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RES Magazine is a bimonthly print publication now entering its ninth year. The magazine profiles creative individuals in digital media and features reviews of the latest tools and techniques in desktop film and video. RES was the first to showcase the work of filmmaker Spike Jonze, music video director Chris Cunningham, ILM effects guru John Knoll, design collective Tomato, animators Bob Sabiston and Tommy Pallotta; and the Dogma 95 group led by Lars von Trier. RES is internationally recognized as the leading publication in its field, reporting on all aspects of the storyteller's lifestyle through engaging profiles, award-winning design and insightful how-to articles.

Back Issues 2005

November/December '05 Vol. 8, No. 6 (80 pages)

The SOUNDS LIKE... issue celebrates artistic innovation in sound, underscoring its overwhelming effect on all creative media.

• OUR BAND COULD BE OUR LIFE: Animal Collective's ecstatic noise and unique approach to working as a band.
• THE ART OF NOISE: Christian Marclay's moving image musical score Screen Play transcends media classification and revolutionizes sound art.
• TWISTED TOONAGE: Danger Mouse and MF Doom take their Adult Swim plunge as Dangerdoom.
• DRUNK ON STIMULI: Curators explore synesthesia in visual art and sound.
• HEADBANGER'S BALL: A new documentary, Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, demystifies the stereotypes and stormy history of heavy metal.
• MASTERING SOUND: Techno experimentalist Cristian Vogel discusses his new Barcelona studio and solo album.
• SHELTER FROM THE STORM: Ridge Theater constructs a new multimedia production.
• PRESENT PERFECT: A sampling of gifts that RES is excited to share with others this holiday season.
• FIRST PERSON by David Ellis of the Barnstormers.
• DIGITAL HABITAT visits the Chinatown studio of composition and sound design initiative Q Department.
• FOCUS zooms in on Congolese band Konono No.1, sound artist Bill Fontana, director Ali Taylor, techno label Border Community and the multifaceted E*Rock.
• WATCH previews the work of rising star Ace Norton, the Hungarian animated feature, The District! and Michel Gondry's Block Party.
• LISTEN hears from Boards of Canada and Deerhoof and reviews new releases by Silver Jews, Tom Vek and more.
• PLAY explores sound and music in The Warriors, plus Marc Ecko's Getting Up, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Far Cry: Insticts.
• READ looks at the geographically-diverse art of Place, NYC street art in Kelly Burnes' I NY and more.
• TRAVEL explores Detroit, a half-empty ghost town with a rich, enduring culture.
• HOW TO joins Michael Andrews, composer behind the scores of Donnie Darko and Me and You and Everyone We Know, in a walk through the process of film scoring.
• Q+A chats with violinist and multimedia performance artist Laurie Anderson.

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September/October '05 Vol. 8, No. 5 (88 pages)

THE DO-IT-YOURSELF ISSUE spotlights the inventive DIY ethos of the creators featured in this year's RESFEST.

• INSPIRED FOOLISHNESS: The tale of Swedish collective Traktor's strange and hilarious advertising and music video endeavors.
• COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS: A look at filmmaking collectives Lobo, SSSR, Kangaroo Alliance and AÄB.
• CALIFORNIA DEREAMING: The mutations of Beck's hands-on career in music and video. Plus Beck and the directors on their videos from "Loser" to "Girl."
• CONTINUING EDUCATION: A back-to-school guide showcasing renowned animation and SFX programs at AFTRS, Bournemouth, CalArts, Ringling, Sheridan and SVA.
• I LIKE TO FIGHT: Infamy, Doug Pray's documentary on the passion behind graffiti art.
• BORROWING WITHOUT ASKING: Progressive cut and paste directors challenge copyright laws by taking unlicensed material to make their own culture jamming films.
• STRINGS ATTACHED: This year's puppetry trend in film and music video.
• BEHIND THE CONTROLS: The making of Stephen Nadelman's 2005 RESFEST trailers.
• MONITOR FOCUS zeroes in on fabric artist-turned-filmmaker Lauri Faggioni, crafty director Woof Wan-Bau, British visual artist/director Adam Smith, Pastoral psych-folk rockers Dungen and Dutch director Johan Kramer, creator of the riveting 11:59.
• WATCH looks at motion graphics firm NAKD's new creative direction, Max Hattler's Collision, James Reitano's "Bullyshit" video for Quasimoto, modern romance in Four Eyed Monsters, the new Directors Label collection, film and DVD reviews and more.
• LISTEN tunes in to the copyright-challenging sounds of Tim Fite and Jason Forrest, plus new CDs by The Go! Team, Super Furry Animals, CocoRosie and more.
• PLAY explores cult game-maker Fumito Ueda's Shadow of the Colossus, plus RPG Maker 3, Geist and Evil Dead Regeneration.
• READ gets lost in the photojournalistic watercolors of Steve Mumford's Baghdad Journal, Boris Hoppek's street art and doll collection, do-it-yourself magazines Make and Marmalade and more.
• TRAVEL explores the arcades and ambulatory pleasures of Paris.
• FIRST PERSON by filmmaker PES.
• HOW TO shows you how to tap into the mega power of microradio broadcasting.
• DIGITAL HABITAT visits the offices of design firm Loyalkaspar.
• Q+A chats with media archivist/activist and filmmaker Rick Prelinger.

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July/August '05 Vol. 8, No. 4 (80 pages)

DRAWN FROM LIFE/COMICS + ANIMATION looks at how the innovations of today's comic artists and animators are impacting the culture at large.

• PERSPECTIVE DRAWING: MTV promo animator Matthew Vescovo teaches some obvious lessons and calls attention to universal behavior with his Instructoart. Plus original cover illustration.
• SEX AND MILWAUKEE: Persepolis author and cartoonist Marjane Satrapi tours the US to promote Embroideries, her latest comic book exploring the sex lives of Iranian women.
• ORIGINAL AUTEUR: Watchmen illustrator Dave Gibbons creates a retro-science fiction ode to his postwar England mod roots with his latest graphic novel The Originals.
• PICTURES THAT TICK: Sandman cover illustrator and graphic collage artist Dave McKean collaborates with Neil Gaiman and the Jim Henson Company on his feature film debut MirrorMask.
• JODO UNIVERSE: Graphic novelist Alejandro Jodorowski makes spiritual statements through the unorthodox worlds of Incal, The White Lama and Son of the Gun.
• VIVA L'ANIMATION!: Why France is setting the animation standard.
• ANIMATED ASIDES: Finding in-jokes, graffiti and secret frames in animated films and TV shows.
• CHEAP LAFF MAKER: A look at the current work of comic cartoonist and Garbage Pail Kids creator Mark Newgarden.
• MONITOR FOCUS zooms in on the vividly visual multimedia collective Paper Rad, comics-inspired filmmaker Keith Bearden, graphic journalist Joe Sacco, hybrid animator Cat Solen, and the site-specific murals of the Dreamland Artist Club.
• WATCH looks at Belgian stop-motion surrealists Pic Pic André, Japanese master animator Hayao Miyazaki, David LaChapelle's inner-city dance doc Rize, Judd Apatow's Undeclared series on DVD and more.
• LISTEN hears from Sons and Daughters and Mobius Band and reviews new CDs by Dave Pajo, A Band of Bees, The Herbalizer and more.
• PLAY explores the cartoon graphics of cel animated games, plus Clownerstrike, Sid Meier's Pirates! and the latest Arc the Lad.
• READ checks out Tod Lippy's arts and literary mag Esopus, In the Bubble, The Stanley Kubrick Archives and How to Look at Outsider Art.
• TRAVEL wanders among the diverse denizens of Toronto, Ontario.
• FIRST PERSON by Seonna Hong
• HOW TO: Stop-motion animator Jason Wishnow shares the ins and outs of creating your own stop-motion films, using some noteworthy examples.
• DIGITAL HABITAT visits the progressive world of Futurefarmers.
• Q+A chats with Samurai Jack and Dexter's Laboratory creator Genndy Tartakovsky.

