Misplaced Pages

#479520

23-437: The Monthly Film Bulletin was edited in the mid-1950s by David Robinson , in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Peter John Dyer, and then by Tom Milne . By the end of the 1960s, when the character and tone of its reviews changed considerably with the arrival of a new generation of critics influenced by the student culture and intellectual tumult of the time (not least the overthrow of old ideas of "taste" and quality), David Wilson

46-462: A Doctor Who exhibit that was used in several documentaries about the early years of the show, plus a temporary exhibition area. A series of temporary exhibitions were held in the final room at the end of the museum tour: MOMI was housed in a glass-sided steel framed metal-clad building (designed by Bryan Avery of Avery Associates Architects), with red roofs running along each side of Waterloo Bridge . An exhibition called Moving Pictures ran at

69-595: A 127-page introduction to film history. This was serialised in the form of five supplementary magazines accompanying Sight and Sound from September 1994 to January 1995. This article about an English non-fiction writer is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Museum of the Moving Image (London) The Museum of the Moving Image ( MOMI ) was a museum of the history of cinema technology and media sited below Waterloo Bridge in London. It

92-466: A lengthy defence in 1981 of Glen or Glenda . Another change was that all reviews had a byline – up to September 1968, only the reviews of films considered more significant by the BFI had a partial byline of initials only (so Tom Milne would be "T.M."). From January 1971, all films were listed in alphabetical order, mainly because a new wave of critics who were influencing the magazine had already overturned

115-615: Is an English film critic and author . He is a former film critic for both the Financial Times and The Times and wrote the official biography of Charlie Chaplin . Robinson began to write for Sight and Sound and the Monthly Film Bulletin during the 1950s, becoming assistant editor of Sight and Sound and editor of the Monthly Film Bulletin from 1957 to 1958. He was film critic of

138-459: Is the official biographer of Charlie Chaplin and his book, Chaplin: His Life and Art , was first published in 1985 (in a revised form in 1992 and 2001). An illustrated biography entitled Charlie Chaplin: The Art of Comedy was published by Thames & Hudson in 1996, as part of their ‘ New Horizons ’ series. He has also written a book on Buster Keaton . For the centenary of cinema in 1995, Robinson wrote The Chronicle of Cinema 1895-1995 ,

161-617: The Financial Times from 1958 to 1973, before taking up the same post at The Times in 1973. He remained the paper's main film reviewer until around 1990 and a regular contributor until around 1996. From 1997 to 2015, he was director of the Giornate del cinema muto silent film festival, which takes place in Pordenone , northern Italy, every October. Robinson is also a supporter of the UK-based silent-film society Bristol Silents and

184-564: The BFI Gallery , which itself was replaced in 2012 by the BFI Reuben Library. The remaining site incorporated the existing three cinemas showcasing the best historical and contemporary film from around the world, a mediatheque of British film and television, and a bookshop within an active programme that includes the annual London Film Festival . Although there was talk that Bradford 's National Media Museum planned to open

207-420: The 1970s, the tone and style of its reviews had changed considerably, and was increasingly influenced in some cases by the auteur theory and Marxist-influenced film theory, though some more traditional critics such as John Gillett remained, and others such as David McGillivray and Paul Taylor took exploitation movies more seriously than had previously been considered acceptable, while Steve Jenkins wrote

230-696: The Gods of the Silent Cinema , Charlie Chaplin , The Russian Agit prop Train, Experimental Film , German Expressionism , The coming of sound film , Censorship , Newsreel , The Documentary Movement, Cinema of France , Animation , The Hollywood Studio System, The Great Days of Cinema Going in Britain including Odeon Cinemas , British film , World War II , Cinema architecture, The arrival of television , Expansion of television, Cinema fights television, World Cinema , Television heritage, Television today,

253-485: The National Film Theatre, and the designer Neal Potter . Smith raised the museum's £15m project costs entirely from private sources. Interpretation was done through graphics, interactive exhibits, recreated environments, models, six 35 mm film projections using endless loop platters, two 16 mm film projections, two 70 mm projectors, and over 70 LaserDisc players for video playback. There

SECTION 10

#1732783269480

276-563: The Sheffield Millennium Galleries 14 February – 19 May 2002. The exhibition offered a scaled down version of MOMI using actors and items from the museum collection to tell the history of the moving image. It was planned as the first location of a touring exhibition but was not well received and the tour was cancelled. Later in October 2002 the BFI announced it no longer planned to recreate MOMI. The MOMI programme

