This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this episode, David and Trevor discuss Eclipse Series 18: Dušan Makavejev Free Radical.
About the films:
There’s never been another filmmaker quite like Dušan Makavejev. Even in the 1960s, when all of cinema’s rules seemed to be breaking down and artists such as Godard, Cassavetes, and Marker were dissolving the boundary between fiction and documentary, Yugoslavia’s Makavejev stood alone. His films about political and sexual liberation were revolutionary, raucous, and ribald. Across these, his wild, collagelike first three films, Makavejev investigates—with a tonic mix of earnestness and whimsy—love, death, and work; the legacy of war and the absurdity of daily life in a Communist state; criminology and hypnosis; strudels and strongmen.
About the films:
There’s never been another filmmaker quite like Dušan Makavejev. Even in the 1960s, when all of cinema’s rules seemed to be breaking down and artists such as Godard, Cassavetes, and Marker were dissolving the boundary between fiction and documentary, Yugoslavia’s Makavejev stood alone. His films about political and sexual liberation were revolutionary, raucous, and ribald. Across these, his wild, collagelike first three films, Makavejev investigates—with a tonic mix of earnestness and whimsy—love, death, and work; the legacy of war and the absurdity of daily life in a Communist state; criminology and hypnosis; strudels and strongmen.
- 12/16/2015
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
Britain has a long, long history of staging comic conventions. The first one was held in a Birmingham hotel in 1968 which had a young Alan Moore as a guest. The success of the event paved the way for overseas guests to jump across the pond such as Frank Miller, Jim Steranko, and the late Gil Kane and appear at various events in the country.
As Ukcac became a well known convention amongst fans and creators across Britain. Held at various parts of the country, it was the stomping ground of various British creators, such guests included Will Eisner and John Buscema it gained recognition as convention organisers staged the prestigious Eagle Awards, which many Bronze age enthusiasts will recall Uncanny X-Men and Master of Kung Fu winning best dramatic comic book.
Although there was a slow period, where the focus at events was celebrity and anime but a resurgence soon...
As Ukcac became a well known convention amongst fans and creators across Britain. Held at various parts of the country, it was the stomping ground of various British creators, such guests included Will Eisner and John Buscema it gained recognition as convention organisers staged the prestigious Eagle Awards, which many Bronze age enthusiasts will recall Uncanny X-Men and Master of Kung Fu winning best dramatic comic book.
Although there was a slow period, where the focus at events was celebrity and anime but a resurgence soon...
- 3/2/2015
- by Neil Patel
- SoundOnSight
In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornados. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones. Most people seek shelter, while others run towards the vortex, testing how far a storm chaser will go for that once in a lifetime shot.
Latino-Review.com was flown to Pontiac Detroit for the set of "Into the Storm" where it's downtown has been turned into an abandoned strip of shops while storm chasers are dealing with the largest tornado to ever hit. With wind blowers, fake rain and debris being blown at the cast we sit and watch as Gary Morris (Richard Armitage) struggles with the forces of nature while trying to save his son. Once his scene is wrapped up, we gathering in the Freemason lodge where production has set up camp and talked with him about his role,...
Latino-Review.com was flown to Pontiac Detroit for the set of "Into the Storm" where it's downtown has been turned into an abandoned strip of shops while storm chasers are dealing with the largest tornado to ever hit. With wind blowers, fake rain and debris being blown at the cast we sit and watch as Gary Morris (Richard Armitage) struggles with the forces of nature while trying to save his son. Once his scene is wrapped up, we gathering in the Freemason lodge where production has set up camp and talked with him about his role,...
- 6/30/2014
- by Fernando Esquivel
- LRMonline.com
If Dorothy Gale or the gang from Twister thought that they had trouble with tornadoes, their encounters were but a mild whistle of wind compared to the freakish weather hitting a small American town in the new trailer for Into The Storm. Set on the day that a local high school graduates, the movie finds the Oklahoma town of Silverton ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of the spinny disasters. The entire population is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones, even as storm trackers predict the worst is yet to come.Most people seek shelter, while others run towards the vortex, testing how far a storm chaser will go for that once-in-a-lifetime shot. In the middle of it all, school vice-principal Gary Morris (Richard Armitage) must look for his missing son and protect others as the weather's fury lays waste around him. But to find those he loves,...
- 6/26/2014
- EmpireOnline
We've faced some pretty dismal weather recently, but the thriller briefly known as Black Sky and now titled Into The Storm is looking to kick things a few notches up the Beaufort Scale. The first images from the film are online courtesy of USA Today. Into The Storm stars Sarah Wayne Callies as a meteorologist who arrives in the small Oklahoma town of Silverton with a storm chaser (Matt Walsh) in tow to gather new data on tornadoes. She's arrived at a fortuitous but dangerous time, because a massive series of storms is about to hit. Caught up in the chaos is Gary Morris (Richard Armitage), a school assistant principal who goes looking for his son when the twisters strike.Steven Quayle, who graduated from working with James Cameron to directing with Aliens Of The Deep and Final Destination 5, is the man charged with overseeing the madness from his director's chair,...
- 3/25/2014
- EmpireOnline
Konstantin Nikolaevič Leont'ev
"Radical Emma Goldman famously demanded 'fun' as a precondition of revolution (the nerve!), and Bl associate editor Andrew Grossman agrees," writes editor Gary Morris, introducing the new issue of Bright Lights Film Journal. "Leading off the Articles section, he collates the 'polka tremblante' (aka Bohemian polka) with strolls through Byzantine ascetic philosopher Leontev, Nosferatu, and Carl Sandburg in a magical riff. Equally dazzling is Dave Saunders's paean to the Connectitrons via Hugo, The Big Clock, and Jeanne La Pucelle (Parts 1 and 2)."
