Thursday, October 25, 2007
coming soon: "the world/inferno friendship society" (a documentary)
hallowmas is our time.
the punk/soul cabaret orchestra, world/inferno friendship society, released a great new album over the summer -- a rock opera about the character actor originally from austria, peter lorre: "addicted to bad ideas: peter lorre's 20th century." it's really a brilliant project.
anyways, i'm supa-busy right now. but my thoughts now take me to new york city in the autumn. dreaming of the infernos around us...
(this clip is from a documentary work in progress courtesy of someone named anniesays over on youtube.)
Sunday, October 14, 2007
david cronenberg is the new alfred hitchcock
i had the pleasure of seeing the brilliant canadian director david cronenberg in person just this weekend.
roger durling, creative director of the santa barbara international film festival (sbiff), interviews cronenberg after a screening at u.c. santa barbara of his excellent new crime drama, eastern promises, with viggo mortensen, a special joint presentation of the ucsb arts & lectures' film series, the student-oriented magic lantern film program, and the sbiff's cinema society. (above)
here's what j. hoberman, of the village voice, wrote of cronenberg in his review of eastern promises:
"I've said it before and hope to again: David Cronenberg is the most provocative, original, and consistently excellent North American director of his generation... neither Scorsese nor Spielberg, and not even David Lynch, has enjoyed a comparable run."
i happen personally to agree with hoberman. & in honor of cronenberg's newfound "acceptability" (which includes 2 oscar nominations for his previous film, the history of violence), i went back to scrutinize his unforgettable debut,
shivers (aka, they came from within) (1975).
brrrrr...
i had a few words to say about shivers, 'round about this time of year a couple of years ago; and this other segment, below, is from filmfour in the uk, with cronenberg himself talking about his nightmarish plague tale.
all hail the new king of suspense! long live the new flesh!!!
roger durling, creative director of the santa barbara international film festival (sbiff), interviews cronenberg after a screening at u.c. santa barbara of his excellent new crime drama, eastern promises, with viggo mortensen, a special joint presentation of the ucsb arts & lectures' film series, the student-oriented magic lantern film program, and the sbiff's cinema society. (above)
here's what j. hoberman, of the village voice, wrote of cronenberg in his review of eastern promises:
"I've said it before and hope to again: David Cronenberg is the most provocative, original, and consistently excellent North American director of his generation... neither Scorsese nor Spielberg, and not even David Lynch, has enjoyed a comparable run."
i happen personally to agree with hoberman. & in honor of cronenberg's newfound "acceptability" (which includes 2 oscar nominations for his previous film, the history of violence), i went back to scrutinize his unforgettable debut,
shivers (aka, they came from within) (1975).
brrrrr...
i had a few words to say about shivers, 'round about this time of year a couple of years ago; and this other segment, below, is from filmfour in the uk, with cronenberg himself talking about his nightmarish plague tale.
all hail the new king of suspense! long live the new flesh!!!
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