SCREENING THE PAST, the new international electronic journal of film and media history is pleased to announce that the *second issue* is now available on line at: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/screeningthepast/ Highlights include: Short Subjects: 1. Review of Helen Martin and Sam Edwards, -New Zealand Film 1912-1996-, Auckland: OUP (NZ) 1997 First release: 2. Russell Campbell, "Prostitution and film censorship in the USA" Discusses attempts from the thirties to the sixties to ban all representation of prostitution from American films, demonstrating how this became increasingly difficult. Re-runs: 3. Herthe Thiele and Mädchen in Uniform, translated by Leonie Naughton. Heide Schlupmann and Karola Gramann introduce a long interview with Herthe Thiele, star of -Mädchen in Uniform- (Germany 1931), in which she discusses the production process and her own performance. 4. Nicole Brenez, The Ultimate Journey: remarks on contemporary theory This article deals with the recent history of theory and the relation between theory and history. It traces one path through some of the work on film theory in France during the eighties and early nineties, paying particular attention to the contributions of Jean-Louis Schefer, Gilles Deleuze and Jean-Luc Godard and to questions of the powers of the image, the figurability of the subject and the thinkable relations between film and history. (translated by William D.Routt) 5. Hu Ke, Copntemporary film theory in China, translated by Wang Chen and Chris Berry Discusses the response of Chinese film scholars to contemporary western film theory, from its first introduction in 1980, through attempts to apply it to Chinese productions, to the recognition of postmodernist influences. Classics & Revivals: Ken Coldicutt, “Cinema and capitalism (1935) and “-Turksib-: building a railroad (1933) Articles by an Australian left-wing activist who believed in the important role of film in educating the people and spreading anti-capitalist ideas. Introduced by Deane Williams. The trailers section (jobs, conferences, papers, call for papers, new titles etc.) is *updated monthly*. Harry Kirchner Managing Editor [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harry Kirchner Melbourne, Australia tel: +61 3 9489 1552 (h) tel: +61 3 9479 3512 (w) fax: +61 3 9479 3638 www.latrobe.edu.au/www/artmedia/screenoz.html - a new screenwriting book www.latrobe.edu.au/www/screeningthepast/ - an electronic journal of visual media & history ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.