Thema: Hoerkino
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Webprojekt zu Superman und Idenität. Erscheint mir auf den ersten Blick etwas weniger interessant als es eigentlich sein könnte, dafür gibt's aber unter dem Punkt "Radio" die Folgen des ersten Supi-Radioserials als Stream.
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Thema: Hoerkino
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Darauf bin ich schon sehr gespannt.
Brand new and unavailable anywhere else until October 19th! It's our most anticipated release this year- Jello Biafra teaming up with The Melvins!
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? What happens when the most controversial Punk Rock vocalist/activist on earth teams up with the heaviest band of our time? What happens when Jello Biafra and the Melvins put their collective heads together and do an album?
"Never Breathe What you Can't See" is what happens! A musical monster of massive proportions is born, bristling with Jello's manic energy and anchored by the sheer heft of the Melvins' collective heaviness. With both camps flexing their musical prowess, the result is something that retains the signature qualities of both artists and yet sounds refreshingly unlike anything that either has recorded in the past.
If the tag team of Jello Biafra and the Melvins wasn't enough, there's guests from Tool, Phantom Limbs, Fleshies, Frisk, Spitboy, Malnourished, and Gag Order as well!
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Thema: Kinokultur
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Die neue Ausgabe von Film Journal beschäftigt sich, neben einzelnen Besprechungen zum aktuellen Filmgeschehen, ganz mit Aspekten des Genrekinos.
Besonders of interest:
Sowie andere Artikel und Essays zum Thema.
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Thema: Blaetterrauschen
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Einer ihrer neuen Hammer-Witze, die nach Versendung in der "Bild" abgedruckt wurden, ging so: "56 Prozent aller Frauen bestrafen die Männer gerne mit Sex-Entzug - oder wie es in Deutschland heißt: Ehe". Ein anderer: "Eine Brustvergrößerung käme für mich jedenfalls nicht in Frage - es müssten schon zwei sein". Das ist natürlich eine entscheidende Verbesserung im Vergleich zur Witz-Qualität vor der Sommerpause: "5,5 Prozent aller Deutschen haben ein Intim-Piercing. Bald werden es mehr sein - es ist die beste Methode, den Schmuck vor Hartz IV in Sicherheit zu bringen." Deutsche Männer! Deutsche Frauen! Was für trostlos verklemmte, übel versnobte Miesepeter sind wir eigentlich, dass wir uns nicht scheckig lachen konnten über solche Eins-A-Premiumpointen?
Nachruf im 'Piegel. Eigentlich ja hundsgemein, derart triefende Ironie nun zum Besten zu geben. Andererseits: Lustig isses schon!
Nachruf im 'Piegel. Eigentlich ja hundsgemein, derart triefende Ironie nun zum Besten zu geben. Andererseits: Lustig isses schon!
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Thema: radio
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Der Nachrichtensprecher von Jazzradio, der die Meldung von einem geisterfahrtbedingten Unfall auf einer Autobahn mit kurzen, didaktischen Sätzen in der Stimme eines Fabeln mit moralischem Mehrwert erzählenden Lehrers darbietet, um daraufhin für die Meldung des gefährlich vor sich hin brodelnden Mount St. Helens in die spezifische Tonart eines Trailers für einen zweitklassigen, reißerisch-sensationalistischen Films zu wechseln. Am liebsten hätte ich zurückgespult und mir das gleich noch einmal angehört.
Ganz überhaupt dieser onkelige Duktus, in dem dort Nachrichten zu verkünden gepflegt wird.
Ganz überhaupt dieser onkelige Duktus, in dem dort Nachrichten zu verkünden gepflegt wird.
