October 2002

He's got no strings to hold him down. Roberto Benigni is cast in the title role of Pinocchio which returns to the cinema as a live action feature.

The Sea Watches, is based on a script by Akira Kurosawa. Shooting required a hurricane; Nature duly obliged.

DP Phil Oetiker used 'Miami colours' to create the right look for Hittin' It.

Más de mil cámaras por tu segundad, is a Spanish thriller with pioneering aesthetic video game effects.

Jeff Burr and Mark Hannah teamed up with Romanian DP Viorel Sergovici for WW2 epic Straight into Darkness.

Beyond the Soul spans continents and decades.

Senseless is the first ever multicultural international collaboration by graduation students from the London Film School.

Reflecting the mood of apprehension and impending danger, dialogue is sparse in the Russian WW2 drama, The Star.

Murder by Numbers is Luciano Tovoli's latest film. He reminisces about this and his other films.

Set in the former Soviet Union, Lilja 4-ever is about the tensions and hostility experienced by two Russian children.

The Diet of Worms wasn't an early slimming measure. See the historical epic Luther for more details.

Cinematographer Joaquin Baca-Asay wants the audience to feel they're in his latest movie Roger Dodger rather than merely watching it.

Australian independent feature The Inside Story concerns a mysterious book that carries a dark and spooky history. It was shot in Super 16.

Economic and emotional demands undermine a once passionate relationship in Odour of Chrysanthemums.

Thrills speed and excitement galore in the documentary about the Daytona 500.

Director-cinematographer David Douglas used the huge IMAX(TM) format to showcase the work of helicopters in Straight Up: Helicopters in Action.

Copts and Thebes, documentary filmmaker Beatriz Seeman shares her fascination with the land of the Pharaohs in The Ka of Egypt.

Three professionals honoured by the AICP discuss their award-winning work.

Jeffrey Karoff explains the shooting concept behind his latest commercial.

Jan De Bont has created a high action spot for Pirelli Tires.

Details of Wildscreen 2002.

Digital restoration becomes more practical.

All that Jazz. Career Achievement Award for Ken Burns.

Freddie Francis receives Camerimage Award.

Richard Vedvick explains why film is the true high definition photographic recording medium.