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May/June '05 Vol. 8, No. 3 (80 pages)

FUN AND GAMES/WAYS TO PLAY gets in the game with RES' first issue about fun ways to play (and create!) games.

• CONNECTING WITH MIRANDA JULY: The talented filmmaker's first feature Me and You and Everyone We Know.
• BLAST OFF!: Hammer & Tongs takes on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Plus Garth & Nick on their videos and short films.
• PLEASE MAKE GAMES: Why games need you and what you can do to help.
• DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS: Interviews with five indie game developers who are fighting the good fight for love of the game.
• GAMES TAKE IT TO THE STREET: Urban choreography and physical interaction take play away from virtual games and bring it back to the real world.
• I AM 8 BIT: Game-inspired art from the I Am 8-Bit exhibit and testimonials from the artists on their childhood gaming obsessions.
• MAKING SENSE OF A MOD WORLD: Modders rejigger games and rethink culture.
• MONITOR FOCUS zooms in on electronic producer and food experimenter Matthew Herbert, French award-winning animator Gaëlle Denis, game innovator Alex Seropian, and avant gamer/I Love Bees creator Jane McGonigal.
• WATCH looks at the growing trend of D&D-inspired games, Imaginary Forces' kinetic barcode for MoMA, Shynola's "E-Pro" video for Beck, Jared Hess' short film work, Vladmaster, and the best new features on DVD.
• LISTEN hears from Four Tet and Magnolia Electric Company and reviews new CDs by the Boredoms, Spoon, Ariel Pink and more.
• PLAY explores artificial intelligence in games, plus Destroy All Humans!, 25 to Life and Lumines.
• READ checks out Visual Music, At a Distance: Precursers to Art and Activism on the Internet, The Life and Death of Bling Bling and more.
• TRAVEL encounters some strange behavior in Barcelona.
• HOW TO teaches how real-time motion capture for games can be done on the cheap.
• DIGITAL HABITAT visits Gray Baseman, creator of goofy yet nightmarish vinyl toys and paintings.
• Q+A talks with Reverend Billy about the Church of Stop Shopping and the coming Shopocalypse.

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March/April '05 vol. 8, no. 2 (80 pages)

COMING UP / NEW TALENT This issue focues on emerging talent and exceptional young artists from around the world:

• THE 2005 RES 10: Our annual list of creative innovators to watch in the year to come includes Talmage Cooley, Ramon & Pedro, Institute for Applied Autonomy, DJ /rupture, Nagi Noda, Neill Blomkamp, M.I.A., Koichiro Tsujikawa, Sofake and Saiman Chow.
• THE BRAZILIAN MOVEMENT: The polished new futbol documentary, Ginga, and leading design houses from around South America's largest nation.
• NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND: An emerging strain of avant-garde filmmaking that can loosely be termed "experimental documentar" is beginning to get noticed.
• TRUE WAR STORIES: Michael Tucker's in-your-face Iraq documentary Gunner Palace shines a harsh light on the media's cowardice in covering conflict around the world.
• FOCUS examines Brooklyn installation artist Mariam Ghani, Cologne micro-house songstress Ada and Melbourne composer/filmmaker Philip Brophy.
• WATCH looks at music video up-and-comer Jon Watts and the crew at Waverly Films, Charlie White's new video for Interpol and Nimrod Antal's Hungarian subway thriller Kontroll.
• LISTEN hears Mercury Rev's springy new opus, Koushik's hazy breakbeat psych and more.
• TRAVEL visits Sao Paulo, with graffiti muralists Os Gemeos as tour guides.
• HOW TO takes you inside the making of the latest LCD Soundsystem video, "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House."
• DIGITAL HABITAT offers a tour of South American design house Conduit.
• Q+A checks in with design icon Stefan Sagmeister. And much more...

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January/February '05 vol. 8, no. 1 (80 pages)

NEW SYNTAX / STORYTELLING This issue focues on progressive modes of storytelling:

• MINOR EPHIPHANIES, MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS: With Mike Mills' feature debut, Thumbsucker, debuting at Sundance, we check in with the acclaimed director and designer on the four-year making of the film. Plus, Mills talks about his most meaningful work.
• RADICAL, POLITICAL, SEXUAL: Cinematic punk-porn provocateur Bruce LaBruce continues to push buttons with The Raspberry Reich.
• PROMISES, PREMISES: Jem Cohen's latest, Chain, challenges narrative conventions with an unrelenting focus on the unnoticed, invisible and "framed out."
• THE CYRILLA STROTHERS PROJECT: Photographer Charlie White takes a range of documentary approaches in documenting the life of a 16-year-old high school student in this portfolio.
• FOCUS looks at avant-garde filmmakers Vanessa Renwick and Bill Daniel, Parisian director Francois Vogel and Toronto art-punk combo Death from Above 1979
• WATCH checks on Spike Jonze's latest for Bjork, DVDs from Stones Throw and Shitkatapult and more.
• LISTEN hears Michael Mayer's electronic debut and the Flaming Stars' cabaret garage.
• TRAVEL heads off to Melbourne, Australia.
• FIRST PERSON shows off European designer Kim Hiorthoy's dance with death.
• HOW TO tells you how to create a screenplay adaptation.
• DIGITAL HABITAT peeks inside the eclectic Queens art collective Flux Factory.
• Q+A converses with Malcolm Gladwell about his new book, Blink. And much more...

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Back Issues 2004

November/December '04 vol. 7, no. 6 (80 pages)

ESSENTIALS/YEAR IN REVIEW
This issue looks back at the year's essentials and looks forward to developing trends in film, design and media:

• PASSION PLAYS: Pedro Almodovar's Bad Education and Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers deal with passion at its most immolating and dangerous.
• THE CITIZEN ACTOR: Gael García Bernal's roles in The Motorcycle Diaries and Bad Education reflect a sense of duty and the desire to tell stories that can help bring about change.
• COSMIC HUMAN TRACES: Geograffiti artists use GPS as a means to make digital drawings or their journeys around the map.
• BODY ELECTRIC: Wearable technologies are shifting from the major presence of hard accessories like mp3 players and PDAs to technologies embedded in clothing.
• EXTENDED PLAY: The great albums of last year, that grew to be some of our favorites of 2004.
• SOUND AND VISION: Reviews of seven DVDs from 2004 that cater to lovers of music, graphics, film and music video.
• FOCUS gets up close with LA video artist Robert Drummond, Austrian media artist Constantin Luser, Tokyo-based filmmaker Yutaka Tsuchiya, NYC gallerist Lea Rekow's Gigantic Art Space and futuristic rapper Beans.
• WATCH looks at Kota Ezawa, Vernie Yeung, Interpol's film contest, music videos for the Streets and the Prodigy and more.
• LISTEN tunes into Diplo's debut LP and baile funk mix, LA's Midnight Movies and more.
• PLAY delves into the infinite environments of San Andreas and Spider-Man 2, plus more.
• READ checks out John Maeda's Creative Code, Mouse on Mars' doku/fiction and more.
• WEAR tries on Jethro Marshall's Backhand sportswear.
• TRAVEL stops into London's fashionable Shoreditch district.
• FIRST PERSON offers poetry from poet/musician/actor/activist Saul Williams
• HOW TO explores the delicate world of securing locations, explaining what you need to know to make your film and not get arrested.
• DIGITAL HABITAT visits Colin Metcalf, one of the creators of the experiental magazine Gum.
• Q+A chats with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy about the alt-country band's new book.

