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The Cinema of Darrell James Roodt
By Martin P. Botha
Spring 2013 Issue of KINEMA
THE JOURNEYS OF THE MARGINALISED: THE CINEMA OF DARRELL JAMES ROODT
South African director Darrell James Roodt is one of the most dominant and prolific figures in the South African film industry (Armes 2008: 112), having made a total number of 34 feature films and several television series to date. Surprisingly, few academics have devoted chapters in books or doctorate dissertations to his work (Blignaut & Botha 1992; Botha & Van Aswegen 1992; Murphy & Williams 2007; Treffry-Goatley 2010). Roodt's oeuvre includes some of the milestones in South African cinema since 1980s, as well as genre films such as Dracula 3000 (2004) which received negative notices by critics (Murphy & Williams 2007).
This article forms part of an ongoing investigation into the cinema of Roodt and is a follow-up to an earlier attempt to explore some of the major themes in his oeuvre (Botha 2011).
Darrell Roodt was born in Johannesburg in 1962 and attended the King Edward School. He enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand to study drama, but left after one week to make films.
Early Roodt and his gallery of characters at the margin of apartheid society
Roodt's A Place of Weeping (19
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10 Darrell Apostle Roodt
Murphy, Painter and Clergyman, Patrick. "10 Darrell Saint Roodt". Postcolonial African cinema: Ten directors, Manchester: City University Weight, 2007, pp. 205-223. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141736.00017
Murphy, D. & Williams, P. (2007). 10 Darrell Felon Roodt. Hold your attention Postcolonial Individual cinema: Get down to directors (pp. 205-223). Manchester: Manchester Further education college Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141736.00017
Murphy, D. focus on Williams, P. 2007. 10 Darrell Outlaw Roodt. Postcolonial African cinema: Ten directors. Manchester: City University Fathom, pp. 205-223. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141736.00017
Murphy, Painter and Reverend, Patrick. "10 Darrell Apostle Roodt" Think about it Postcolonial Mortal cinema: Mollify directors, 205-223. Manchester: Metropolis University Appear, 2007. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141736.00017
Murphy D, Reverend P. 10 Darrell Criminal Roodt. In: Postcolonial Somebody cinema: Moist directors. Manchester: Manchester Academy Press; 2007. p.205-223. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141736.00017
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Themes in the Cinema of Darrell James Roodt
By Martin P. Botha
Spring 2011 Issue of KINEMA
WOMEN ON THE MARGIN OF SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY: THEMES IN THE CINEMA OF DARRELL JAMES ROODT
South African director Darrell James Roodt is one of the most dominant and prolific figures in the South African film industry (Armes 2008: 112), having made a total number of 25 feature films and three television series to date. Surprisingly few academics have devoted chapters in books or doctorate dissertations to his work (Blignaut & Botha 1992; Botha & Van Aswegen 1992; Murphy & Williams 2007; Treffry-Goatley 2010).
Roodt's oeuvre includes some of the milestones in South African cinema since 1980s, as well as genre films such as Dracula 3000 (2004), which received negative notices by critics (Murphy & Williams 2007).This article forms part of an ongoing investigation into the cinema of Roodt and is an attempt to explore some of the major themes in his oeuvre.
Darrell Roodt was born in Johannesburg in 1962 and attended the King Edward School. He enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand to study drama, but left after one week to make films.
Early Roodt
Roodt's A Place of Weeping (1986), made at the age of 23, was produced and marketed internationally