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Profiles French film director Andrzej Zulawski. Style in film making; Motion picture masterpieces; Roots as a filmmaker; Influences; U.S. distribution of the film 'Possession'; Life in Poland.

Comments on the different roles portrayed by actor Cornel Wilde in motion pictures. Reliance on brawn and anxiety; Animal angst in the movie `The Naked Prey'; Long-lost renegade in search of a cult; Lack of attention given to Wilde's bold and brutal images; Obsession with nihilism and physical trial; Predictable emotional context of the movie `Beach Red.'

Looks at films as it focuses on Ousmane Sembene's career. Robert Lowell; Sembene as `the father of African cinema'; Agitprop documentaries from `Triumph of the Will' to `Shoah'; `Malcolm X' and `JFK' of the nineties; `Borom Sarret'; `Black Girl'; `Emitai'; `Mandabi'; `Ceddo'; `Camp de Thiaroye'; Sembene's `Guelwaar'.

The article discusses documentary films produced in Canada. The author questions the ethical responsibility of documentary films to present the truth, a responsibility that often goes ignored. Canadian documentaries that address the concept of truth in media are examined, including "Radiant City" and "Missing Victor Pellerin."

Discusses Sarah Moon's `Lumiere et Compagnie' anthology experiment in filmmaking. Participation of 40 contemporary filmmakers; Description of Lumiere films; Content of the participants films; Suggestion that 52 seconds is the perfect length for film.