My eyes are completely and permanently screwed from trying to watch a double feature in 1950s 3D. Creature From the Black Lagoon was actually pretty good despite showing the monster entirely too much though It Came From Outer Space made up for it with excess suckitude and double excess Richard Carlson. Though at least he kept his shirt on.
On that note, The New 3D Adventures of Zalandra. It works best at full screen with red/blue glasses and a strong drink or four. Blue goes on the left. Soundtrack is by no one as there is no soundtrack.
Yo La Tengo’s performance of a Jean Painlevé’s avante-garde film octet at the Coolidge tonight was alternately one of the most beautiful and jarring sonic and visual experiences I can remember. The video below (Brooklyn, 2006) is such a poor representation of the power and largeness of the show that I hesitate to even include it. This comes from movement five, L’Hippocampi, somewhere between the incredible edible sea urchins and the Love Life of the Octopus*.
The original soundtrack from the 2001 San Francisco Film Festival scoring of the set, The Sounds of the Sounds of Science, can be had direct from the band for $10. AZ points out that they have an unplugged set scheduled at MassMOCA on November 10th.
*Here’s the official Love Life of the Octopus track.
**Here’s why you shouldn’t buy a Blue Ringed Octopus after listening to the above.
One of my dislocated friends mentioned that she didn’t know about the Best of Open Screen, and if she didn’t, then no one does. So here it is, officially. Thursday, September 6th, 7pm, Coolidge Corner, in the big theatre. I’m a bit unsure how this will end up since I sent in a new tape copy from a quicktime render rather than the original master which has gone missing. Anyway, it’s not my best and my crap alone definitely isn’t worth $.75 much less $7.50 but overall this should be a great show. Here’s the line-up and some links to the artists and work where I could find them.
