A shared history of drug use, cynicism and mastery of the English language unites these authors. Below is a link to Will Self's preface of the Penguin 2002 edition of Burroughs' Junky.
"Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them." - Pauline Kael
Monday 30 May 2011
Self analysis: William S. Burroughs
William Burrough's work has proven to be an exerting influence over the contemporary writings of British novelist and critic Will Self. Where the former once attempted to 'destroy' language, the latter has in many ways adopted the memes and lexical trickery of his (de)mentor.
Bakshi Blueprint
Here's an early short that Ralph Bakshi did for paramount called Marvin Digs. The satirical seeds have obviously been sown.
Sunday 29 May 2011
Art from the films of Midnight Video 7
Bucket and net in hand, trousers rolled up and hankies on our heads we managed to uncover these pictorial prizes from the glistening rock pools of the interverse.
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Midnight Video 7
Well folks, it's that time of the week again when you can inundate your ears and grey matter with our floundering filmic shenanigans.
A lesson in the black arts from The Priest as we polish our pentacles for Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1968 version), then we're left on a gurney to be satirically probed in Britannia Hospital before we round off with a trip to 70s Harlem where Uncle Remus meets Mario Puzo in Coonskin.
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A lesson in the black arts from The Priest as we polish our pentacles for Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1968 version), then we're left on a gurney to be satirically probed in Britannia Hospital before we round off with a trip to 70s Harlem where Uncle Remus meets Mario Puzo in Coonskin.
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And remember to keep coming back to the blog and our Facebook page for little extras that accompany the current show.
Sunday 22 May 2011
Broderick's War Games meets Maximillian Largo's Domination (for real though)
This fascinating and frightening video by Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto succinctly captures the horrendous arrogance with which the world 'super powers' exercised their nuclear paranoia.
A fitting short companion piece to The Atomic Cafe.
The outer limits of language
A brief, baffling and amusing article that compares the language of Leslie Steven's Incubus with that of Shatner's later stellar endeavours in Star Trek and that most ridiculed of languages; Klingon.
Klingon and Esperanto: The Odd Couple
Klingon and Esperanto: The Odd Couple
Sneak previews of forthcoming shows
A number of people have recently expressed an interest in knowing which films we're going to be covering in future editions.
Now personally, we are of the 'surprise' persuasion, but at the same time we can fully appreciate that some folks like to have watched the films before we dissect them for the podcast.
To please both parties (and ourselves) we thought we'd set up a mailing list of sorts and then each week we'd email those who want to watch the films that we'll be covering in the upcoming podcast.
So if you'd like to be in 'the know' about the next show(s) simply email us at midnightvideo@hotmail.co.uk and write 'future films forecast' in the title.
Now personally, we are of the 'surprise' persuasion, but at the same time we can fully appreciate that some folks like to have watched the films before we dissect them for the podcast.
To please both parties (and ourselves) we thought we'd set up a mailing list of sorts and then each week we'd email those who want to watch the films that we'll be covering in the upcoming podcast.
So if you'd like to be in 'the know' about the next show(s) simply email us at midnightvideo@hotmail.co.uk and write 'future films forecast' in the title.
Art from the films of Midnight Video 6
Crampons, ice-picks and oxygen tanks have enabled us to ascend the treacherous range of the webalayas in order to bring you these visual delights.
Saturday 21 May 2011
Midnight Video 6
Just in time for the weekend. Another slice of film review pie to go with your 'black as the sky on a moonless night' coffee.
This week we don our cowls and dust off our Esperanto phrase books for Incubus before heading to The Atomic Cafe for a mid 20th century nuclear snack, and then we fast forward to the 21st century for the 2000ADesque Split Second.
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Tuesday 17 May 2011
Discarded dream sequence from Flavia the Heretic?
Florinda Bolkan interprets Perspex
Not sure what the point of that little performance was, but it's always interesting to see what the female exploitation stars of the 70s were doing before they were being tortured, raped and murdered in gialli, nunsploitation, zombie, etc. flicks.
Not sure what the point of that little performance was, but it's always interesting to see what the female exploitation stars of the 70s were doing before they were being tortured, raped and murdered in gialli, nunsploitation, zombie, etc. flicks.
The Man from Hungary
I managed to unearth this particularly insightful interview with Béla Tarr who is being quizzed about his methods and motivations for the wonderfully somniferous (my opinion) and unintentionally hilarious (Jim's opinion); The Man from London.
Monday 16 May 2011
Art from the films of Midnight Video 5
Hacking and slashing through the virtual jungle has unearthed these golden gems that magnificently accompany our latest show.
Sunday 15 May 2011
Midnight Video 5
We're back again with another spanking shiny episode of Midnight Video, so rip open the virtual cellophane sit back and listen to our (not so) dulcet tones.
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Episode 5 sees us praying and flagellating with Flavia the Heretic, absorbing and pondering over The Man from London before we cross dimensions and tumble into the realm of Gor.
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Episode 5 sees us praying and flagellating with Flavia the Heretic, absorbing and pondering over The Man from London before we cross dimensions and tumble into the realm of Gor.
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Hellraiser: Bloodline (Atkin's original screenplay)
As you may have heard on the latest show I mentioned that I read Atkin's original screenplay for the fourth instalment in the Hellraiser franchise.
Whilst it's certainly not going to win any awards, it's a quick enough read and I think it's quite interesting to see how the finished product differs from the page.
Ultimately Jim and I both got something out of the film that other people might not, but like any original screenplay there's always that 'what if...' factor and I honestly believe that there were some genuinely interesting ideas that were cropped; for better or worse well that's subjective, but why not have a read and see for yourself.
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Monday 9 May 2011
Midnight Video 4
Here's another cinematic syringe in the arm for all of you film junkies out there on the interweb; Midnight Video 4 is primed and ready for absorption.
Hopefully you know the drill, but if not, right click on the post's title to download or hit show 4 on the archive tab (on the right of the page) and as always the shows are available through iTunes.
Show 4 sees us puzzling over the Lament Configuration in Hellraiser: Bloodline, then listing, cross checking, and double copying Peter Greenaway's The Falls before we round off with a healthy dose of hairspray, opulence and egotism with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Tuesday 3 May 2011
Katz and Huyck defend the duck
Here's a little short documentary where Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck (unsurprisingly no Lucas in sight) attempt to defend their monstrosity:
'Before its time' or 'misunderstood' you say Gloria... no just appalling.
Art from the films of Midnight Video 3
More trawling of the cyber ocean has offered these tasty morsels:
Sunday 1 May 2011
Midnight Video 3
The third edition of Midnight Video has landed. It's sunny outside again (in London anyway) so what better way to celebrate than get your sonic fanzine fix with our latest show.
As always right click on the post's title to download or click on the archive link to the right of the screen (above our names), but probably the best way to go about it is to subscribe to us on iTunes, where you could even leave a star rating and/or some feedback.
In this latest edition we fluff our feathers and back comb our hair for Howard the Duck, revel in the mistakes of injection moulding with Static and weigh up the pros and cons of possibly spending two thousand years in suspended animation in The Humanoid.
As always right click on the post's title to download or click on the archive link to the right of the screen (above our names), but probably the best way to go about it is to subscribe to us on iTunes, where you could even leave a star rating and/or some feedback.
In this latest edition we fluff our feathers and back comb our hair for Howard the Duck, revel in the mistakes of injection moulding with Static and weigh up the pros and cons of possibly spending two thousand years in suspended animation in The Humanoid.
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