Robert Cettl: Freelance author, columnist and DVD reviewer, Robert has a BA (Hons) in Cinema Studies from the Flinders University of South Australia. He participated in an international student exchange scholarship to the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale in the USA. In addition, he holds a Post-Grad Dip in Information Studies (Librarianship) from UniSA, Australia.
Robert can be contacted at:
cettlr@yahoo.com.au
(please use "wider screenings" in the subject heading to ensure it is read)
As Columnist
2008 - "Wider Screenings" column in No Limits magazine (at newsagents now)
2009 - "Wider Screenings" column in No Limits free e-zine (beginning worldwide March 2009)
As Online DVD Reviewer
2001-2004: Australian DVD Review
2008-: DVD Resurrections; DVD Holocaust
Books Now Available for Purchase
Serial Killer Cinema: an Analytical Filmography with an Introduction, McFarland Inc., Jefferson NC, 2003.
Film Tales: Movie Trivia in the Age of DVD, Inkstone Press, Adelaide, 2007.
Film Talk: Quoting the Movies in the Age of DVD, Inkstone Press, Adelaide, 2008.
Film Tags: Promoting the Movies in the Age of DVD, Inkstone Press, Adelaide, 2008.
Forthcoming Books
Australian Film Tales, Inkstone Press, Adelaide, 2009.
Wider Screenings: the Discerning Viewer's Guide to DVD, Inkstone Press, Adelaide 2009. (sample chapter)
Terrorism in American Cinema, McFarland Inc., Jefferson NC, 2010.
Forthcoming e-Books
Film Tales: Movie Trivia in the Age of DVD, Inkstone Digital, 2009.
Film Talk: Quting the Movies in the Age of DVD, Inkstone Digital, 2009.
Film Tags: Promoting the Movies in the Age of DVD, Inkstone Digital, 2009.
Australian Film Tales, Inkstone Digital, 2009.
Wider Screenings: the Discerning Viewer's Guide to DVD, Inkstone Digital, 2009. (sample chapter)
A Personal Intro for Fellow YouTubers
Wider Screenings is an interactive labyrinth of film. Relevant movie clips from select YouTube channels are steadily being embedded into most pages: all clips are either trailers or movie extracts included to complement and enhance the written text, which is tied into books in print and, soon, in e-book form. If you note a clip from your channel or feel that your channel has content that may be of interest to me, and for possible inclusion on the Wider Screenings website, please contact me as above or visit my YouTube channel (premiering with exclusive original content in early 2009). If you are a fellow film buff, please let me know - I'm looking for like-minded friends to build a YouTube movie community, the select channels of which to feature embeds throughout this site. Which leaves... a personal favourite song, from a personal favourite film, courtesy of the wonderful world of YouTube: "Burning Bridges" by Lalo Schifrin and the Mike Curb Congregation from the movie Kelly's Heroes.
Please report any malfunctioning or no longer available embeds to the contact details above. Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoy the site.
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