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September/October '04 vol. 7, no. 5 (80 pages)

INSPIRATION / RESFEST 2004
This special issue expands on RESFEST to offer readers a deeper introduction to some of the artists featured this year. Some of the artists are part of the festival; others are not:

• DESTINY, FAST AND SLOW: Aussie filmmaker Daniel Askill got people's attention in a big way in 2004 with his visually stunning philosophical mind-bender We Have Decided Not to Die and his Polaroid-driven music video for Sia, "Breathe."
• SHINE ON YOU CRAZY PUNTERS: Creators of stunning animated music videos for UNKLE, Radiohead, Steven Malkmus, The Rapture, Blur and more, British animation collective Shynola talks about its process and career. Featuring the definitive Shnola videography.
• LYRICAL AND INIMTABLE: Famed for his innovative videos for artists like Massive Attack, Radiohead, UNKLE and Nick Cave and his unusually creative commercials for Guiness and Nike, English director Jonathan Glazer made a splash with his first feature film Sexy Beast. He returns with a supernatural thriller starring Nicole Kidman, Birth.
• POLITICS, ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT: A new breed of activist filmmakers have been adopted a style inspired by pranksters and pirates, cutting and mixing their way to pointed political satire.
• GRAND OPENING: Inside the collaboration between directing team Motion Theory and illustrators kozyndan on the RESFEST 2004 opener, a brilliantly choreographed combination of animation, live action, illustration and design.
• FOCUS zeroes in on photographer-cum-filmmaker Cheryl Dunn, motion graphics duo Suk & Koch, music video animator Monkmus and surf doc director Doug Pray.
• WATCH checks in with Tomorrow's Brightest Minds' new video for Chromeo, the films of Benita Raphan and the new Warp DVD.
• LISTEN hears California sunshine psych combo Earlimart and broken beat adventurer DJ Rels.
• WEAR tries on the styles of New York boutique Opening Ceremony.
• HOW TO goes inside the bold new world of mobile cinema.
• DIGITAL HABITAT heads to Kansas City for a visit with motion graphics house MK12.
• Q+A talks to enfant terible Eric Henry about his new animated short Pirates and Emperors. And much more...

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July/August '04 Vol. 7, No. 4 (80 pages)

RESISTANCE / ALL THE RAGE
Hot temperatures, hot ideas. This summer, resistance is all the rage:

• THE STATE OF RESISTANCE: We spoke to five participants in art-based political resistance to find out how media artists are making a point.
• UNDERDOGS: The Coup's Boots Riley uses hip hop to wage war against modern racism and the American class system.
• MAKING THE WORLD 125 PERCENT BETTER: A look at some of the open labs emphasizing group participation over individual achievement and public goods over profit-based work.
• TURNING UP THE HEAT: Documentarian activist Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 details the corruption of the Bush administration.
• THE ART OF QUESTIONING: LA's Speculative Archive has been devoted to investigating the particulars of various declassified governmental documents.
• FOCUS takes action with political pranksters Billionaires for Bush, art gallery The Machine Project, media artist D. Jean Hester, clothing designer/architect/activist Lucy Orta and copyright-challenging DJ Danger Mouse.
• WATCH looks at Chris Hopewell's Collision Films, LA MOCA's Rodney Graham retrospective, Ant Farm Video, Robert Mowen's Drop, music videos for Tortoise and Bogdan Raczynski, plus DVDs for Jeff Mills, Ali G and more.
• LISTEN amplifies Sixtoo and !!!, and reviews the latest by Sonic Youth, Hangar 18, Phoenix, $tinkworx and Fucking Am.
• PLAY toys with games that get political, plus the Classic NES Series, Red Dead Revolver and Athens 2004.
• READ checks out How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office, as well as Julian Stallabrass on Internet Art, two books from onedotzero and more.
• WEAR dons military-inspired gear from Toronto's Delphic.
• TRAVEL drops out in Venice and Santa Monica.
• FIRST PERSON by Jon Jost reflects on experimental filmmaking in politically charged times.
• HOW TO logs in, blogs on and rocks out with you all you need to know to join the blogging ranks. Plus, HACK IT reveals Cory Arcangel's recipe for pizza ordering for hackers.
• DIGITAL HABITAT: Singapore design studio Phunk Studio excel in an anarchic East-meets-West aesthetic.
• Q+A chats with political pranksters and satirists the Yes Men. And more...

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May/June '04 vol. 7, no. 3 (80 pages)

SUMMER ESCAPE / TRAVEL ISSUE
This issue hits the road with a journey through 2004's best road movies. Including:

• THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS: In The Five Obstructions, Jørgen Leth recreates his 1967 short film The Perfect Human five times, each incarnation conforming to a new set of rules dictated by Lars von Trier.
• SEARCHING FOR THE WRONG-EYED JESUS: British commercial director Andrew Douglas explores the American South in a film inspired by Jim White's album Wrong-Eyed Jesus!.
• BEFORE SUNSET: Nine years after Before Sunrise, Jesse and Celine meet again in Richard Linklater's sequel shot in real time.
• DIG!: After seven years of filming the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols, Ondi Timoner shows us what happened to the rock and roll revolution.
• SUPER SIZE ME: Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock chronicles his strict 30-day diet of McDonald's while traveling the US to talk about food.
• WIM WENDERS: Finding inspiration in places, Winders gives the scenery a more dignified role in film.
• MONITOR FOCUS checks out Brooklyn's Rooftop Films, Jim Jarmusch's coffee talk, Mutek founder Alain Mongeau, Icelandic band M?m and Oceanmonsters' Eric Cruz.
• WATCH looks at Traktor's latest for Basement Jaxx, features Homework and Consequences, Nike's Art of Speed project, music videos for Madvillain and TV on the Radio and our favorite new DVD releases.
• LISTEN tunes into In the Fishtank, Contact Records, Dykehouse, Rjd2, Mission of Burma and more, plus our road trip mixtape.
• PLAY finds Game Boy getting some competition from PlayStation, plus the latest MTV Music Generator, Onimusha and new FPS game Painkiller.
• READ checks out travel stories, Personal Geographies and more.
• WEAR tries on the hottest T-shirt designers from Melbourne.
• TRAVEL explores the delights of Shanghai.
• FIRST PERSON by Elisabeth Arkhipoff
• HOW TO watches Mission Control and DJ Shadow mix it up with Pioneer's DVJ-X1 video turntable.
• DIGITAL HABITAT visits artist Jeremy Boyle at the Mattress Factory.
• Q+A chats with architects, planners and theorists Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown.

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March/April '04 vol. 7, no. 2 (80 pages)

WHO'S NOW / WHO'S NEXT
This issue focuses on the exciting new work of the next generation, including:

• ETERNALLY BRILLIANT: Director Michel Gondry discards preconceived ideas to navigate the geography of mental space in his feature film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Includes Gondry's innovative videography.
• THE RES 10: Introducing our seventh annual list of the year's most creative innovators.
• BRIGHT FUTURE: In conjunction with this year's RES 10, we introduce 10 students and recent grads whose amazing motion work makes them the ones to watch in the future.
• LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE: Arty Nelson on Beautiful Losers, a show charting a generation of DIY, multi-disciplinary street artists across 30 years.
• WHITE OUT: Suffused with beauty and mystery, Icelandic director Dagur Kári's feature debut Nói balances the idiosyncrasies that make life both devastating and worth living while holding fast to a foundation built on the resolute movement of fate.
• HAPPYPETS: Lausanne-based design trio Happypets is among a handful of collectives currently shaking things up in the world of Swiss graphic design.
• MONITOR FOCUS spotlights the raucous Liars, cool-for-school directors AV Club and the enigmatic Lansing-Dreiden.
• WATCH looks at Dougal Wilson, Fluorescent Hill, Luis Recoder, the Tomato Workshops, Can DVD, music videos by Cobra Kai and Dawn Shadforth plus the best new DVD releases.
• LISTEN recalls Arthur Russell and listens to the latest from Gift of Gab, Tortoise, Casual Dots and more.
• PLAY meets the next wave of game designers and explores City of Heroes.
• READ checks out new newsstand favorites Fishwrap and The Projection.
• WEAR tries on Staple Design.
• TRAVEL goes to Tokyo's Nakameguro.
• FIRST PERSON by Pipilotti Rist
• HOW TO: Rick Morris takes you step-by-step through making a DVD reel.
• ANALOG HABITAT: Digital Habitat goes analog with John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone
• Q+A chats with Michel Gondry and Oliver "Twist" Gondry

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January/February '04 vol. 7, no. 1 (80 pages)

RANDOM SHUFFLE / NEW NARRATIVES Random Shuffle focuses on storytelling in the new millennium, including:

