REPULSION was released 61 years ago today.
Roman Polanski & Gérard Brach wrote the entire screenplay in just 17 days. It was originally conceived as a way to make a commercial success that could help finance their next, more personal project, CUL-DE-SAC.
The Punks Meet The Godfather: Pete Townshend had an alcohol-fueled encounter with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols at The Speakeasy Club in London's Soho district on January 20th, 1977
This chaotic interaction directly inspired The Who’s 1978 hit song "Who Are You"
Stanley Kubrick uses his mastery of visual language so effectively in THE SHINING [1980]. Bless Shelley Duvall for having to walk backwards for four consecutive minutes while being berated by Jack Nicholson. I've left this whole scene intact so you can enjoy the tension buildup!
Public Image Ltd. - DEATH DISCO
1979年にリリースのある意味ポストパンク史上最も衝撃的なシングル。
そのポストパンクの代表作が、パンクの王者セックス・ピストルズのジョンライドンが結成したPiLがリリースしたのだから彼がいかに当時の音楽シーンの中心にいたかわかる。
ジョン・ライドンが癌で亡くなった母・ノーラへの追悼として書いた極めて個人的な楽曲。
母の好きだったチャイコフスキーの「白鳥の湖」を引用して、母への追悼でDEATH DISCO(死の踊り)として、ダブ、ノイズ、アヴァンギャルド、パンクが渾然一体となったサウンドを奏でるジョンライドン。
愛とパンク魂が一体となった名曲。
The framing is perfect with each man on the other side of the road separated by the silence between them. The landscape has turned something simple into unnerving.
Having worked previously together on Knightriders (1981), director George Romero and actor Ed Harris were comfortable getting a little loose during this delightful dance sequence.
Creepshow (1982)
dir. George A. Romero
"Going to the cinema is like returning to the womb; you sit there, still and meditative in the darkness, waiting for life to appear on the screen," Federico Fellini.
(The film is 8 1/2, btw...but you knew that.)
"El día en que una estatua está terminada, su vida, en cierto sentido, empieza" (Le temps, ce grand sculpteur - Marguerite Yourcenar)
L'année dernière à Marienbad, 1961