Also by David Walsh On what should the new cinema be based? A thought-provoking essay, written following the 1996 San Francisco Film Festival. The Aesthetic Component of Socialism This major lecture provides an understanding of the approach taken by the WSWS to artistic and cultural issues.

The 1998 San Francisco International Film Festival World Socialist Web Site arts editor David Walsh attended the 41st San Francisco International Film Festival, held April 23-May 7. Organizers presented some 174 films, 103 of them features, from 45 countries. The festival, the oldest in North America, makes a genuine effort to screen serious works. To what extent is it able, under prevailing conditions, to present intellectually and artistically challenging work? This series of commentaries addresses this question. Blacklisted film director John Berry honored 25 films: the intriguing, the disappointing and the rest Part 1 and Part II Life in prison: The Farm: Angola, USA, directed by Jonathan Stack and Elizabeth Garbus An interview with Jonathan Stack: "What is this society going to do with the surplus humanity?" Documentaries and semi-documentaries at the San Francisco film festival The camera never lies ... Dirt in the soul: A review of Green Fish written and directed by Lee Chang-Dong Top of page  Readers: we invite your comments on this article. Please send e-mail. (c) 1998 by World Socialist Web Site (TM) All rights reserved News & Analysis - Workers Struggles - Arts Review - History - Polemics - Exhibits To our readers - Correspondence - Literature - E-mail - Site Map - Search