Landed a near mint vinyl copy of the two platter Morricone comp, I Film Della Violenza, last week. Been checking it out the past couple of days. I’d kinda been in a rock mood lately, so I was surprised how good this sounded to me. The vinyl is in excellent shape and sounds fantastic on…
Karl Malden Dead at 97
Ok, I’m not gonna say anything about MJ…not a peep about Farrah. Ed McMahon — more like Dead McMahon. Billy Mays — we hardly knew ye! But this one is different. Not because it was unexpected. Actually, for many baby boomers — it might even be regrief. But after 97 years on the planet, actor…
Film Images 5/1/09
OUT OF THE PAST (1947) — 16mm
The Morricone Genius
Grooving on the soundtrack music of Ennio Morricone. Bought two vinyl LPs this weekend at Forever Young — 1971’s UNA LUCERTOLA CON LA PELLE and the obscure 1969 LA DONNA INVISIBLE. Both could be comfortably filed under Mondo Morricone material, reflecting a dreamier, slightly loungy side of the Il Maestro…although I wouldn’t go so far…
MARIO BAVA AND THE GESTALT OF CINEMA
Watched a bit of the new Midnight Choir DVD release of Mario Bava’s THE WHIP AND THE BODY coupled with Fulci’s CONSPIRACY OF TORTURE. Ordered it off Amazon after reading a little controversy surrounding the disc’s legal status. If you know me, you know I’m a huge Bava fan — I own Tim Lucas’ 1000+…
Notes from AFI DALLAS Part II
OK, ok. I caught some flak from Head of Press and Publicity for AFI, John Wildman, for my last post. I just wanted to clarify a few points regarding my comments about AFI Dallas’ screenings. First off, I in no way wanted to sound ungrateful to the fest organizers. I was an invited guest at…
Notes from AFI Dallas
The past week my film society DALLAS CINEMANIA was invited to participate as a “community sponsor” for the AFI DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST here in Big D. AFI has been more than generous and allowed me to spread my word to a few more people than would otherwise hear about it. There have been tons…
Legalize It…
Haven’t updated this site in a long time…too long. Since the last post, we’ve gained a new president in the United States. The global economy is apparently slipping into a depression…or something. Who knows? I guess it’s a recession until YOU lose YOUR job…then it’s a depression. I’m still working fortunately. One of the more…
Ray Dennis Steckler – 1939 -2009
I’m particularly broken up today after learning about the death of one of my favorite film makers, Ray Dennis Steckler. The man passed away in his sleep on Jan 7, 2009 at the age of 70. The definitive cult artist, Steckler’s work was ignored by the masses but his small group of fans cherished his…
Film Images 12.12.08
I WANT TO LIVE! (1958) — 16mm