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October 25, 2008 7:43 AM Subscribe
Orson Welles in the Arena, BBC;
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with Jeanne Moreau, Peter Bogdanovich, John Huston, Charlton Heston. More Arena documentaries:
Buddy Holly:
Joe Orton:
Elvis:
Peter Sellers: Superman: David Lynch on surrealism: Philip K. Dick.
Nice, but have these been abridged for presentation online? (There's at least one cut in Buddy Holly that takes the end off a sentence.)
posted by kid ichorous at 8:03 AM on October 25, 2008
posted by kid ichorous at 8:03 AM on October 25, 2008
Wow, great work, thanks. That's the rest of my Saturday sorted.
posted by WPW at 8:34 AM on October 25, 2008
posted by WPW at 8:34 AM on October 25, 2008
Whoa. The David Lynch doc is a little much at this early hour. But I'll come back to it. This is fantastic.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 8:34 AM on October 25, 2008
posted by kittens for breakfast at 8:34 AM on October 25, 2008
I also, strangely, get a sort of Tim Leary vibe/feeling watching the close up interview with Orson. Don't know whether it's similar mannerisms or facial likeness.
posted by internationalfeel at 8:35 AM on October 25, 2008
posted by internationalfeel at 8:35 AM on October 25, 2008
Also, Brian Eno's "Another Green World" as the opening title music FTW!
posted by kcds at 8:54 AM on October 25, 2008
posted by kcds at 8:54 AM on October 25, 2008
I had seen the Philip K Dick piece. I can't wait to dip into the rest. Thanks!
posted by john.c.herman at 9:05 AM on October 25, 2008
posted by john.c.herman at 9:05 AM on October 25, 2008
What an amazing guy, with a crazy life...
The first total auteur in hollywood...beginning of the end of the star era.
"Anybody can learn to make a movie in three hours. Everything else is: if you're any good or not."
posted by Potomac Avenue at 9:12 AM on October 25, 2008
The first total auteur in hollywood...beginning of the end of the star era.
"Anybody can learn to make a movie in three hours. Everything else is: if you're any good or not."
posted by Potomac Avenue at 9:12 AM on October 25, 2008
Looking forward to tonights offering: The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector. For people lacking BBC access, presumably it'll be available at your local bittorrent tracker in the very near future.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 10:52 AM on October 25, 2008
posted by PeterMcDermott at 10:52 AM on October 25, 2008
when I blow the deadline I am supposedly home working on, it's on you vronsky ;-)
posted by madamjujujive at 11:30 AM on October 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by madamjujujive at 11:30 AM on October 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
"We will sell no wine before its time."
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 12:15 PM on October 25, 2008
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 12:15 PM on October 25, 2008
re: Lynch on Surrealism.
The Surrealists, at first, were convinced that the revelatory and revolutionary acts of bringing the world of subconscious desire, dream logic, and "amour fou" to us through art would happen through poetry. Visual images were thought to be too literal. Ironically, it is primarily through visual art (Ernst, Tanguy, Matta, Magritte, de Chirico, and the only briefly tolerable Dali) that surrealism has had its greatest impact. Secondarily, it has left a significant mark on the world of film, which the Surrealists latched onto with excitement at the same time they embraced visual art: in the Twenties. Lynch has not dishonored the great Surrealist experiment.
posted by kozad at 5:15 PM on October 25, 2008
The Surrealists, at first, were convinced that the revelatory and revolutionary acts of bringing the world of subconscious desire, dream logic, and "amour fou" to us through art would happen through poetry. Visual images were thought to be too literal. Ironically, it is primarily through visual art (Ernst, Tanguy, Matta, Magritte, de Chirico, and the only briefly tolerable Dali) that surrealism has had its greatest impact. Secondarily, it has left a significant mark on the world of film, which the Surrealists latched onto with excitement at the same time they embraced visual art: in the Twenties. Lynch has not dishonored the great Surrealist experiment.
posted by kozad at 5:15 PM on October 25, 2008
Sorry about the sound quality in the David Lynch bit. You'd think that with all of the billions google makes, they could provide better quality videos, innit? (but these are really good and Welles was a stone cold genius--it's a shame he is remembered by the younger generation more for his later drunken appearances. Part 15 has John Huston telling how he hid a Brandy bottle in the pulpit during the Father Mapple speech in Moby Dick. Huston seemed to like his actors well oiled though. I saw Peter O'toole tell a story on how he came to the set one day, and the crew had been sent home, and Huston came out and said, "Today we drink!" and they spent the rest of the day riding horses and drinking whisky.)
Oh and the Harold Lloyd bit 5 minutes into the Superman clip is good too.
posted by vronsky at 7:14 PM on October 25, 2008
Oh and the Harold Lloyd bit 5 minutes into the Superman clip is good too.
posted by vronsky at 7:14 PM on October 25, 2008
Well, I didn't need to sleep tonight anyway.
posted by Optamystic at 8:57 PM on October 25, 2008
posted by Optamystic at 8:57 PM on October 25, 2008
I remember seeing this Peter Sellers in the theater when I was a kid and I don't think I have ever laughed so hard in my life.
posted by vronsky at 9:11 PM on October 25, 2008
posted by vronsky at 9:11 PM on October 25, 2008
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