Video Essays

Video essays by the Filmed in Ether team exploring the themes and filmmaking craft behind some of your favourite filmmakers, films and music videos.

Video Essay: How ‘Tampopo’ brought ramen to the West

Hayley InchOctober 31, 2018

Together with Japanese Film Festival Australia 2018, we explore the importance of Juzo Itami's Tampopo and the role it had in bringing ramen to the West....

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Video Essay: A History of Representation in Zainichi Cinema

Hieu ChauSeptember 29, 2018

We briefly explore the history of screen representation for the Korean Zainichi, one of the largest minority communities living in Japan today....

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TWICE x Asian Classics: A side-by-side video comparison

Hieu ChauMay 4, 2018

Whoever's directing music videos for Korean girl group TWICE clearly has an affinity for Asian classics! We compare their two of their MVs to timeless '90s films, Chungking Express and Love Letter....

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Video Essay: SPL – Action as Conversation

Hieu ChauDecember 26, 2017

We talk about the effectiveness behind SPL's legendary fight between Donnie Yen and Wu Jing and explore why it remains the best example of how to shoot a clean fight scene....

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Video Essay: The Women of Sion Sono

Natalie NgOctober 20, 2017

We explore some of Sono's in Guilty of Romance, Tag and Antiporno -- three films that explore female identity, sexual oppression and misogyny....

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The Handmaiden: Why costume design is important

Natalie NgMarch 31, 2017

We look at how costume design can add more layers to a film's storytelling and look at the specific use of gloves in Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden in this video essay....

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