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half japanese -the band that would be king
director: jeff feuerzeig
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Highly entertaining documentary about the one of the most unique bands of all time. The focus of the film are short interviews with the band members themselves and gushing commentary by their legion of fans, it might not be objective but it is inspiring. One of the main things I brought away from this film was a better understanding of what Half Japanese is all about as a band: sometimes the songs may be goofy but they take it all very seriously and that comes across throughout the film. The scenes with the hipper-than-thou fellow from Forced Exposure are hilarious and remind me of that music snob we all knew in college (or who we were in college) that never really grew out of it. There is an incredible scene where Penn Jillette tells an insane story about how he saved the masters for the "Charmed Life" album. Top notch stuff.
The DVD extras are pretty great as well: first off there's the blue screen opus "Half Japanese: Live From Hell", a great performance video featuring a crayon decorated hell, skeleton dancing girls, and an aluminum foil Godzilla. Then there's a performance on a public access program from 1985 called "The Scott & Gary Show"…..hours of fun for all. |
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reviewed by: JohnLawton |
August 2000 [link] |
recommend 2 thumbs up
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the thing
director: john carpenter
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| One of the scariest, creepiest, most disgusting, paranoia-inducing movies ever made - and there ain't a chick in the whole picture. The transfer looks beautiful (check out the colors bouncing offa them flares!), Morricone's synth-minimalism still holds up, Wilford Brimley is insane, and the 'making of' just goes to show that talent to terrify on the screen may have stayed in the 80s, but whatever - a classic for your library. |
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reviewed by: alec |
July 2005 [link] |
recommend
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