Tag: film
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Bhangra Bootay
As you might have guessed I tend to avoid hype and spam, I prefer to discover the new on my own rather than follow the crowd – the John Peel approach of avoiding what the industry or received opinion says and making up your own mind. Sadly that means that sometimes you miss stuff, as…
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Thrill Bill and Reservoir Dubs: Eclectic Method goes to work on Tarantino video mashup
All right, everybody be cool, this is a robbery! Eclectic Method goes to work on the movies of Quentin Tarantino with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch. Royale with Cheese! Srsly NSFW as you could have guessed….thanks to martxx for the pointer.
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Victorian Technics
More wikki wikki wikk-ahh with your Strauss, Sir? No it’s actually isn’t some Victorian wheels of steel for laying down some crinoline skills on the (bees) wax, but the Gaumont Chronophone System of 1910 for continuous playback for films. Still, nice idea thinking of b-boys with bowlers and turntablists with top hats, isn’t it? Or…
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Shitcase Cinema and a new podcast coming!
A new podcast with the estimable Ian Fondue in the can, and coming to you shortly despite feeling suddenly an hour behind the rest of the world (it’s like deja vu – must be the Matrix), but I had to share these great film reviews by Shitcase Cinema. Totally NSFW but brilliant guerilla cinema in…
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Sita Sings the Blues; or why music licensing stifles creativity
Sita Sings The Blues is a wonderful film mixing a Sanskirt ancient epic with great 1920’s music and incredible animation. Nina Paley spent 3 years doing this I think partly autobiographical animation – in parts incredibly breathtaking, laugh-out-loud funny, charming, and moving. So can you see it? I mean those 1920’s songs must be out…