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Thema: Kinokultur
Dass die Cinematheque Francaise einen neugezogenen Print von Jess Francos Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden zeigt, ist ja schon mal erfreulich genug (und einmal mehr auch als Mahnung an hiesige Kinematheken und Festivals zu verstehen, sich doch bitte einmal der verschollenen und nicht selten ganz und gar aufregenden Geschichte des europäischen Schmuddelkinos vergangener Dekaden zuzuwenden). Dass die Vorführung in Anwesenheit von Jess Franco und dessen Gattin wie Muse Lina Romay stattfindet ebenso. Dass dann nun aber auch noch der Regisseur Roger Avary im Publikum sitzt und mit den Augen eines frischgeborenen Enthusiasten diesen Film in sich aufsaugt - obwohl er kein Wort des Dialogs und der französischen Untertitel versteht - und uns dann auch noch in seinem Weblog euphorisch von diesem Erlebnis berichtet, das ist dann schon ganz und gar großartig.
And as the legendary Jess Franco was here in the theater I decided to stick it out. The main feature began...and boy did it begin. From the people who brought you "Resident Evil 2": CONSTANTIN FILMS. I was astonished. How long has this company been around? Then, to my surprise, I realized the obvious. This was a dubbed German production with French subtitles. Not that you need to understand what's being said. Nothing relates to anything...by design! It's sort of like soft core porn as shot by Bunuel. What is amazing about the film is that it's really masterfully woven together. The things Jess Franco was doing, under the guise of making soft-core, was truly remarkable. The audio in the film especially, and how it was threaded into the music -- which was somehow a cross between classical and jazz tracks. Believe it or not, it was every bit as good as "El" or "Viridiana" or even "Exterminating Angel" (sorry, Alex -- I really believe this). Jess Franco is an auteur, and something of a master -- I can't deny it. Afterward we went to a dinner with Jess, Lina, the Cinematheque crowd, and the biographer/filmmaker dude. I sat there and watched Christophe, who is without question a greater authority on cinema than Quentin Tarantino, spoon the marrow from bones and eat it with rock salt while he discussed the most obscure and long dead Italian composers who, of course, Jess knew personally. There couldn't have been a better person at the table than Christophe. He truly knows the work of Franco (his stack of Franco DVD's is wider than his stack of John Ford), and was able to discuss in intimate detail this man's entire life. At one point he leaned over to me and with a jab of the elboe said that the first porn film he ever saw, at 9, starred the old lady sitting at the other end of the table -- Lina. He then scooped some more marrow into his mouth and laughed. At this point I realized that Fellini could have made an epic film about this night, and the weirdest event hadn't even happened yet.
[via daily greencine]
And as the legendary Jess Franco was here in the theater I decided to stick it out. The main feature began...and boy did it begin. From the people who brought you "Resident Evil 2": CONSTANTIN FILMS. I was astonished. How long has this company been around? Then, to my surprise, I realized the obvious. This was a dubbed German production with French subtitles. Not that you need to understand what's being said. Nothing relates to anything...by design! It's sort of like soft core porn as shot by Bunuel. What is amazing about the film is that it's really masterfully woven together. The things Jess Franco was doing, under the guise of making soft-core, was truly remarkable. The audio in the film especially, and how it was threaded into the music -- which was somehow a cross between classical and jazz tracks. Believe it or not, it was every bit as good as "El" or "Viridiana" or even "Exterminating Angel" (sorry, Alex -- I really believe this). Jess Franco is an auteur, and something of a master -- I can't deny it. Afterward we went to a dinner with Jess, Lina, the Cinematheque crowd, and the biographer/filmmaker dude. I sat there and watched Christophe, who is without question a greater authority on cinema than Quentin Tarantino, spoon the marrow from bones and eat it with rock salt while he discussed the most obscure and long dead Italian composers who, of course, Jess knew personally. There couldn't have been a better person at the table than Christophe. He truly knows the work of Franco (his stack of Franco DVD's is wider than his stack of John Ford), and was able to discuss in intimate detail this man's entire life. At one point he leaned over to me and with a jab of the elboe said that the first porn film he ever saw, at 9, starred the old lady sitting at the other end of the table -- Lina. He then scooped some more marrow into his mouth and laughed. At this point I realized that Fellini could have made an epic film about this night, and the weirdest event hadn't even happened yet.