• SURFACE TO AIR: French electronic duo Air pulled from disparate and suprising sources in building their latest album Talkie Walkie. Includes Air's impressive and innovative videography.
• WRITE ON: 21st Century screenwriters have taken Quentin Tarantino's lead in crafting non-linear narratives marked by interlocking stories, multiple points of view and unreliable narratives.
• SELECT AND COMBINE: Theorist Lev Manovich asserts that the database should be accorded the stature of the cinema or the novel and the emergence of dynamic narratives driven by databases bears him out.
• SPACE, TIME AND EVERYTHING: Film artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila's painterly installations find their subject matter through the twisted matrices of domestic despair.
• COMICS: A SPOTTERS GUIDE TO NARRATIVE STYLE: A primer on one of the most fragmented, playful and elastic of narrative forms.
• WRITTEN ON THE SKIN: Shelley Jackson's Skin makes the body a literal site of narrative innovation.
• MONITOR FOCUS introduces Los Angeles art rock cinephiles Loma Lynda, Portland pop bliss-makers the Shins and more.
• WATCH checks out Helen Mirra, Other Cinema and Doug Aitken's latest for R.E.M., plus DVD reviews.
• LISTEN hears the damaged electronic folk blues of Califone and the gently bubbling laptop pop of Mice Parade.
• READ explores online versions of the Surrealists Exquisite Corpse game and Ed Buscome's Cinema Today.
• PLAY dallies with Dark Alliance II and the history of game narratives.
• WEAR shows off Shynola T-shirts
• TRAVEL visits Berlin's Mitte
• FIRST PERSON exhibits the Clayton Brothers richly iconographic painted narratives.
• HOW TO takes you inside the world of music video director Ruben Fleisher, doing it cheap and fast.
• DIGITAL HABITAT checks out the many cameras of Lance Bangs.
• Q+A chats with Lars von Trier about his writing process. And much more...

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Back Issues 2003

November/December '03 vol. 6, no. 6 (80 pages)

THE RESOURCE ISSUE: The first ever Resource issue is a must-have collection of resources for working media artists, as well as a listing of the year's best in music, film, design and books, including:

• HEAVY: Alejandro González Iñárritu's second feature, 21 Grams transcends audience expectations while exploring weighty subjects like loss, rebirth and the inevitability of death.
• EXTRA EXTRAS: This list of the year's finest DVDs bequeaths awards for Best Packaging, Best for Laughs, Best Foreign Releases, Best All-Around and more.
• FUELING DESIRE: The beautiful books and media-rich DVDs in the Gas Series, which survey the world of contemporary graphic design, inspired unprecedented covetousness within the RES offices.
• HAPPY NEW EAR?: In case you haven't heard, science is hip now, and increasing numbers of artists are getting hip to the creative possibilities of genetic mutation faster than you can say "glow-in-the-dark rabbit."
• WHERE ARE YOU?: In 2003, conceptual art exploring spatial relations -- the kind that uses your physical presence within a place to impart meaning -- generated some of the most powerful, complex reactions.
• LABEL CONSCIOUS: Major label product may seem more mediocre than ever, but a new breed of indies has emerged which values artistry over commodity. Here are five of the finest.
• SO MUCH MUSIC, SO LITTLE TIME: It's tough to cover all the great albums that come out in the course of a year, so here are six of 2003's overlooked best.
• SCREEN FOR YOURSELF: When you're showing your prized film, you want a classy screening room. Here are several options, spanning a range of budgets and seating needs.
• SHORT TAKES: There are new film festivals popping up every day it seems, but here are ten shorts events which really stand out, both for the quality of programming and the care given to attending filmmakers.
• MAKING THE VIDEO: Behind every successful music video, there's an inspired video commissioner who must steer the promo's creative process. Here are some of the most brilliant.
• DJ DEMOLITION DERBY: The video for DJ Shadow's "Mashin' on the Motorway," written and animated by Ben Stokes and Doug Carney and inspired by Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, might represent the first time a video game has influenced the entire look and feel of a video game.
• MONITOR FOCUS introduces filmmaker community organizers Shooting People and Paolo Davanzo, LA graphic designer Jon Jackson, unconventional privacy advocate Bill Brown and cutting-edge DJ/producer Aesop Rock.
• WATCH looks at Michael Winterbottom's Code 46, director Thomas Hilland, Sundance Channel's Sonic Cinema, new music videos from Shynola, and the Chemical Brothers definitive Singles 93-03 DVD.
• LISTEN hears from the down and dirty Basement Jaxx and celebrates 4,766 seconds of Teenage Fanclub, plus reviews the latest from Jaylib, Lyrics Born, Plaid and more.
• READ finds inspiration in Designed by Saville, delights in design books of Japanese and Swiss graphics, and logs the best new books on video art.
• PLAY toys with joystick-alternative EyeToy for PlayStation 2, wind-slides with Eden Studios heroine Kya: Dark Lineage, rolls eggs with Billy Hatcher, and explores the techno-thriller follow-up to Fatal Frame.
• WEAR touts LA's Otto Design Group
• TRAVEL goes Dutch in Amsterdam
• FIRST PERSON features Chinese artist Cai Guo-Quiang's pyrotechnic gift to the city of New York, Light Cycle.
• HOW TO offers the annual RES Tape-to-Film Transfer Guide, your ultimate resource for finding the lab that's right for your independent feature.
• DIGITAL HABITAT visits the studio of Jason Wishnow, who is busy retelling the Oedipus story using garden vegetables.
• Q+A chats with Karen Lancel about her multimedia artwork exploring issues of isolation and communication. And much more...

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September/October '03 vol. 6, no. 5 (104 pages)

THE RESERVATION ISSUE: The Reservation issue comes bundled with our complete RESFEST 2003 program guide. Articles focus on travel and life in motion, including:

• TOKYO DREAMING: Filmmaker Sofia Coppola explores alienation abroad in her lovely new film Lost in Translation. Includes Coppola's Tokyo snapshot diary.
• A WALK IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES: Soundwalk reinvents urban tourism with a new series of audio guided tours of New York City neighborhoods that unlock the secrets of city life.
• COLLISION COURSE: After decades of dullness, car design has come back into vogue, as evidenced by the daring and unorthodox designs of cars like the Toyota Scion, Honda Element and Chrysler Crossfire.
• 92 SUITCASES: Peter Greenaway's daring multimedia project The Tulse Luper Suitcases includes three feature-length films, a companion Web site, an exhibition, numerous DVDs and an online game.
• FANTASTIC VOYAGE: Prolific filmmaker Michael Winterbottom traveled to Pakistan one month after 9/11 to make In This World, a tale of two Afghan refugees' cross-continental trek from the Middle East to Western Europe.
• MONITOR FOCUS introduces video artist Ming-Yuen S. Ma, curator Astria Suparak, the gospel-tinged rock of Spiritualized arranger Jason Pierce and Winnipeg-based filmmaker Deco Dawson.
• WATCH looks at Johan Kramer's The Other Final, new music videos for Dan the Automator and Kid Koala, plus Björk's Volumen Greatest Hits DVD.
• LISTEN hears from Erase Errata and Quasi, reviews the latest from Low Flying Owls, Enon and the Constantines and lists the best new music DVDs.
• PLAY explores the upcoming PS2 game Alter Echo, Game Cube's fast and fantastic F-Zero GX and the '80s sci fi inspired Tron 2.0 and more.
• READ checks into the world's most stunning hotels, peers into the mind of cinematographer Christopher Doyle and takes off with Garry Winogrand's airport photos.
• FIRST PERSON features filmmaker Michael Tucker's stunning photos and diary entries from two months in Baghdad.
• HOW TO follows producer, DJ and techno innovator Richie Hawtin as he takes his show to Spain's Groove Parade with help from Final Scratch and other digital DJ software.
• DIGITAL HABITAT visits Spumco, the Ottawa studio of onetime Ren & Stimpy animator John K.
• Q+A chats with David Byrne about his new soundtrack and his travel ambitions. And much more...

