical Cinema 2: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers

283

Page viii

Anne Severson (On Near the Big Chakra)

319

Laura Mulvey (On Riddles of the Sphinx)

333

Yvonne Rainer (On Privilege)

344

Trinh T. Minh-ha

355

Godfrey Reggio

378

Peter Watkins

402

Filmography

423

Bibliography

437

Index

449

Page ix

Acknowledgments

Thanks to the following journals for permission to reprint interviews and, in some cases, my introductory comments:

Film Quarterly,

for 'Southern Exposure: An Interview with Ross McElwee,' vol. 41, no. 4 (Summer 1988), pp. 1323; 'Yoko Ono: Ideas on Film (Interview/Scripts),' vol. 43, no. 1 (Fall 1989), pp. 223; ''Illuminations: An Interview with Andrew Noren,' vol. 44, no. 3 (Spring 1991), pp. 3043; 'Demystifying the Female BodyTwo Interviews: Anne Severson

Near the Big Chakra

/Yvonne Rainer

Privilege,

' vol. 45, no. 1 (Fall 1991), pp. 1832.

Afterimage,

for 'Interview with James Benning,' vol. 9, no. 5 (December 1981), pp. 1219; 'Interview with Anthony McCall,' vol. 15, no. 5 (December 1987), pp. 69; 'Damned If You Don't: An Interview with Su Friedrich,' vol. 15, no. 10 (May 1988), pp. 610.

The Independent,

for 'The Nuclear War Film: Peter Watkins Interviewed,' vol. 7, no. 9 (October 1984), pp. 2224, 32; 'Daddy Dearest: Su Friedrich Talks about Filmmaking, Family, Feminism,' vol. 13, no. 10 (December 1990), pp. 2834.

Cinematograph,

for 'A Picture a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: An Interview with Anne Robertson,' vol. 4 (1991), pp. 5366.

Feminist Studies,

for 'Interview with Lizzie Borden.' Article reprinted from

Feminist Studies,

vol. 15, no. 2 (Summer 1989), pp. 327345, by permission of the publisher, Feminist Studies, Inc., c/o Women's Studies Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742.

Journal of Film and Video (Journal of the University Film Associa

-

Page x

tion

), for 'Interview with Peter Watkins,' vol. 34, no. 3 (Summer 1982), pp. 4755.

October,