Movie City Indie Archive for November, 2011
Ken Russell’s Teenage Wasteland
PDF of a review of Mr. Russell’s 1950s teenpix here.
Miley Cyrus Lavishes Up Some “Riot Porn”
Dubbed as such by @WilbotOsterman. Cyrus posted the video on her 19th birthday, according to the description here: “The video begins starkly with a message in white font on a black screen: ‘This is dedicated to the thousands of people who are standing up for what they believe in,’ and for the next three minutes comes a rapid-fire montage of scenes of sign-waving protesters and pepper-spraying police as Miley sings, ‘It’s a liberty walk, walk. Say goodbye to the people who tied you up… Free yourself, slam the door, not a prisoner anymore.'”
1 Comment »Joan Didion: The White Album to Blue Nights (72m vid)
“In conversation with David L. Ulin, book critic, Los Angeles Times. A literary icon for Los Angeles and a cultural visionary for the rest of America, the acclaimed author of The White Album, The Year of Magical Thinking, and most recently, Blue Nights, discusses her current work and life in Los Angeles in the 60s. Part of ‘Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980’.”
Hitler Disapproves Of A New Meme In Town: Pepper-Spray Cop
Hitler measures appropriate response and USES ALL-CAPS like a practiced commenter.
Steve Jobs Brainstorms, In Classic LP VHS (21’17”)
An episode of “Entrpreneurs,” a portentously-written but useful glimpse of Jobs at work in the NeXT computer era. Below, Jobs demonstrates how “interpersonal computing” works. [Via TNW, where there are three more videos from that time.]
“The Sound of The Muppets (9’02”)
“In this SoundWorks Collection exclusive we talk with Director James Bobin, Film Editor James Thomas, Supervising Sound Editors Kami Asgar and Sean McCormack, and Sound Re-recording Mixer Kevin O’Connell.”
Time Code: UC Davis Pepper Spray Footage From 4 Perspectives
Brian DePalma, do you know Mike Figgis? Good. Meet Andy Baio.
Vid: “Raw Meat” for Black Lips with Leo Fitzpatrick
Cop imagery on the black-and-white streets of New York City?
“Directed by Phil Pinto, produced by Rachelyn Remz-Porter. Featuring Leo Fitzpatrick, Janell Shirtcliff, and Tennessee Thomas. ‘Raw Meat’ is from the album Arabia Mountain [Vice Records].”