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July/August '03 vol. 6 no.4 (88 pages)

THE RESISTANCE ISSUE In this issue, we look at various forms of resistance in film, music, art and design, including:

• KAWS UNLOCKED: From billboards and bus shelters to galleries and designer toys, the famed street artist (and illustrator of this issue's cover) talks about his trademark graphics and the joy of reclaiming public space.
• Rock and Roll McDonald's: In his installation Nutsy's, artist Tom Sachs uses foam core, hot glue and mini race cars to make a statement about idealistic modernism versus commercialized modernism.
• Ads for Nothing: Artist/designer Shawn Wolfe expresses his love- hate relationship with ad culture.
• Stressing the System: British activist and artist Ange Taggart takes aim at rampant consumerism.
• EROTIC, AMORAL, BRUTAL: Olivier Assayas explodes the divisions between reality and imagination, big budget blockbuster and heady art film in his latest, demonlover.
• CROSSING THE DIVIDE: Iranian filmmaker Shirin Neshat discusses her poetic and powerful work and the commitment to resistance across disparate cultures, religions and histories.
• Graphic Attack: Protest posters are once again the tools of graphic artists with something to say.
• Activism's New Ecology: Online, little people can still make a big difference. Find out how the Web and e-mail have revolutionized efforts for change.
• MONITOR focuses on Catherine Hardwicke and Nikki Reed's Thirteen, the eerie sounds of Broadcast, Jason Archer and Paul Beck's animated political satire, provocative conceptual artist Joanna Rajkowska, and street art resource The Wooster Collective.
• WATCH includes new music videos by Christopher Mills, Kuntz & Maguire and Alex & Martin, plus the faux- Bollywood short Mullit and DVDs by Trans Fatty and !K7, and more.
• LISTEN tunes in to punk's elder statesmen Wire, the disco funk of the Soft Pink Truth, and new music by Aceyalone, The Clientele and more.
• PLAY toys with Warioware Inc, Midnight Club II and an online version of Star Wars rendered in pure ASCII and more.
• TRAVEL goes to San Francisco's Mission district.
• HOW TO explores the Polaroid transfer process, shows you how to make a subversive remote control and reviews JVC Japan's GR-HD1 camcorder, and more.
• DIGITAL HABITAT visits Todd St. John's Brooklyn-based Hunter Gatherer studio.
• Q+A talks to Swedish rockers The (International) Noise Conspiracy. And much
• more...

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May/June ’03 vol.6 no.3 (88 pages)

THE RESONANCE ISSUE
This issue focuses on sound and music, as well as visual work that resonates:

• SOUND AND VISION: No one in music embodies resonance as well as Radiohead, and, here, RES contributor Philip Sherburne looks at how the band has reinvented the music video... again.
• LAST NIGHT A VJ SAVED MY LIFE: Our highly unscientific and opinionated list of the 99 Most Influential Music Videos...
• LISTEN UP: If there's a Headphone for every ear, you'll find it here...
• SEE HEAR: One obsessive fan's obsessive Music Film Breakdown...
• HEADLINER NOTES: Our Favorite Music Festivals Around the World
• TOY CRAZY: Japan's Toy Culture Explodes with Sony's Time Capsule
• MONITOR focuses on the resonant work of installation artist Hiro Yamagata, innovative music from Tracy and the Plastics, Alison Goldfrapp and Prefuse 73, Aurlito and Shakespeare's ice cream truck sound system, and filmmaker Danny Boyle.
• WATCH looks at new music videos from Tim Hope, the Gondry brothers and Roman Coppola, plus The Animatrix series, Jordan Melamed's gripping Manic, the latest DVD releases and more.
• LISTEN checks in with Ghostly International, and reviews new work from Grandaddy, New Pornographers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Death in Vegas and more.
• TRAVEL jets off to Sydney.
• HOW TO leads you through the music licensing and explains quick and easy solutions for ripping your entire music collection. Plus, find out how to sample music using a PlayStation, read reviews of new sound boxes from Digidesign, FX tools from Cakewalk and more.
• DIGITAL HABITAT visits the home of Tenacious D-sciple Liam Lynch.
• Q+A interviews Neil Labute. And much more...

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March/April ’03 vol.6 no.2 (88 pages)

THE RESIDENCE ISSUE
Residence takes us home, and in this issue we meet creators who use ideas of home and family in their work:

• THE RES 10: Introducing our sixth annual list of the year's top creative innovators.
• BRUTAL GENIUS: Gaspar Noe on his controversial new film, Irreversible. Plus, an interview with Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk) about his room-spinning soundtrack.
• FAMILY SECRETS: Mike Hoolboom on his biographical film, Tom
• SPEED LIMIT: Jonas Akerlund cranks out Spun
• BUILD YOUR OWN HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM: Tips on projectors, speakers, TVs and more.
• THE LIVING HOUSE: Architecture gets organic.
• FIRST PERSON - MK12's Ben Radatz looks inside the home of the future.
• MONITOR focuses on filmmaker Helen Stickler, multimedia collaborators Pulseprogramming and the team responsible for the feature film Raising Victor Vargas and more.
• WATCH includes new music videos from Floria Sigismondi, Mr. Scruff and Thomas Hilland, as well as the latest from Chris Cunningham and more.
• LISTEN tunes into Chan Marshall of Cat Power, the White Stripes, Massive Attack and more.
• PLAY fools around with Amplitude and Freelancer and more.
• TRAVEL stays at home in New York, offering highlights of the best of the city.
• HOW TO shows you how to build the ultimate digital jukebox, hack your TiVo, and reviews Sony's 25P camcorder, Fingerworks' TouchStream keyboard, Final Cut Express and more.
• DIGITAL HABITAT drops in on pack-rat VJ Naohiro Ukawa's Tokyo studio.
• Q+A interviews UNKLE's James Lavelle. And much more...

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January/February '03 vol.6 no.1 (88 pages)

THE RESOLUTION ISSUE Resolution means finding focus, and in this issue we celebrate artists who have done just that:

• OPTIC NERVE - Anthony Dod Mantle's radical vision is responsible for some of the most captivating films of late, Dogma or otherwise. Shari Roman speaks to the charismatic DP about his work with directors Lars von Trier, Danny Boyle and Thomas Vinterberg.
• DEEP FOCUS - Lynne Ramsay talks about her latest film, Morvern Callar, starring Samantha Morton in an elliptical journey that's both visually stunning and aurally hypnotic.
• PERSISTENCE OF VISION - In his recent show at LA's Getty Center, Bill Viola explores The Passions, inspired by the use of emotion in painting. Here, RES visits the video artist's studio and learns about his passions and process.
• HIGHER, BRIGHTER - From Glenn McKay to art group 47, Karen Voss looks at the super graphics, light design and the new rapture of projection art.
• ADMIT ONE - Ten Stellar Cinemas around the world.
• FIRST PERSON - Anton Corbijn on his cinematic video for U2, starring Samantha Morton.
• MONITOR profiles Korean cinema's arthouse genius Im Kwon- Taek, eco-friendly filmmaker / VJs James Lloyd and Brian Ziffer, sonic innovator Kevin McHugh, Brazilian graphics prodigy Nando Costa and more.
• WATCH looks Tommy Pallotta's machinima music video for Zero 7, and more.
• LISTEN checks out A Band of Bees, Lemon Jelly, The Sea and Cake, Soul Jazz Records and more.
• PLAY has fun with QQQ, Grand Theft Auto:Vice City and more.
• TRAVEL maps the streets of Tokyo's Harajuku district.
• HOW TO features our annual Tape-to-Film Transfer Guide and reviews of the Panasonic DVX100P MiniDV 24P camera as well as DVD authoring using the new Mac dual processor G4.
• DIGITAL HABITAT drops in on video installation artist Jennifer Steinkamp.
• Q+A interviews Gus Van Sant on his desert film, Gerry. And much more...