[via daily greencine]
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Thema: Kinokultur
Auch ein Traum für sich: Die Hongkong-Plakate zu Wong Kar-Weis herbeigesehntem 2046, die man hier einsehen kann. Damit würde ich am liebsten meine ganze Wohnung tapezieren. Schon lange habe ich mich nicht mehr so auf einen Film gefreut. Die 2046-Sektion auf monkeypeaches.com tut da ihr übriges.
filmtagebuch: 2046
filmtagebuch: 2046
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Thema: Kinokultur
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Auch die Village Voice weiß von der Shaw Brothers Retro auf dem New York Film Festival zu berichten. Leider recht kurz und auch nicht sonderlich ergiebig im Sinne neuer Erkenntnisse, aber nun gut: Immerhin, sage ich mal, und verlinke allein aus Gründen des Protokolls.filmtagebuch: Shaw Brothers
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Thema: Kinokultur
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Aus Anlass des US-Kinostarts von Hero auf about.com ein umfangreiches Interview mit Martial Arts Superstar Jet Li.
What was it like working with Zhang Yimou? - He’s one of the most famous directors in China. He made a lot of great films, but a not action films. This is the first action film. Of course, he’s the artist so he asks, he wants something that we never think about that way. Like working with your costar but you can’t see your costar on the set, because he knows shooting the man, the boy in the morning is better because the girl wakes up, put on her face, swallows, it’s not pretty. [If we] wait until sunshine, the light is smoother, the girl is more beautiful. That’s his way, waiting for a few days for one lighting, the lights coming. This is his way. He wanted to dye the hair of 500 horses black. We spent seven days waiting. They changed the color of the horses. So he had a very unique way, angle to see things.
What was it like working with Zhang Yimou? - He’s one of the most famous directors in China. He made a lot of great films, but a not action films. This is the first action film. Of course, he’s the artist so he asks, he wants something that we never think about that way. Like working with your costar but you can’t see your costar on the set, because he knows shooting the man, the boy in the morning is better because the girl wakes up, put on her face, swallows, it’s not pretty. [If we] wait until sunshine, the light is smoother, the girl is more beautiful. That’s his way, waiting for a few days for one lighting, the lights coming. This is his way. He wanted to dye the hair of 500 horses black. We spent seven days waiting. They changed the color of the horses. So he had a very unique way, angle to see things.
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Thema: good news
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Vom Meister des asiatischen Genrekinos, Tsui Hark (filmtagebuch), hat man auch schon längere Zeit nichts mehr gehört. Ungewöhnlich für einen eigentlich, der seine Filme, so wird es kolportiert, nicht selten auf Speed dreht.
Wie man nun auf hkentreview.com freudig lesen darf, haben am 01. September die Dreharbeiten zu Tsui Harks neuestem Film, The Seven Swords, begonnen. Wie der Name schon impliziert handelt es sich dabei um ein "martial arts wuxia epic".
Zum Film:
Adapted from renowned writer Liang Yu-Shen timeless classic, SEVEN SWORDS tells the story of seven unlikely heroes gathered together to save a village from the massacre of a general that is seeking a fortune through killing. In the early 1600, the long ruling Ming Dynasty has been overthrown, and the Manchurian invaders from the north have taken over the sovereignty, beginning what is known as the Ching Dynasty, and a highly oppressive reign thus begins. In order to prevent rebels developing revolutionary plots, the newly set-up government immediately imposes a ruthless emergency martial law, ordering all martial art practitioners to turn in their weapons to district officials. Those who fail to do so will be considered committing a serious crime and would result to immediate execution. But soon enough, people would discover that even if they were to obey the law and turn in their weapon, their fate is equally in dire. Wind Fire, a surrendered military official from the previous dynasty, sees this as an opportunity to make a fortune for himself by helping to execute the new law. After endless massacres, Wind Fire next goal is to attack the final frontier, the village of Bowei Fortress.
