PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
The Band. that's the brown album doc? Really good. A favorite lp too.
The Band. that's the brown album doc? Really good. A favorite lp too.
Definiteley. The You Tube video for the album isn't showing up over here, which is a shame..yup the brown one. agreed and agreed...
Saw that a couple weeks ago. It's really good."Little White Lie" which is now streaming on Netflix. They are a local Woodstock family (although I did not know that when I put it on.) Really pretty amazing doc...
Speaking of Burroughs, this is it. Just got my hands on it. Jarmush was the sound man. He and his friends did it while students at NYU film school. It was shown in limited release in theaters but mostly it was passed around by fans in poor quality on video tape. Criterion & Jarmusch and Howard Brookner's nephew Aaron Brookner restored it. Interesting and a fascinating time capsule.A lot of you may have already seen this but, for all you Burroughs' fans who haven't, it looks like the BBC's Arena documentary is back up on YouTube. Not sure how long for, but watch it while you can...it's fairly good quality too:
Looking forward to that hitting PPV somewhere.like peanut butter and jelly.
I bought a copy of that film, just to compare it with the Arena version and both have their own qualities but I can't help but recall the letter Burroughs wrote about how frustrated he was with Howard Brookner and all the hours of film footage he'd taken of Burroughs. In the end, Burroughs seemed to indicate that Brookner was stuck with the editing side of it (one of the hardest parts when making any film I think).Speaking of Burroughs, this is it. Just got my hands on it.
Saw this last Friday. It was fuckin' awesome. But then again my opinion may be a bit distorted because I also think Jim Jarmusch and Iggy Pop are awesome. They go together like peanut butter and jelly.