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The Atrocity Exhibition BBC film (1970)
Made 3 years before Crash was published, 5 before High-Rise came out.
Read MoreThe Atrocity Exhibtion (2000)
On a Ballardian kick, this morning I am watching Jonathan Weiss’ The Atrocity Exhibition, 2000. It feels like the book – barren and dense, both visually and psychologically. Not easy to find a clip online, so here’s a link to a pretty grumpy interview about it.
Read MoreHigh-Rise
High-Rise achieved. Spilt me Pimms down me raincoat. Go again! Will Self on Ballard transcriptions here. Wheatley interview here. On Ballard’s Inner/Outer life & buildings here. Ps – Went again this morning (Monday). Canny get enough slick, smooth, gleaming, taut slippage into a new way of living. My flat’s only one up. Method not yet…
Read MoreTransit #3 Last night
From Marcus Jack: Thanks to everyone who made it down to TRANSIT #3 at the @GlasgowSFF – here’s a little behind the scenes footage. https://t.co/Bh2cCZMNBh
Read MoreNear-rise
I am so excited about the Wheatley/Ballard combo, I’m posting about nearly seeing High-Rise. In a few hours I shall have seen High-Rise. Imagine that. With my eyes. Ballard me.
Read MoreWhite Wash Death Watch – It happened
WWDW screened last night. Fact. And actually, it looked good, like a nostalgic painting of Deathwatch. Thanks GSFF and audience, particularly invited special guests.
Read MoreTransit No.3 Publication
Seen here, alongside the contents of my pockets, is the TRANSIT No.3 Zine. My contribution ps 22-33. Cover definitely red, not pink. Text reads: Image adapted from Blade Runner Annual (1982) by Jane Topping. Adapted from Blade Runner (1982 Dir. Ridley Scott) by Archie Goodwin. ©Marvel Comics International Ltd., a subsidiary of Codence Industries Corporation, GRANDREAMS LTD.,…
Read MoreScottish Competition – I’m Deranged
White Wash Death Watch was one of the least deranged of this selection. To be fair, I’ve made more engaging films (on reflection, WWDW seems a little like an exercise or a test of the original), but it held up ok in this context. Funny when an ‘art film’ as they tend to be called at film festivals is popped…
Read MoreTransit #3
Of course the highlight was Peter, of course it was. But also great were Miles Joseph’s Remediation (2010), Do Not Cross (2015) by Dorine Aguerre and Lucie Rachel’s Mother Father (2015). A chilly night for it, so many thanks Marcus. Official images to follow, until then…‘Getinthebackofthevan’
Read MoreOhna Falby Masterclass at GSSF
Highlight of this GSSF session with producer Ohna Falby was Jane and Louise Wilson’s The Toxic Camera. Plus, I now know what a producer does. It’s permissions, it’s money and it’s the oiling of things. Also great was a clip from Clara Van Gool’s Voices of Finance. Still not seen all of Rachel MacLean’s Feed Me,…
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