tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711474060981003322.post2241572664031888445..comments2023-12-05T02:44:04.034-08:00Comments on James Ricketson: “We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore.”James Ricketsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06366597246927581660noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711474060981003322.post-37980168886174066952012-05-11T08:06:14.361-07:002012-05-11T08:06:14.361-07:00I know of 4 instances were Connolly has been knock...I know of 4 instances were Connolly has been knocked back for funding. I am sure that would be because he is one of only very few who has been critical of Screen Australia, albeit cleverly avoiding the use of the words"funding bodies". It is on public record and with having written the white paper which if you haven't read, is a very insightful read about the need to change the business model for the industry here. Give it a whirl. Research what happened with "view from a bridge". It is quite the tale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711474060981003322.post-54136587089788819372012-05-09T19:52:18.597-07:002012-05-09T19:52:18.597-07:00Such a shame that Encore succumbed to bullying and...Such a shame that Encore succumbed to bullying and legal threats from SA and gave up giving space to filmmakers to complain about film funding bodies and the semi-permanent class of bureacrats who run them.Emily Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711474060981003322.post-51579186490321213622012-05-09T16:24:59.635-07:002012-05-09T16:24:59.635-07:00I remain a newcomer to this blogging business and ...I remain a newcomer to this blogging business and don’t really understand much about how my own site works, so don’t quite understand why it is that so many of the posts made by readers disappear within an hour of being put up. It is certainly not me who is deleting them! Perhaps there is some explanation for their disappearance that I am unaware of! Here is one (anonymously posted) that went up yesterday but which disappeared quick smart:<br /><br />"It’s not just that Encore fears being sued if it allows critical comments about Screen Australia to be published online. The editor of Encore (and the same applies to the heads of the various film associations and organizations) must not only deal with senior management at Screen Australia regularly to get information about non-contentious matters, they are also likely to encounter them regularly at social film functions of one kind or another – film awards nights etc. This is where what I call the SEP – the Social Encounter Problem – kicks in. The editor of Encore, along with the heads of the various film associations, want to be able to socialize, share a glass of wine with, senior bureaucrats whom they will be dependent on in the future for information or with whom they may need to talk to about other matters. Last thing they want is to rub shoulders with Ruth Harley or some other senior film bureaucrat they have recently taken to task or challenged in an article – whether it be published on paper or online. Screen Australia has effectively tamed the various film magazines (and associations) and they have allowed themselves to be tamed – which is why you so rarely read any real criticism of Screen Australia from any other than anonymous sources.”<br /><br />My only comment is that when the new look Encore came online I became persona non grata. My comments were censored and articles that I wrote (opinion pieces) were rejected. How and why this occurred I can only conjecture.James Ricketsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06366597246927581660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711474060981003322.post-38534572831225372662012-05-09T00:49:33.188-07:002012-05-09T00:49:33.188-07:00I’d like to know if there has ever been an occasio...I’d like to know if there has ever been an occasion when Robert Connolly or Rachel Perkins has had a project knocked back by the Screen Australia Board of which they are members? I’d like to know which other Board members have benefited financially from decisions made by the Screen Australia Board? Anyone know the answers to these questions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com