In March, Viggo Mortensen and David Cronenberg participated in this delightful discussion following a screening of Crash at the Tiff (Toronto International Film Festival) Bell Lightbox. Released in 1996, Cronenberg's Crash (based on the novel by J.G. Ballard) follows a sleazy producer who joins a group of thrill-seekers whose particular fetish involves near-death, vehicular accidents with a streak of exhibitionism. Throughout the talk, Cronenberg shares his initial response of repulsion towards Ballard's clinical and humorless approach to such a "medical sensuality," and his sudden, impulsive decision to make the film. "I was more depressed by [Crash] than impressed," says Gene Siskel, in a heated debate with Roger Ebert during their show At the Movies. Siskel insists that the film is plainly idiotic; Ebert recognizes that the film is "too tough" for audiences to take, accusing Siskel of bringing no sympathy to Cronenberg's attempt to make "pornography without pornography." David Cronenberg on the...
- 6/24/2019
- MUBI
This is Part Two in a series of articles on the Robert Beck Memorial Cinema (Rbmc). As detailed in Part One, the Rbmc was an experimental film screening series in New York City, started by filmmaker Brian L. Frye.
Frye programmed the first screening on May 12, 1998 at the Collective Unconscious theater space. The screening included the feature-length documentary Underground by Emile de Antonio about the left-wing militant group the Weather Underground, and a kinoscope of Richard M. Nixon’s infamous “Checker’s Speech.” At the screening, fellow media artist Bradley Eros introduced himself to Frye and the pair co-programmed the Rbmc together for several years.
The goal of the screenings was to present work that typically wouldn’t be projected anywhere else, such as small gauge film formats and expanded cinema performances. The Rbmc would also host filmmakers in town for larger shows elsewhere in the city and asked them to screen their older,...
Frye programmed the first screening on May 12, 1998 at the Collective Unconscious theater space. The screening included the feature-length documentary Underground by Emile de Antonio about the left-wing militant group the Weather Underground, and a kinoscope of Richard M. Nixon’s infamous “Checker’s Speech.” At the screening, fellow media artist Bradley Eros introduced himself to Frye and the pair co-programmed the Rbmc together for several years.
The goal of the screenings was to present work that typically wouldn’t be projected anywhere else, such as small gauge film formats and expanded cinema performances. The Rbmc would also host filmmakers in town for larger shows elsewhere in the city and asked them to screen their older,...
- 2/4/2018
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
In Zoe Beloff's exhibition A World Redrawn: Eisenstein and Brecht in Hollywood, currently on view at the James Gallery in New York, "the two great Marxist directors are conjured as if they were our neighbors in the collective dwelling house of imagination," writes Anastasiya Osipova. More goings on: A Seijun Suzuki retrospective in New York as well as the Flaherty NYC Fall 2015 season, a Wim Wenders road show in Nashville, and French noir and genre zaniness in San Francisco. » - David Hudson...
- 11/5/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
In Zoe Beloff's exhibition A World Redrawn: Eisenstein and Brecht in Hollywood, currently on view at the James Gallery in New York, "the two great Marxist directors are conjured as if they were our neighbors in the collective dwelling house of imagination," writes Anastasiya Osipova. More goings on: A Seijun Suzuki retrospective in New York as well as the Flaherty NYC Fall 2015 season, a Wim Wenders road show in Nashville, and French noir and genre zaniness in San Francisco. » - David Hudson...
- 11/5/2015
- Keyframe
Not every English-speaker hopping over to Wikipedia for a quick look-up today will have heard about the 24-hour blackout or what's prompted it, which is partly what makes the action so effective. As Wikipedia Executive Director Sue Gardner explains, this "blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) in the Us House of Representatives, and the Protectip Act (Pipa) in the Us Senate — that, if passed, would seriously damage the free and open Internet, including Wikipedia." As to why the protest has to be taken global and has to go forward now, even as the White House threatens a veto and "some American legislators appear to be in tactical retreat," she adds: "The reality is that we don't think Sopa is going away, and Pipa is still quite active. Moreover, Sopa and Pipa are just indicators of a much broader problem.
- 1/18/2012
- MUBI
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