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Oren

Do the Inhibition Twist

About Me

www.rockingoren.com

My Interests

The 50's.

I'd like to meet:

Slow Twisters.

Music:

Alice Cooper
Johnny Thunders
Jerry Lee Lewis
Holly Golightly
April March
The Woggles
Chuck Berry
Billy Childish
The Beach Boys
Francoise Hardy
The Carrie Nations
The Shangri-Las
The Human League
Thee Headcoatees
Freddy Cannon
Slade
Riz Ortolani, Ennio Morricone & Stelvio Ciprian
Charlie Megira

Movies:

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
The Big Wednesday
All That Jazz
Imitation of Life
Four of the Apocalypse
The Parent Trap
Man Bites Dog
The Man Who Fell To Earth
The Endless Summer
Animal House
Lemon Popsicle
Any Spaghetti Westerns or Italian Poliziotto film
Heavy Soul

Television:

Happy Days
Dynasty
Mysterious Cities of Gold

Books:

The Cowboy and the Cossack, Please Kill Me, Hellfire, 1000000 Delinquents, Anything by Nick Tosches.

Reading now:

Heroes:

The Fonz.

My Blog

Film Fanaddict Reviews my Film

Just got notice on a new review for HEAVY SOUL over at Film Fanaddict, here an excerpt:"Oren Shai's startling new short film, HEAVY SOUL, plays like a cinematic conversation between David Lynch, Russ ...
Posted by Oren on Sat, 12 May 2007 02:14:00 PST

My 10 Favorite Spaghetti Westerns

Because in recent months I've been on a rampage to watch every single Spaghetti Western out there (watched so many and I'm still not scratching the surface but in time...), I thought I would make a sh...
Posted by Oren on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:46:00 PST

Hey Paula

Because I'm in the mood......
Posted by Oren on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:04:00 PST

Underground Oddities

A few pointers...* My review of the Jayne Mansfield Collection is now up at Films in Review.* A couple of weeks ago we had a little Rock 'n' Roll / Soul dance in Tel-Aviv where I spun records opposite...
Posted by Oren on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 04:08:00 PST

Earth Angel

A great song performed by the brilliant Tiny Tim......
Posted by Oren on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:19:00 PST

Shake you into the freaked-out mind-blowing scene of right now!

Two new items today:1. My review of the new DVD release for Russ Meyer's 'Beyond the Valley of the Dolls' is now up at Films in Review. 2. Yet a new review (they keep coming lately) of Heavy Soul has ...
Posted by Oren on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:10:00 PST

Even More Reviews!

2 New 'Heavy Soul' reviews were posted yesterday and today...The first, at Pulp Movies:"With Heavy Soul, Oren Shai walks the fine line between parody and homage, and does so to great effect. He clearl...
Posted by Oren on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:09:00 PST

'Heavy Soul' at the Billyburg Short Film Festival

My film, 'Heavy Soul', is supposed to screen at the Billyburg Short Film Festival on Saturday as part of the Brooklyn International Film Festival "Best of" shorts. If you're around come check it out a...
Posted by Oren on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 04:17:00 PST

And yet another SXSW Recap

Films in Review just published my 2006 SXSW Recap. Check it out.
Posted by Oren on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:29:00 PST

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Came out on DVD and restored my faith in film.Thank you Mr. Meyer. Thank you.Oren....
Posted by Oren on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:26:00 PST