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“The restoration and reissue of Ornette: Made in America, Shirley Clarke’s 1985 portrait of Ornette Coleman, the saxophonist whose recordings and performances in the late ’50′s and early ’60′s were among the most liberating avant-garde breakthroughs in the history of jazz (and who, happily, is still performing, at the age of 82), is cause for celebration—both for its value as a movie and for its exploration of Coleman’s art.” So begins an entry from Richard Brody, accompanied by a clip (2’43″) and a link to his capsule review in the New Yorker. “There’s a lot more to say about it, particularly regarding the way that Clarke uses video technology and dramatic reconstructions to evoke Coleman’s way of thinking, but here I’d like to focus on Coleman’s music—which I’ve been passionate about since I was in high school, in the ’70′s, and still listen to enthusiastically—while noting the ways in which the movie contributes to a better understanding of the music.”
DM: Cheerfully intrepid—some might say kamikaze—Danish journalist Mads Brügger (The Red Chapel) is back with an outrageous new comedic documentary, The Ambassador. In the film Brügger dons some expensive white linen suits, employs a gold-plated cigarette holder and becomes the mysterious “Mr. Corzen,” a shady character who purchases—yes, purchases—an ambassadorship from the country of Liberia via an Internet broker! Hilarity—as well as blood diamonds, murder and bribery—ensues.
Split Your Jeans, But Don’t Break Your Dick
A short film for Insight directed by Mike Piscitelli and George Gorrow.
Shot in Kingston, Jamaica, the video is an unabashed showcase of the controversial world of the carnal dance craze known in the Caribbean as Daggering.
Daggering has been present in Jamaica’s dance halls for many years and its soaring popularity has led to the Jamaican government to take unprecedented action in order to outlaw it.
Free speech, free dance.
Thanks Mul
Some more brilliance from Carson Mell.
“In 1977 Bobby Bird attempted to literally buy a friend when he adopted a chimpanzee from a South American zoo. Things did not work out as he’d planned.”
With powerful and probing films like “The Trials of Henry Kissinger,” “Why We Fight” and “Reagan,” documentarian Eugene Jarecki has turned a critical eye to some of the most fundamental political and social issues on the American landscape, and he’s done it again with his latest effort, “The House I Live In.”
Moonrise Kingdom is a triumph.
Go watch it at the movies.
Redford’s not made a good movie in a while, let’s hope he pulls off The Company You Keep.
Check out a fantastic doco on The Weather Underground here.
Lady SnowBlood 1973
Directed by Toshiya Fujita and starring Meiko Kaji.
Someone got out of the wrong side of bed this morning
Gee I loved this film. I don’t think there’s much chance that Django’s going to out do it.
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Two nice new posters for intriguing looking films. Sorry pals no video yet.
Poster for SWIMMER (Lynne Ramsay, UK, 2012) Designer: uncredited
Festival poster for THE CAPSULE (Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greece, 2012)
Artist: Aleksandra Waliszewska; Designer: Ania Goszczynska
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