Fu Qingzhu, a retired executioner from the previous dynasty feels the need to put a stop to this brutality and sets out to save Bowei Fortress. He brings Wu Yuanyin and Han Zhiban from the village with him to Mount Heaven to seek help from Master Shadow-Glow, a hermit who is a master of swords and leads a group of disciples of great swordsmanship. Master Shadow-Glow agrees to help, and orders four of his best disciples to go. Together with Chu Zhaonan, Yang Yunchong, Mulong, and Xin Longzi, SEVEN SWORDS is formed. Fu Qingzhu takes the lead and they set out to save the people of Bowei Fortress. As they take the entire village leading them to the road of a safer place, they begin to encounter mysterious confusion. Food and water is poisoned, and trails of escape are marked with signs leading the enemy to them. They soon realize that there is an undercover spy amongst them, and SEVEN SWORDS must identify him/her before Wind Fire army gets to them
Wie man nun auf hkentreview.com freudig lesen darf, haben am 01. September die Dreharbeiten zu Tsui Harks neuestem Film, The Seven Swords, begonnen. Wie der Name schon impliziert handelt es sich dabei um ein "martial arts wuxia epic".
Zum Film:
Adapted from renowned writer Liang Yu-Shen timeless classic, SEVEN SWORDS tells the story of seven unlikely heroes gathered together to save a village from the massacre of a general that is seeking a fortune through killing. In the early 1600, the long ruling Ming Dynasty has been overthrown, and the Manchurian invaders from the north have taken over the sovereignty, beginning what is known as the Ching Dynasty, and a highly oppressive reign thus begins. In order to prevent rebels developing revolutionary plots, the newly set-up government immediately imposes a ruthless emergency martial law, ordering all martial art practitioners to turn in their weapons to district officials. Those who fail to do so will be considered committing a serious crime and would result to immediate execution. But soon enough, people would discover that even if they were to obey the law and turn in their weapon, their fate is equally in dire. Wind Fire, a surrendered military official from the previous dynasty, sees this as an opportunity to make a fortune for himself by helping to execute the new law. After endless massacres, Wind Fire next goal is to attack the final frontier, the village of Bowei Fortress.
Fu Qingzhu, a retired executioner from the previous dynasty feels the need to put a stop to this brutality and sets out to save Bowei Fortress. He brings Wu Yuanyin and Han Zhiban from the village with him to Mount Heaven to seek help from Master Shadow-Glow, a hermit who is a master of swords and leads a group of disciples of great swordsmanship. Master Shadow-Glow agrees to help, and orders four of his best disciples to go. Together with Chu Zhaonan, Yang Yunchong, Mulong, and Xin Longzi, SEVEN SWORDS is formed. Fu Qingzhu takes the lead and they set out to save the people of Bowei Fortress. As they take the entire village leading them to the road of a safer place, they begin to encounter mysterious confusion. Food and water is poisoned, and trails of escape are marked with signs leading the enemy to them. They soon realize that there is an undercover spy amongst them, and SEVEN SWORDS must identify him/her before Wind Fire army gets to them
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Thema: good news
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Ob das gut geht? Ich, als einer, der die US-Filme von John Woo mittlerweile - nicht zuletzt aufgrund ihress Verzichts auf hohlen Pathos zugunsten einer angenehm entspannten Popcornhaltung - mehr schätzt als dessen Hongkong-Werke, bin jedenfalls gespannt: Auf comingsoon.net findet sich die Meldung, dass Woo den neuen Masters of the Universe-Film inszeniert. Bei der Macht von Grayskull!° ° °
Thema: Blaetterrauschen
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
While he admits that for a time he felt that the iconic show was winding down, he now believes it will run and run, perhaps to the end of the decade. And beyond that plans for a Simpsons movie are well under way: "We're trying to tell a story that we wouldn't do on television and take advantage of a longer process and a more ambitious process for animation," says Groening, who looks uncannily like a live version of a character from Springfield, the fictional town where the show is set.
Interview mit Matt Groening im Guardian.
Interview mit Matt Groening im Guardian.
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