.99 Cent Large Clamshell VHS Lot.

I was rather happy to win this VHS lot on eBay. It contains: Game For Vultures, Freedom Road, 55 Days At Peking, The 39 Steps, Gulag, Ironmaster, Tuareg, Commando Squad, Death Raiders, Swamp Thing, and Tigers Don't Cry. I know a few of these are on DVD, but c'mon, the lot was 99 cents.

 

Don't forget my documentary BASTARD ART is now available on DVD from www.bastardartfilm.com. 

Rollin x3.

I'm in the middle of a triple feature tonight dedicated to the late French filmmaker Jean Rollin. The first, The Iron Rose, was good. Great cinematography, dreamlike atmosphere. I'm watching the second film now. It's Killing Car and it's horrible. This was the second time that Rollin tried to step out of his usual supernatual terrority and take a shot at action... and for the second time he failed. It's so amateur in every way. I think that the female lead is a tranny. The third film that I intend to watch is The Escapees. It can't be worse than Killing Car.

Bastard Art.

This year I completed a documentary called Bastard Art. Below are the details.

From the 1970s UK punk scene to the present gothic rock resurgence, Andi Sex Gang has remained both an enigmatic and often underrated artist who has persevered through events that would make most people give up or give in. Whether it was being a squatter in London, a bombing suspect in Italy, or spending time in jail in America, these non-musical life events have pushed Andi Sex Gang to forge a unique musical path filled with many highs and lows, as both a solo artist and with his band Sex Gang Children.

Between 1982 and 1985 Andi and Sex Gang Children landed in the UK indie charts with 8 singles and 5 albums hitting the top 30. The album Song And Legend went to #1. It should have been the beginning of a brilliant career, What followed were bad business deals and even worse luck, slowing down an influential artist who has sadly been ignored by mainstream culture.

Bastard Art tells Sex Gang's story through live performance and video clips, a wealth of archive photos and articles, and interviews with current and former bandmates, along with fellow musicians, artists and friends.

Written, edited, produced & directed by Vince Corkadel
English language
95 minutes
©2010 The Cloviscompany

Features interviews with:
Andi Sex Gang
Martin Millar - friend/author
Jack Adams - friend/former gangster
Terry Macleay - musician (Sex Gang Children, Stan Elliot Quintet)
Kevin Matthews - musician (Sex Gang Children, Striplight)
Cam Campbell - musician (Sex Gang Children, Stan Elliot Quintet)
Ray Taylor Smith - musician (Sex Gang Children, Death Cult)
Mark Gemini Thwaite - musician (The Mission, Mob Research)
Adrian Portas - musician (Sex Gang Childre, Spear Of Destiny)
Kate Schermerhorn - photographer/ex-wife
En Esch - musician (Slick Idiot, KMFDM)
Matthew Saw - musician (Sex Gang Children, Selfish C*nt)
Carl Magnusson - musician (Sex Gang Children, DC Molina)
Rob McClymont - studio engineer

More information at www.bastardartfilm.com

Watch Bastard Art & my interview @ indiefilmnight.com.

Code Red DVD.

Back in 2007 I was in talks with William Olsen from Code Red DVD (www.codereddvd.com) about doing their DVD covers since they were splitting from their distribution deal with Media Blasters. We were planning the layouts for Boardinghouse and A Day At The Beach... discussing removing fold lines from the Boardinghouse poster that he had, finding poster art for A Day At The Beach. Then one day Bill e-mailed me to tell me that their new distributor BCI wanted their designer to handle the upcoming Code Red layouts. I was disappointed, but understood that it was out of his hands. Over at BCI there was guy named Cliff MacMillan and he would be responsible for bringing a great deal of good titles to BCI. Since then BCI has folded and Cliff works for Shout! Factory. I've picked up some of Code Red's titles and dig each of them. Recently I bought Sole Survivor off of eBay. On the back cover I noticed this credit "Layout and graphic design: Dana MacMillan". I wonder why BCI didn't want me involved? Oh well. That's just the way things work out in life.

Lucifer (Mogul Communications large clamshell).

Up until a few weeks ago I had no idea that Lucifer (Goodnight God Bless in the US) was released in the UK by Mogul Communications. I have quite a few UK Mogul releases, so I'm surprised that this one escaped me for so long. Once I received it, 3 more popped up on eBay UK. Funny that you never hear about something, but once you find it it's everywhere.

Regal Video vs. Criterion Collection.

Today I received the Regal Video releases of Snake Fist Dynamo and Kung Fu Rebels. Regal releases are pretty rare and the label rarely gets mentioned. I'm looking forward to watching these, but it won't be for awhile. Before I get to them I want to get through the DVDs of The Howling, Sole Survivor (I have a blog coming up about Code Red, something that you will not read anywhere else) and The Substitute Parts 1 - 4.

Right now I'm watching the Criterion Collection release of Wim Wender's Paris, Texas. Honestly, I didn't see why it's held in such high regard. It's rather boring. I'm know some film critics would have me drawn and quartered for saying that, but it's true. I'm not up on the Wender's filmography, so I don't know if that would have any bearing on enjoying this film. So far it plays like an arthouse Lifetime Network film... artsy bits here and these amidst drawn out talky bits about a father and son. Yawn.

A Terrifying Tale Of The Occult!

On Friday I picked up Gary Brandner's novel The Howling and the large clamshell release of the film Ben from Prism Entertainment at a local Goodwill. You never know what you'll find there. It's funny because I was just thinking about getting The Howling the day before. I'm a goddamn psychic.