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Back Issues 2002

November/December '02 vol.5 no.6 (88 pages)

• THE RESTRICTION ISSUE Restrictions confine, but sometimes they also spark brilliance. In this issue, we look at creative responses to restriction:
• THE ADAPTABLE MR. JONZE - The wildly imaginative and talented storyteller Spike Jonze speaks to Sandy Hunter about his second feature film, Adaptation. Plus, an annotated list of Jonze's masterful music videos.
• MOVING VIOLATIONS - Kaleem Aftab on Abbas Kiarostami's subversive Ten, the Iranian filmmaker's most avant-garde and ambitious project to-date.
• POST NO BILLS -Old school activist Robbie Conal and new school designer Shepard Fairey are guerrilla artists that share two things in common: wheat paste and a desire to incite public discourse. Meet the faces behind the poster art.
• THE PLAYER - Blizzard Entertainment takes on Hollywood with its cinematic series of games, from Diablo II to Warcraft III. Katie Salen explores the game-maker's mind-blowing worlds.
• MONITOR checks out RESFEST and Sundance filmmaker Stefan Nadelman, British DJ/producers FC Kahuna, underground gallery space the Horse Hospital and more.
• WATCH looks at Doug Aitken and Adam Levite's night vision video, Austrian artist Tina Frank, anime icon Annlee, wry artistry from Matt McCormick and more.
• LISTEN tunes into Negativland and new releases by ESG, Metro Area and more.
• TRAVEL goes to Cuba.
• HOW TO tells how the Orphanage's Scott Stewart gets a dreamy slo-mo vibe in the first music video for Howie Day, using a new Panasonic camera and a few tricks. Plus, original do-it-yourself poster art by Faile and more.
• DIGITAL HABITAT visits the Chinatown loft of Bryan Boyce.
• Q+A interviews Russian Ark DP Tillman B?ttner. And much more...

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September/October '02 Vol. 5, #5 (104 pages)

• The Future Issue featuring a brand new design and the complete RESFEST 2002 Program Guide.
• THE FUTURE BOY: CHRIS CUNNINGHAM - Shari Roman's exclusive interview with the enigmatic visionary, plus the director's comments on his incredible body of work.
• THE FUTURE OF LIFE: GODFREY REGGIO'S VIRTUAL GEOGRAPHY - Anthony Kaufman speaks to the director about the latest addition to his Qatsi film series.
• THE FUTURE OF MUSIC: IS THE AURAL BECOMING VISUAL? - Sandy Hunter muses on the bridging gap between music and cinema.
• THE FUTURE OF UNDERWORLD - RES catches up with producer and technologist Rick Smith on music, technology and the state of the world.
• MONITOR - Meet Honest and visit TKNY, Lee Bul's Karaoke pods and more.
• WATCH looks at Nick Relph and Oliver Payne, the latest from Guy Maddin, music video director Brian Beletic, and the Nike Presto DVD.
• LISTEN tunes into Montreal's Mutek festival, Underworld, Nightmares on Wax, Akufen and more.
• TRAVEL takes a trip to Paris and the amazing new Palais de Tokyo.
• HOW TO instructs on how to make a movie with digital stills and hack a camera battery, plus reviews of Animation:Master, the new Magic Bullet and more.
• DIGITAL HABITAT visits the home of musicians and designers Sweden Unlimited.
• Q+A interviews Sonic Youth. And much more...

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July/August '02 Vol. 5, #4 (80 pages)

• DRENCHED IN SWEAT AND GASOLINE: STEVEN SODERBERGH'S FULL THROTTLE FULL FRONTAL - RES visits one of Hollywood's hottest filmmakers and gets the full story on Full Frontal.
• IN THE BEDROOM: SEX IN CINEMA - Leslie McCleave investigates the state of sex in movies, wondering if the most sensual films are foreign. Plus, Alfonso Cuarón on shooting sex scenes.
• SIX DAYS: ON THE SET WITH WONG KAR-WAI AND DJ SHADOW - An inside look at Wong Kar-Wai's latest, cinematic music video.
• BEST-OF-BREED: BUILDING A MINIDV SYSTEM IN 2002 - D.W. Leitner recommends the best miniDV system and spares the world another war of religion.
• KIDS THESE DAYS ARE SCARY... SHUNJI IWAI'S BRUTAL, BEAUTIFUL ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU - Mark Erwin talks with the director about his latest film, a pop opera about kids run amok.
• ANATOMY OF A TRAILER - Ever wondered how those darn things get made? David Geffner finds out.
• THE ROAD HOME - Robert Bradbrook talks about melding live action and animation in his lovely short film, Home Road Movies.
• MUSIC VIDEO - Meet the two Julians of Gibbs+House. Plus, new work by MK12, Shynola, and the Snorri Brothers.
• DIGITAL HABITAT - David Alm visits the Brooklyn-based studio of Colombian video artist Monika Bravo. And much more....

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May/June '02 Vol. 5, #3 (80 pages)

• SNOW JOB: SHOOTING THE FAST RUNNER Anthony Kaufman talks to director Zacharias Kunuk and cinematographer Howard Cohn about the making of the first Inuit feature film.
• CLEAN AND SOBER: BROADCAST DESIGN TRENDS IN 2002 - Meet the newest faces of broadcast design in our annual round-up.
• DIGITAL VÉRITÉ - Albert Maysles tells us why he loves DV. Plus: five documentary commandments.
• HOUSE BEAUTIFUL: JESSE PERETZ'S THE CHATEAU - Leslie McCleave goes inside this comic feature about family, language barriers and real estate.
• FIRST PERSON: MIKE FIGGIS ON SPLIT-SCREEN FILMMAKING - Iconoclastic filmmaker Mike Figgis illustrates the evolution of his split-screen filmmaking process in the first in our new series of articles by filmmakers.
• FUTURE SEX: THE EVOLUTION OF EROTIC ROBOTS - Allison de Fren contemplates the near future with three creators of tomorrow's fantasy females.
• HOW-TOs - Frank McMahon takes you step-by-step to recording the best sound for DV. And learn all you need to know about how submit your film to the festival circuit.
• MUSIC VIDEO - Introducing H5 director Antoine Bardou-Jacquet. Plus, recent work by Rojo, Tommy Pallotta and Eiko Ishioka.
• REVIEWS - Scott Smith compares color correction tools, including Magic Bullet, Color Finesse and Final Cut Pro 3.
• DIGITAL HABITAT - Jim Campbell, known for his magical video installation work, welcomes Meg Grey into his San Francisco studio. And much more....

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March/April '02 Vol. 5, #2 (80 pages)

• WILD THINGS: MICHEL GONDRY'S HUMAN NATURE Michel Gondry, Charlie Kaufman and others on the making of a film that many thought was unmakeable. Plus, a full Michel Gondry videography.
• RES 10: Every year, RES picks 10 remarkable artists whose work we think will have a significant impact on the future. See who's on the list for 2002...
• DOWN AND OUT IN VENICE: STACY PERALTA'S DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS: Mathew Ross on Stacy Peralta's wild skateboarding doc that looks like a Ken Burns epic with severe attention deficit order.
• STATE OF THE ART: POMO POST-PUNK, POST APOCALYPTIC: Anthony Kaufman takes a look at today's most innovative directors, including Christopher Nolan, Steven Soderbergh, Spike Jonze and more.
• REARRANGING THE PICTURE: ROBERT EVANS' SO-CALLED 3-D LIFE: Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein examine the life of notorious Hollywood producer Robert Evans in their amazing hallucinatory biopic, The Kid Stays in the Picture.
• HOW-TOs : Jesse Ashlock takes you step-by-step on making your own audio CDs. And the MVPA's Andréa Clark takes you through writing a great music video treatment.
• MUSIC VIDEO: Meet Blue Source. Plus, videos by Michel Gondry and Shynola.
• REVIEWS: David Leitner assesses Apple's Final Cut Pro 3. And much more....