299-514: The UK. The Monthly Film Bulletin was originally published to allow UK cinema managers to decide what films to show, hence the complete cast and production lists, full plot followed by a thorough critique. Only films that had been registered with the UK government trade authority were covered each month. During the years of full supporting programmes, The Monthly Film Bulletin printed long lists of B-features and short films with brief capsule reviews; by

322-641: The annual Slapstick comedy festival, also based in Bristol and usually held in January (the 2021 festival took place online in March). He played a part in the creation of the award-winning Museum of the Moving Image on London's South Bank which opened in 1988 and closed in 1999. In 1973, he was head of the jury at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival . In 1995 he was a member of

345-589: The assumptions implicit in the separation of films (for example, several by Sergio Leone and many from the stable of Roger Corman were only included in the "shorter notices" section). From the July 1982 issue, The Monthly Film Bulletin changed again to include more feature articles, interviews, and photographs. The Monthly Film Bulletin ' s contributors included: David Robinson (film critic and author) David Robinson (born 6 August 1930 in Lincoln )

368-545: The chase) which Jones used to try out the pens. Animation played an important role in MOMI. Channel Four funded the Channel Four/MOMI animator in residence scheme. Winners of the competition developed a short film in the 'goldfish bowl', a three-meter (10') square glass box; this allowed the public to see the animator's every move. Over forty films were produced and they won many awards worldwide. Prior to opening,

391-420: The intention of its being relocated to Jubilee Gardens nearby. Its permanent closure was announced in 2002. MOMI was the brainchild of National Film Theatre Controller Leslie Hardcastle . Hardcastle's vision was realised by significant fundraising by then Director of the BFI, Anthony Smith and a development team including David Francis , David Robinson , Charles Beddow (1929-2012), Chief Technical Officer of

414-574: The jury at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival . He lives in Bath, Somerset . In 2019 he appeared in Chris Wade's documentary Charlie Chaplin: The Making of a Genius . Robinson's books include Hollywood in the Twenties (1968) and The History of World Cinema (1973) which was expanded and revised as World Cinema: A Short History ( World Cinema 1895-1980 on the cover, 1981). Robinson

437-788: The museum bought Marilyn Monroe 's black dress from the 1959 film Some Like It Hot , for £19,800. The event featured on the front pages of many UK newspapers. There was a busy education department with two education rooms and a small cinema for special events. The museum was available for private hire for corporate events or parties. Galleries in the museum included Tricking the Eye, Shadow puppets , Early optical device, The Phantasmagoria , Optical toys, Photography , Magic lanterns , Projection , Persistence of vision , The arrival of Cinema ( Lumiere Brothers ), Early Technical advances, British Pioneers including Birt Acres , Méliès , The early cinemas World War I , The formation of Hollywood, The Temple to

460-409: Was also a group of six actors dressed in period costume (e.g. a Victorian magic lanternist and a Hollywood director). A few months before MOMI opened in 1988, the animator Chuck Jones was invited to create a chase sequence directly onto the high walls of the museum. Jones spent several days working on high scaffolding to create the work. At the lowest level on a door was a smaller drawing (not part of

483-487: Was discontinued and its site reopened as BFI Southbank on 14 March 2007, providing a new entrance to the National Film Theatre complex. A programme of commissioned artists' moving image work was seen as a better fit for the BFI's remit to promote the moving image in all its forms than that of MOMI: an Exhibitions Department was established and a contemporary art gallery dedicated to the moving image opened,

SECTION 20

#1732783269480

506-595: Was opened on 15 September 1988 by Prince Charles and at the time, was the world's largest museum devoted entirely to cinema and television. The museum formed part of the cultural complex on the South Bank of the River Thames . MOMI was mainly funded by private subscription and operated by the British Film Institute . MOMI was closed in 1999, initially on a supposedly temporary basis, and with

529-497: Was the editor. It was then edited by Jan Dawson (1938 – 1980), for two years from 1971, and from 1973 until its demise by the New Zealand-born critic Richard Combs. In 1991, The Monthly Film Bulletin was merged with Sight & Sound , which had until then been published quarterly. Sight & Sound then became a monthly publication and took up The Monthly Film Bulletin' s remit to review all films released in

#479520