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.)

coming soon: CHICAGO 10

i am so excited about the animated docudrama, chicago 10, directed by brett morgen, co-director of the kid stays in the picture.




it was the opening night film at the sundance film festival in utah. somewhat not surprisingly it wasn't subject to the same sort of bidding war by studios as other movies at the fest: i mean, what do the suits know, anyway?



my friend dee dee says that it's smart and powerful, & that's good enough for me (the reviews so far have been quite good, too). the scene i've included seems very cool, too. contemporary music, to give it some ooomph, & a you-are-there effect that is difficult to achieve in onscreen recreations of this hugely important past.

i've been inspired by the case of the chicago 7 (& bobby seale) as long as i've known about it.

take the hill!
take the hill!
take the hill!