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January/February '02 Vol. 5, #1 (80 pages)

• RISKY BUSINESS: THE DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS Music video director Peter Care and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane talk about the making of their live action/animation hybrid.
• BACK TO SCHOOL: David Geffner checks in with the top film schools in the nation, asking about their DV capabilities, facilities and focus.
• UPPING THE IMAGE ANTE: PROFESSIONAL DV CAMERAS AND TRANSFERRING TO FILM : James Tocher returns with another installment of his acclaimed DV Camera Shoot-out series with a look at Pro DV cameras.
• TAPE-TO-FILM TRANSFER UPDATE: Steve Anderson updates our annual tape-to-film listing of transfer facilities available to the DV filmmaker.
• EXPOSED! SECRETS OF FIREWIRE FILMMAKING: RES contributing editor Scott Smith shares tips on FireWire filmmaking in this informative overview culled from his latest book.
• WHO GETS FINAL CUT? Starting with The Phantom Edit, Christopher Shulgan tackles one of the most challenging questions of the digital revolution: open source filmmaking.
• MUSIC VIDEO: A look at the wild and wooly Traktor team and their prize-winning videos for Fatboy Slim and the Basement Jaxx. Plus, three music videos to watch out for.
• REVIEWS: Chris Hurd tests the new Canon XL1S, while Jeremy Dawson draws on the new Cintiq tablet. And much more....

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Back Issues 2001

September/October '01 Vol. 4, #5 (112 pages)

• 5th Anniversary Issue featuring the complete 2001 RESFEST Program Guide
• MONSTER POP:THE MAKING OF THE GORILLAZ Kristinha McCort talks with Jamie Hewlett, the noted creator of Tank Girl, about monsters, zombies and his latest creation, the Gorillaz.
• BEAT IT BREAK IT: TURNTABLISM 101: David Geffner traces the history of the turntable, from its humble origins in the 19th Century to its newfound prominence at the center of a sweeping cultural movement.
• THE HITCHCOCK OF ANIME: RES assesses the brilliant career of Mamoru Oshii, perhaps the most influential figure in contemporary Japanese anime.
• LOOK BACKWARD, SPRING FORWARD: A lot has happened in the world of digital filmmaking in the last five years. Here, several key figures in the DV cinema scene rant and rave about the past and the future.
• IN FLUX: DIGITAL MEDIA IN THE MUSEUMS, David Alm ponders the ramifications of the steady increase of digital art shows at major museums and galleries. Plus, a quick guide to new digital spaces.
• MONITOR: Larry Fessenden's new horror film, Wendigo; shocking violence at C-level; gay men and new women in The New Women; Visionbox, a new digital production company; and Antenna Design.
• Apple's DVD Studio Pro is reviewed

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July/August '01 Vol. 4, #4 (80 pages)

• AMERICA'S MOST WANTED: Mike Mills, director of music videos, commercials and short films and co-founder of The Directors Bureau, talks about what's real.
• THE DIGITAL HOUSE: Profiles of several leading architectural trendsetters inspired by media.
• LET THERE BE LIGHT: SOUNDART: Robert Dansby talks with three musicians who use imagery to extend their aural environments. Plus, a look at several production and post-production sound tools.
• SMUGGLED MOMENTS: A report on Fuckland, a new Dogma film shot in the Falkland Islands.
• SEX AND THE SINGLE AGORAPHOBIC: RES speaks to Pierre-Paul Renders, the director of Thomas in Love, a new film that ponders the near future of "sextoons" and Internet dating clubs.
• CUTTING DEEP: THE PRO'S FINAL CUT PRO SYSTEM: Dean Mermell looks at the best systems.
• MONITOR: Kevin Fitzgerald's new hip-hop doc; Ebon Fisher's elusive Wigglism; video bodies by Natasa Prosenc; design work from Blind Visual Propaganda; Benton Bainbridge's video jukebox; Ken Feinstein's thoughtful video art; and San Easterson's amazing critter cam.
• Final Cut Pro 2, Premiere 6 and the Canopus DVStorm System are reviewed.

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May/June '01 Vol. 4, #3 (80 pages)

• PARTY CRASHERS: Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming talk about their new project, The Anniversary Party.
• REWIND: FORWARD DESIGNERS LOOK BACKWARD FOR INSPIRATION: David Alm surveys the scene and speaks with three new broadcast design companies.
• GLEAN LIVING: AGNES VARDA'S THE GLEANERS AND I: Allison Anders speaks with Agnes Varda about her latest documentary.
• GAMBLING ON 24P FOR JACKPOT: Cinematographer M. David Mullen's diary, kept during the making of the Polish Brothers new film, Jackpot, details the ins and out of shooting 24P.
• SKATE AND CREATE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SKATEBOARD VIDEO: Helen Stickler charts skateboarding as it's appeared onscreen.
• MONITOR: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's city lights; the neo-Noir vibe of "Booby Trap" Creative Time's big pictures; Mamoru Oshii's live-action Avalon; Debra Eisentstadt's first feature; Eric Loyer's tactile mouse; and Matt Silverman's ColorTheory.
• After Effects 5 is reviewed, plus our newly revised plug-in guide.

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Mar/Apr '01 Vol. 4, #2 (80 pages)

• WILD AT HOME: DAVID LYNCH, One of our era's wildest filmmakers discovers the Internet.
• OUT OF HAND! PDA FILMMAKING: The short film is going hand-held with a movement designed to colonize the ubiquitous PDA.
• RES 10/TEN TO WATCH IN 2001: Our annual list of creative visionaries this year includes makers of dreamy mediascapes, thinkers of the most cutting-edge theories, designers with high art aspirations, and more!
• THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS/NEW VIDEO ART: Claudine Isé assesses the state of video art in the digital age. Plus, profiles of Michelle Alperin, Nicole Cohen and Slater Bradley.
• GET REEL! HOW TO MAKE A KILLER DEMO REEL: David Geffner asks execs what makes a kick ass, can't-turn-it-off reel.
• Stelarc's cyborgs and zombies; Anne Bray and Molly Cleator's video performances; Simon Henwood's DV Johnny Pumpkin; weed from We Deliver; and Jacqui Millar's futuristic cyber fashion show, all in Monitor.
• 3-D Paint FX Plug-in for Maya and Maxon's BodyPaint 3-D are reviewed.
• WEB EXCLUSIVE: PDA MOVIE RESOURCES
  A guide to sites featuring PDA movies.
• WEB EXCLUSIVE: RES 10 REVISITED
  The latest updates on our illustrious RES 10 alumni

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Jan/Feb '01 Vol. 4, #1 (80 pages)

• Waking Life: Filmmakers Rick Linklater, Tommy Pallotta, and Bob Sabiston recount the making of their new animated feature.
• Tape-to-Film Transfer Update: Our annual look at transfer facilities available to the DV filmmaker. Plus, a special pull-out resource guide.
• DV Camera Shoot-Out: James Tocher's comparison of five DV cameras, with an eye towards transferring to film.
• VJs: An in-depth look into this new media art form that includes the artists and their software and mixing tools.
• Title Design: Historic highlights in feature film title design, plus profiles of several new designers.
• DV Media Activism: Richard L. Edwards reports on the rise of national media activism.
• MTV's webeos, Wim Wender's new digital company, Ximena Cuevas' video art and more, all in Monitor.
• Cleaner 5, Commotion Complete Training Videos, and the SkyCrane reviewed.
  WEB EXCLUSIVE: VJ RESOURCE GUIDE
  Pointers to the latest tools and leading practitioners of VJ culture.
  Happy mixing!

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Back Issues 2000

Fall '00 Vol. 3, #4 (80 pages)

• Spike Lee's Bamboozled: DP Ellen Kuras details the brave new world of digital cinematography, and Lee talks about making a digital feature.
• RESFEST Class of 2000: Profiles of 10 filmmakers and music videos directors showcased in this year's RESFEST.
• Digital DPs: Four well-known directors of photography weigh in on the pros and cons of shooting digitally, with a detailed look at Ethan Hawke's Last Word On Paradise.
• 24P: Steve Anderson's second of our two-part series profiling one of the first American 24P productions.
• The King Is Alive: Kristian Levring and Janet McTeer talk with Anthony Kaufman about making the fourth Dogma film.
• Chris Cunningham's new video, Tommy Pallotta, and Bob Sabiston team up with Richard Linklater, and Jennifer Steinkamp's light shows, all in Monitor.
• Real Viz, Fast Multimedia's silver and Creative Planet's Movie Magic reviewed.