Also in Issue 75: "Every trip must end, and our 'empty guest room' is unusually full this time. Jack Stevenson, who knows all things underground, offers thoughtful tributes to two talents associated with, among other things, the Kuchars: Marion Eaton, star of Thundercrack!, and Bob Cowan, who appeared in various Kuchar efforts. These are the kinds of rare histories that would not be written but for Jack,...
"Radical Emma Goldman famously demanded 'fun' as a precondition of revolution (the nerve!), and Bl associate editor Andrew Grossman agrees," writes editor Gary Morris, introducing the new issue of Bright Lights Film Journal. "Leading off the Articles section, he collates the 'polka tremblante' (aka Bohemian polka) with strolls through Byzantine ascetic philosopher Leontev, Nosferatu, and Carl Sandburg in a magical riff. Equally dazzling is Dave Saunders's paean to the Connectitrons via Hugo, The Big Clock, and Jeanne La Pucelle (Parts 1 and 2)."
Also in Issue 75: "Every trip must end, and our 'empty guest room' is unusually full this time. Jack Stevenson, who knows all things underground, offers thoughtful tributes to two talents associated with, among other things, the Kuchars: Marion Eaton, star of Thundercrack!, and Bob Cowan, who appeared in various Kuchar efforts. These are the kinds of rare histories that would not be written but for Jack,...
- 2/15/2012
- MUBI
Bright Lights Film Journal editor Gary Morris introduces #74: "This issue opens with Jd Markel's enchanting exegesis of Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, but as in Jd's previous contribution, expands into a much wider cultural critique…. In the Movies section, one of our new writers — come on down, Graham Daseler! — appears with two delightful entries, one on My Dinner with André, the other on the life and career of John Huston. Bl regular David Pike authoritatively analyzes Denis Villeneuve's disturbing feature Incendies, while Bl newbie Barry Stephenson offers a thoughtful study of ritual in Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited. First-time contributors William Anselmi and Sheena Wilson shine light on the dark side of cinema technologies in a daring piece on Inception. And two recent returnees to these cyberpages, Mark Chapman and Alex Kirschenbaum, stylishly weigh in on, respectively, the 'aesthetic of disavowal' of Haneke's La Pianiste and Scorsese's The Color of Money...
- 11/14/2011
- MUBI
After a few words about "ice cream that's supposed to taste like movies" (no, really), editor Gary Morris introduces the latest edition of one of our favorite film journals, Bright Lights:
Matt Brennan leads off this issue with a deep-sea dive into the "body politic/body politics" trope, in the process giving readers something in short supply today: hope. Lesley Chow also shows a bold optimism in mining culture for its treasures in a provocative piece on cinema experimentalists Chris Marker, Alexander Sokurov, and José Luis Guerín. Our buddy Dave Saunders reminds us of the pleasures of Buñuel in Mexico and Béla Tarrin Edinburgh in a rather enchanting piece.
If Boris Barnet is not a household word in your house, you should consider moving. The brilliant Boris is the subject of a lengthy, authoritative profile by new contributor Giuliano Vivaldi, and you'll be running to the nearest Russian cinematheque after you've read this one.
Matt Brennan leads off this issue with a deep-sea dive into the "body politic/body politics" trope, in the process giving readers something in short supply today: hope. Lesley Chow also shows a bold optimism in mining culture for its treasures in a provocative piece on cinema experimentalists Chris Marker, Alexander Sokurov, and José Luis Guerín. Our buddy Dave Saunders reminds us of the pleasures of Buñuel in Mexico and Béla Tarrin Edinburgh in a rather enchanting piece.
If Boris Barnet is not a household word in your house, you should consider moving. The brilliant Boris is the subject of a lengthy, authoritative profile by new contributor Giuliano Vivaldi, and you'll be running to the nearest Russian cinematheque after you've read this one.
- 8/10/2011
- MUBI
Experimental filmmaker Warren Sonbert was born today, June 26, in 1947. Sadly, he passed away in 1995 from complications due to AIDS.
Sonbert began making films as a teenager in 1966. While his first films were loosely-structured narratives, he later became known for making movies out of his extensive worldly travels. He would plan a trip, arrange screenings in the cities he would be visiting and shoot footage for new films while abroad.
For a good review of Sonbert’s work, Gary Morris penned a great article for Bright Lights Film Journal in 2000.
Below is a home movie fragment shot by Jeff Scher of Sonbert writing in a cafe.
Read More:Who Was Underground In ’67?Underground Yearbook: 1978Underground Yearbook: 1976Underground Yearbook: 1972...
Sonbert began making films as a teenager in 1966. While his first films were loosely-structured narratives, he later became known for making movies out of his extensive worldly travels. He would plan a trip, arrange screenings in the cities he would be visiting and shoot footage for new films while abroad.
For a good review of Sonbert’s work, Gary Morris penned a great article for Bright Lights Film Journal in 2000.
Below is a home movie fragment shot by Jeff Scher of Sonbert writing in a cafe.
Read More:Who Was Underground In ’67?Underground Yearbook: 1978Underground Yearbook: 1976Underground Yearbook: 1972...
- 6/26/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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