Filmmaking, history, politics, art, music, science, architecture,, great ideas! Building a civil, supportive, open minded society and getting govenment of the people, by the people and for the people back to the people.
That is Francis Ford Coppola from the documentary "Hearts of Darkness, A Filmmaker's Appocalypse" When I heard that it blew me away. It still does. I've been looking for a film from the "Little fat girl from Ohio".
I believe I have found one:
I'd like to meet:
Creative, idea inspired individuals. Filmmakers, artists,musicians, writers,activist and any others contributing to the collective cool.
Music:
Yes, please! The Clash, Ministry, Iggy Pop,The Stooges, MC5, Modern Lovers, Velvet Underground, Skinny Puppy, White Stripes, Concret Blond, U2, My Life With the Thrill Kill Cult, The Cult, Marilyn Manson, Midnight Oil, Front 242, Miss Kitten, Kitty, L7, Roxy Saint, Olkenfold, Sisters of Mercy, Warrior Soul, Cranberries, REM, Dead Kennedys, Patti Smith, Charlie Parker, Coltrane, Miles, Dizzy, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Lords of Acid, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Ralph Stanley, Bill Monroe, Rob Zombie, Public Enemy, Link Wray, Gene Vincent, Tool, Peter Gabriel, Frank, Public Enemy, Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Throbbing Gristle, Nitzer Ebb, David Sylvian, Caberet Voltair, Tangerine Dream, Bauhaus, Mozart, Beethoven, Gyorgy Ligeti,early AC/DC, The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie & the Banshees and on and on.....This was a fun night at Saint Andrews Hall, Detroit. ALD shot on Kodak B&W reversal film, with an E.I. of 400 (gone the way of Kodachrome!!). It was pushed a stop.What was the most fun music video we ever made? Here it is. Brandy and Xanax by Esquire. Shot with an XL-1, with a Min1-35. Extensive color grading in FCP. First project cut on FCP.Now the following video we made has one selling point. We got to burn down a house!! It was shot on Kodak 7245, 16mm color negative. Remeber, all we did was shoot the video.
Next is another fun night at Saint Andrews Hall. Shot on Kodak Ektachrome 160 color reversal film. The Trash Brats.Check out this little piece from Mental Landscape, Tipping Point. Shot with an XL-1. They are still rockin' as Haflife. Check 'em out at: http://www.myspace.com/haflife .
Ok, and it is not just about modern music. The following video was shot just outside the Gettysburg Battlefield Park in PA. Directed by Kevin R. Hershberger, http://www.myspace.com/lhfw preformed by The Second South Carolina String Band http://www.civilwarband.com/ . It was shot with XL-1s.Here is a special night in Detroit. DEMF 2001. Now this is all just home movies. You try to hold a camera steady in the middle of a Detroit crowd at full zoom... This is Juan Atkins, Godfather of Detroit Techno. I love this, he pays his dues to one of his influences, Kraftwerk. Is that class or what? Enjoy.This was a great night. The Stooges, live in Detroit. Hang with the Bud!!
Here is the latest, The Seed. Live at First Fridays, Roanoke VA.
Movies:
Apocalypse Now,2001, a Space Odyssy, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, The Shining, Barry Lyndon, Dr Stangelove, or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Killing, Lolita, Spartacus, Paths of Glory, Killer's Kiss, Eyes Wide Shut (OK, I'm a Kubrick fan), Touch of Evil, The Trial, Citizen Kane (Orson rocks), Betty Blue, Le Fem Nikita, Run Lola Run, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Wings of Desire, Paris, Texas. Film Noir (original stuff, can't get enough!),Out of the Past, Asphalt Jungle, Gun Crazyy,The Set-up, The Searchers, Grapes of Wrath, Erasure Head, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, The Straight Story, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Matrix, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Fight Club, American History X, Boogie Nights, Medium Cool, Matrix,Mystic River, The Unforgiven, Dark City, Misfits (Gable, Monroe and Cliff, how can you say no!), Sex, Lies and Video Tape, Duel, The Sugerland Experss, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schendler's List, Munich, Deliverance, To Live and Die in LA, Get Shorty, The Player, Terminator I&II, Escape from New York, Goodfellas, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Last Temptation of Christ, Casino, The Departed, The Conversation, Wild Bunch, Pat Garret and Billy the Kid, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Ride the High Country, Jeramiah Johnson, Natural Born Killers, Platoon, JFK, Bad Lt, Fingers, Devils Rejects, Domino, The Killers (1946 and 1964), The Warriors, Gloria, Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence, The Killling of a Chinese Bookie, Drug Store Cowboy, Cool Hand Luke, True Romance, La Grande Illusion, Amelie, Fisher King, Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, Pick Up on South Street, Network, Harland County USA, Primary, Crisis, Behind a Presidental Commitment, Roger and Me, Bowling for Columbine, Fahranheit 9/11, Wild Angels, The Trip, Bloody Momma, Masque of the Red Death, All the Presidents Men, RollerBall (the real one),Lost in Translation, Virgin Suicides, Thief, Heat, Scar Face,Bad Lands,Matewan, 8 Men Out, Freaks, Dead Man, Mystery Train, Rashomon, Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, Ran, White Lightning, Broken Flowers, Thunder Bolt and Light Foot, Easy Rider, Children of Men, Sin City, and on and on. I love movies.
Television:
Usually end up watching a movie if there is nothing on PBS, the History channel or if the Mythbusters aren't on. My favorite shows are Frontline, the American Experience, and Antiques Roadshow. I do try to catch The Daily Show everyday. Am a C-Span junkie, no pundits, no commercials! My guilty TV pleasures are "The First 48", "Copsâ€, and VH1 Classics' "We are the Eighties" and "The Alternative".
Heroes:
If this isn't a hero, I do not know who is. His name is lost to history and is now just refered to as, "An unidentified victim". He is a worker that was injured at the "Battle of the Overpass"
Where United Auto Workers organizors were brutalized by Ford Motor Company thugs. Just trying to get some dignity and justice in the workplace. We need this spirit, these kind of guts now.
