MUFF 2001 PRESS RELEASES

Here's a record of the press on this year's MUFF before the event.

It's full of fun rantings and ravings from festival head honcho Richard Wolstencroft from the virtual pages of Filmnet.

Thrill! to the discovery that something must be done to stop the entropy of dull Aussie indie filmmaking!
Tremble! as the festival director rails against this or that evil and puts forward a call for a commie collective!
Gasp! at mentions made of this year's extraordinary programme in progress!
Be appalled! by documents demonstrating a major funding body's total neglect of MUFF!
Furrow your brow! at accounts of where some of said funding body's money actually goes!

Pick from MUFF-ful excerpts taken from:

Filmnet 4.006 of Wed, 31 Jan 2001 - headered "The MUFF Collective"
- in which the creation of MUC - the Melbourne Underground Collective is duly harbinged with a call for a meeting of like, like minds.

Filmnet 4.020 of Thu, 01 Mar 2001 - headered "Popcorn Taxi Rocks!"
- which revels in the success of a first meeting of MUCky minds, and begins to hint at some of this year's programme's goodies in store.

Filmnet 4.031 of Thu, 29 Mar 2001 - headered "Matrix Returns!"
- being further ranting about and more details of this year's MUFF, with a threat made of a MUFF infiltration of film schools hereabouts.

Filmnet 4.052 of Wed, 16 May 2001 - headered AFC BOMBSHELL
- being a response to the baffling and incoherent response from the AFC to MUFF's appeal for funding.

Filmnet 4.060 of Wed, 30 May 2001 - headered "Gurry Flavoured"
- which bears further commentary on the AFC non-funding issue from MUFF cultural attaché Wolstencroft, Richard, esq.