Memoir of Albie
“Another sacred fire has gone out…” That’s the opening line of the poem I recited at the wake for Shelton Lea in 2005. Now I want to say it again for Albie. As a filmnik (not the same as “film buff”)...
View ArticleAlbie Thoms as an Historian
In the 1970s I was a regular reader of Albie Thoms’ articles on Australian cinema – with their emphasis on alternative filmmaking – in Filmnews, and appreciated him compiling the best of them for his...
View ArticleDays of Future Past: Albie Thoms’ Polemics
I met Albie Thoms only once, in 2009, when the Australian Centre for the Moving Image revived his 1969 feature Marinetti – an avant-garde extravaganza described in Thoms’ 1978 essay collection Polemics...
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Unlike any other, without a doubt. For everyone that knew Albie, had worked with him, had shared a laugh or had watched his films and read his writings – this man was a gentle articulate giant of that...
View ArticleAlbie – A Well-Directed Life
One of the last things Albie Thoms did before he died late last year was organise a launch party for the book he was rushing to finish and see published. It was to be a big event, at Paddington Town...
View ArticleAlbie Thoms Refractions
By Danni Zuvela for OtherFilm The scene is a screen, but split into three. A line, radiating from centre frame, separates the left trident (tinted green) from the top trident (magenta) and the right...
View ArticleThe Ubu Moment and Australian Experimental Film: Interviews with Albie Thoms
By Danni Zuvela for OtherFilm Albie Thoms (1941-2012) led a remarkable life. Perhaps most well-known as a filmmaker and founder of the pioneering avant-garde film organisation Ubu Films (1965-1970),...
View ArticleWhy Albie Thoms? – A Singular Commitment and a Figure Displaced
The Memorial Event – Thoms’ Resurrection On 17 December 2012, a large group of people came together in Paddington Town Hall to celebrate Albie Thoms’ life, and to launch his book, a memoir called My...
View ArticleFrom Ubu Roi to My Generation: A Tribute to Albie Thoms
Albie Thoms (1941-2012) was one of the most significant figures of Australian postwar film culture. In a peripatetic career that stretched from his adventurous work with the Sydney University Drama...
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