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Spike Jonze & Ty Evan’s created an explosive titled open for the Lakai - Fully Flared skate film. Brilliant slow motion footage is seen as skaters perform in an urban environment that is literally blowing up around them. This footage was reworked into a music-like piece for the UNKLE track heaven.
David Lynch and Moby while they jam in a studio together, oh and meditate.
Last night I watched Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. I always thought that there was something kind of awesome about it. The simple vision of a post-apocalyptic world was certainly intended to be a comment on civilization in the twentieth century (the age of consumption). Humankind had lost it’s way, and would kill for oil (literally). Having not seen the film in several years, I couldn’t stop giggling at the silly representation of the sexually deviant villains. The most prominent of these characters being a twinkish man-boy, his mohawked lover and Lord Humungus (the uber dom). And to top it off, they run around the wasteland clad in used sports apparel and leather chaps with no underwear. I hope the future isn’t that bad.
Here is a teaser for a documentary on the one and only old school hip hop lyrical genius Big Daddy Kane. Now somebody has to make one on Eric B. and Rakim.
The Godfather has long been one of my very favorite films. The March issue of Vanity Fair has an article that details how the film was made and many of the obstacles the producers and Coppola faced trying to make the movie. Can you imagine if Ernest Borgnine really ended up playing the role of Don Corleone or if Frank Sinatra had successfully halted the film’s development?
David Lynch is on twitter and indeed it really is him. Apparently he likes to update with weather reports for LA. I found two gems linked off his page. Here is a clip of David Lynch, the cowboy singing in a studio. And here, he talks about making art. Only Lynch would think to title a painting, Woman with Broken Neck and Electric Knife Speaks to Her Husband.
A dome is such a great shape to project a movie on. I think one day people will have domes in their homes. They’re magical. - David Lynch
A few weeks ago, I posted the video for the first Fever Ray single. The clip was directed by Andreas Nilsson. He has also recently created a trio of videos for the freshman release of NME darlings White Lies. Check out their collaborations on the following videos:
I just screened Sergio Leone’s classic western Once Upon A Time In the West. The film’s music which was composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone is simply brilliant. I really love how there is a unique piece of instrumentation scored for each of the major characters which is weaved throughout the film to subtly let the viewer know who will lead the scene. I am feeling completely inspired to take a crack at scoring a piece of film. Watch the scoreless ten minute opening title sequence here. This quiet scene creates an unsettling drama that paves the way for Morricone’s iconic theme refrain to enter the film.
Paul Mawhinney is the owner of the largest record collection in the world. He has collected about 1 million albums and has another 1.5 million singles. Last year when his record store shuttered it’s doors, he felt compelled to sell The Archive which is currently up for sale (asking price $3,000,000).
Thurston Moore will be introducing and providing commentary for the early videos of David Bowie presented Monday December 1st at MOMA.
EBN may have pioneered video remixing and VJing, but it is Eclectic Method who have continued their tradition into the 21st century. The creative group have just launched a new website worth checking out.
I’ve never listened to a single song by The Hours even though I’ve heard their name tossed around a lot. However; this week I just saw the music video for their newest release See the Light. The short film-like video stars Sienna Miller and was directed by Tony Kaye with art direction by Damien Hirst. Translation, not a small budget. Here is more from NME.
I’m a PBS junky and caught a very unexpected film this weekend on NOVA. Eels frontman Mark Oliver Everett discovered the body of his deceased father at the age of 18. At that very moment he happened upon the realization that this was the closest he had come to his father all of his life. In the documentary Parallel World’s, Parallel Lives Everett goes on a journey to learn more about who his father, a well known quantum physicist really was. Mark traces his father’s career back to his studies at Princeton University where he had written a dissertation on something that he dubbed “relative state” or the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. At the age of 24, Hugh Everett had created a rather controversial and sadly ignored theory that refuted much of the work of the great Neils Bore. The notion that a person can exist alive and well in a room, while dead in a duplicate room in another universe would seem like the stuff science-fiction is made of. And indeed it is as a consequence of the work of Hugh Everett backed up with by some very interesting science. By learning more about the science that his father dedicated his life to and meeting many of his colleagues, Mark understands the man that was missing from his life just a bit better.
Filmmaker and music video director Grant Gee created something special when he followed Radiohead around the world filming them during the OK Computer tour. The resulting film, Meeting People is Easy captured a band on top of the world and frustrated with their sudden larger than life image. Ten years later, Gee has pieced together Joy Division, a documentary on the story behind the nearing success and tragedy of Joy Division.
The film will be screened Saturday Nov. 29 at 4:30 & 9:15pm at BAM as part of a series they are curating called Punk ‘n’ Pie.
HBO Docs recently picked up for distribution a brilliant documentary that some of my friends made called In A Dream. Out takes and deleted footage were worked into a gorgeous video for the moody track “Cutting Ice to Snow” by Efterklang. The song reminds me a bit of something I’d expect from Sigur Ros.
Efterklang - “Cutting Ice To Snow” from Herzliya Films on Vimeo.
A few days ago, Bill told me that he has only been listening to Gorgoroth. I nodded. Of course my only knowledge of the band is from the Vice film on True Norwegian Black Metal. I bet he also listens to Dimmu Borgir. I came across this video of theirs. I don’t know if I’m suppose to be scared or laugh. But then again I am going to see Gwar tonight. Really, I am!
We were so bummed that we couldn’t get into the Motorhead show at this year’s SXSW Festival. But there is good news; a documentary on Lemmy is in the works.
It almost seems like a prerequisite these days for at least one member of a band to have gone to film school. Yep, I’m the token filmmaker in this group. Today, I cut together a series of model screen tests that I shot several years back. I’ll post the other ones at another point.
Jenya / Model Test Film from keef on Vimeo.
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