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Summer '00 Vol. 3, #3 (80 pages)

• Dancer in the Dark: Filmmaker Lars von Trier's new DV musical starring Bjork took the Cannes Film Festival by storm.
• 2000 DV System Buyer's Guide.
• Miquel Arteta's controversial new feature Chuck & Buck.
• Design for DVD: Marc Alt on the best of interface design.
• New Digital Production Studios: a look at five of the top studios dedicated to DV movie making.
• Hammer & Tongs, Melvin Van Peebles, Lars von Trier.
• Cinema 4D XL, Commotion 3.0. Total AE 4.1, Training Tapes, and EchoFire reviewed.

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Spring '00 Vol. 3, #2 (72 pages)

• Tim Burton: Scott Smith examines the versatile director's entry into online animation, with Stain Boy.
• RES10: Our annual look at individuals and groups who stir things up in the digital world.
• DV Underwater: James Forte on MiniDV for aquatic use.
• Shoot First Play Later: Filmmaking with gaming engines.
• The Promise of 24P: Sony and Panavision team up to move digital imaging into the film age.
• plus inside the home studio of Julie Hirschfield and Bennett Kilmer

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Winter '00 Vol. 3, #1 (68 pages)

• Mike Figgis: Holly Willis sits down with the celebrated director of Leaving Las Vegas to discuss his new DV feature TIMECODE.
• PAL Production from Start to Finish - A case study of the digital filmmaking process from script to screen. Includes our annual Tape-to-Film Guide.
• DVD 1.0 - How-to create a DVD on your desktop video system.
• A Falling Camera - The Making of Rolf Gibb's Sundance short film G.
• DVD creation tools reviewed plus Sony PC100, XL-1 Eyepiece extension, and a DV tripod.
  plus inside the home studio of Stu Maschwitz former ILM effects artist

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Back Issues 1999

Fall '99 Vol. 2, #4 (48 pages)

• Spike Jonze: Peter Relic unmasks America's most celebrated Music Video director and the creator of the new feature Being John Malkovich.
• The Net Cinema - Web video tips and tricks.
• Digital Hollywood - the future of exhibition and distribution.
• Canon GL1, iMac DV, Sony MD-Cam reviewed
  plus RESOURCE London, Richard Kenworthy, Harmony Korine, home studio twenty2product.

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Summer '99 Vol. 2, #3 (52 pages)

• Blair Witch Project: Anthony Kaufman speaks with Eduardo Sanchez and Dan Myrick about the making on their underground hit.
• Building the Ultimate FireWire System.
• Final Cut, EditDV and Premiere Compared.
• Hollywood Wakes Up: Holly Willis speaks with industry insiders about where they stand on digital filmmaking.
• Digitizing Primer: Todd Sines leads the way on the steps to great-looking video.
• Monitor: Chris Cunningham's Bjork video, Jonathan Glazer's surfer spot, Better Living Through Circuitry, Buena Vista Social Club.
  plus RESOURCE Chicago, Sony DSR-500WS, 16:9 Adapter, XP-Pro lens and more.

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Spring '99 Vol. 2, #2 (64 pages)

• Michael Moore: Joe Nickell tracks down guerilla filmmaker behind Roger and Me, TV Nation, and the new Bravo series, The Awful Truth.
• RES 10 - 2nd annual look at companies on the forefront of the digital filmmaking revolution.
• Telecine Tricks - Part two on the film-to-tape process.
• HDTV on the Desktop by Debra Kaufman.
• The Mobile Studio - FireWire is coming to the laptop...
• The Ultimate After Effects Plug-in Buyer's Guide.
  plus RESOURCE Seattle and inside the home studio of Margo Chase.

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Winter '99 Vol. 2, #1 (60 pages)

• Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg - Dogma 95.
• Electronic Cinema - Satellite-transmitted cinema is coming.
• DV Filmmaking by the Numbers - Filmmakers James Brett and Lori Fontanes steer a clear path through the DV to Film transfer process.
• DV Camera Shootout - A look at 3 chip DC camcorders - VX1000, XL1, AG-EZ30U and the PD100.
• Plug & Play - CobraCrane, HDTV VHS deck, and a FireWire-equipped laptop
  plus Brian Maffitt's on After Effects 4.0 and a new column from John McIntosh.

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Back Issues 1998

Fall '98 Vol. 1, #4 (48 pages)

• Chris Cunningham: Peter Relic catches up with the visionary director on the set of his latest video for the Aphex Twin.
• Telecine Techniques - John Turk outlines the steps of a successful film-to-tape transfer.
• Dive into Streaming Video - Ten innovative web video sites and how to distribute your own films online using RealVideo or Flash.
• Budget Breakdown of A DV Feature - A cost analysis of Bennett Miller's poignant new film The Cruise.
• Plug & Play - Transform your 35mm camera to shoot digital stills, Apple's portable moviehouse, and ICEBlast.
  plus Brian Maffitt's motion graphics column, product and fest/expo reviews and much more...

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Summer '98 Vol. 1, #3 (48 pages)

• John Knoll: From Star Wars to Photoshop & Back Again - A visit with the talented visual effects supervisor as he works on next Summer's most anticipated film, Star Wars Episode One.
• The Cruise - Tunde Whinten catches a ride with Bennett Miller, creator of the acclaimed digital documentary, The Cruise.
• Building the Perfect Beast - Dean Mermell on how-to construct a digital video system.
• Plug & Play - The VX-1000 that swims, Apple's flat screen, world's smallest DV camcorder, and Sony's DV Walkman.
  plus RESOURCE New York City and Jim Ludtke's digital production studio.

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Spring '98 Vol. 1, #2 (48 pages)

• EBN - Joe Nickell goes channel surfing with broadcast pirates, Emergency Broadcast Network.
• RES 10 - Our first annual look at people pushing the envelope of digital filmmaking. This time around we focus on Broadcast Design.
• Plug & Play - Panasonics handheld DVD player, CapSure Card (bringing video to laptops), a Stedicam for DV, and a look at the DV-Drive.
• Easy Access - Community Television: writer Joe Nickell explores a virtually untapped distribution network.
  plus product/festival reviews and much more...

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Winter '98 Vol. 1, #1 (48 pages)

• Iara Lee - Aidin Vaziri goes one-on-one with the ambitious director of the new electronic music documentary Modulations.
• The Art of the Prelude - There's a renaissance in the field of film title design. Joe Nickell takes a look at some of the leaders.
• Plug & Play - Canon's groundbreaking XL1 digital camcorder, MetaCreations Final Effects Complete and a peek at the new QuickTime 3.0.
• Turning Tape into Film - More and more filmmakers are shooting or finishing on video. D.W. Leitner explains how to get back to celluloid.
  plus product/festival reviews and much more...

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Back Issues 1997

Fall '97 PREMIERE (48 pages)

• Dayton Faris - Smashing Success - Mark Mullin visits the award-winning directorial team behind alternative music videos biggest stars and discovers there is more than promo clips in their future.
• Gus Gus - Aidin Vaziri catches up with the Icelandic band of filmmakers, artists and musicians responsible for both stunning music and jaw-dropping videos.
• Plug & Play - Canon's DV Optura, the VX-Files, Iomega Buz, Sony HDCam and more.
• Low Budget Visual Effects - Digital tools have been the great equalizer, Zane Rutledge unveils the tricks of the trade now available to the desktop filmmaker
  and much more...

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Summer '97 Preview (14 pages)

• Inside H-Gun Labs, Chicago's groundbreaking digital production studio.
• SMOG - a new design boutique clears the air in LA.
• Filter It! Our roundup of the desktop's essential filters and plug-ins.
• Jack into the Jaz Drive, HDCam, VX1000 and more...

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Winter '97 Preview (14 pages)

• Award-winning director Rob Nilsson shares his love for the "distinct acidy bite" of video transferred to celluloid.
• Craig McGillivray investigates Frank Grow's Love God - first digital feature at Sundance.
• Spin Cycle Post's Steve Hamilton on the Digital Age of Filmmaking
• FireWire, SpyCams, Adobe After Effects, FWB Jackhammer and more...

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