Interviews with Directors and Artists
An interview with Ana Poliak, director of La fe del volcán (The Faith of the Volcano)
By David Walsh, June 5, 2001
I spoke to Ana Poliak, director of The Faith of the Volcano , in Buenos Aires.
An interview with Mojgan Khadem
"Not just to entertain but to take the audience's breath away intellectually"
By Richard Phillips, June 4, 2001
Mojgan Khadem, the 31-year-old director of Serenades was born in Iran and lived there until she was 10 when her family was forced to leave the country to escape religious persecution by the Islamic fu...
A response to the interview with filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff
A clarification of essential historical issues
By David Walsh, February 6, 2001
On February 3 the World Socialist Web Site posted an interview with veteran German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff, conducted by Prairie Miller. [http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/feb2001/schl-f03.shtml...
An interview with German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff
By Prairie Miller, February 3, 2001
The following is an interview with well-known German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff, director of The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum , The Tin Drum , Swann in Love and numerous other works. His 1999 film,...
An interview with Paul Cox, director of Innocence: "Filmmakers have a duty to speak out against the injustices in the world"
By Richard Phillips, January 6, 2001
Filmmaker Paul Cox spoke with the World Socialist Web Site during a recent visit to Sydney for the Australian release of Innocence, his latest film. Born in Holland in 1940, Cox immigrated to Australi...
"It is a lot easier to stay with the establishment, but this is not my way of life"
Japanese film director Shohei Imamura speaks to the World Socialist Web Site
By Richard Phillips, September 19, 2000
Veteran film director, Shohei Imamura, recently visited Australia for “Under the Southern Cross”, a two-day season of Japanese films screened in Canberra and Sydney as part of the Olympic ...
Interview with Kim Dong-won, director of The Six-Day Fight in Myong Dong Cathedral
By Stefan Steinberg, March 3, 1998
An interview with Kim Dong-won, director of The Six-Day Fight in Myong Dong Cathedral.
Interview with Hubert Sauper, co-director of Kisangani Diary
By Stefan Steinberg, March 3, 1998
An interview with Hubert Sauper, co-director of Kisangani Diary.
Interview with Hsu Hsiao-ming, director of Homesick Eyes
By David Walsh, October 6, 1997
I first asked Hsu Hsiao-ming why he had chosen to make a film about foreign workers in Taiwan. Hsu explained that these workers had only started arriving in the country three or four years ago.
