"This parody of the Passion of the Christ trailer was created by a NYU student Spencer Somers and was recently removed from NYU’s servers because of the pressure put on NYU from New Market Films and Mel Gibson who was very upset after viewing this piece."

Via Monochrom

Le trailer! Looks really, really cool! See Kirsten Dunst naked!

"...stridently anti-Christian ... full of calumnies, offenses and historical and theological errors regarding Jesus, the Gospels and the Church."

Cinematical

"Most adolescent slumber parties in the '80s began or ended with a video screening of the cult classic, pseudo-snuff flick Faces of Death. "

St. Petersburg Online has the story. Snuff remains a myth.

a documentary by Katharina Klewinghaus (English language, produced by Totho, Spring 2007)

I'm currently co-working on this great project which will come out in 2007 as a dvd-package including a book with lots of bonus-interviews.

SCREEN TERROR - Homepage

Trailer for Mel Gibson's Maya-movie

Jede Menge Videos der beliebten Puppen aus RTL Freitag Nacht...

"The original title of this short (7:35 min.) was 'Donald Duck in Nutziland.' A German "oom-pah" band parades through town extolling the "virtues" of the Fuehrer with the title song. They awaken Donald Duck who has to go to work in a Nazi munitions factory, much to his regret. Luckily in the end, after a frantic workday trying to alternate between making bombs and saluting Hitler, he finds that it has all been a nightmare and that he is still living the the good old U.S.A. Director : Jack Kinney"

Related stories:

-EDUCATION FOR DEATH (THE UNKNOWN DISNEY) -DONALD DUCK: THE SPIRIT OF 1943 / POPEYE : SPINACH FOR ENGLAND (Videos) -Hansi: The girl who loved the Swastika -Disney Propaganda remastered -It's a small war after all!

Tags: Disney, cartoons, censorship, Banned Cartoons, Propaganda, comics

"The beats were the major turning point in twentieth century artistic, literary, and cinematic practice. Further, from the mid '40s onwards, they explored new ideas and new ways of living - embracing a politics that was queer, anti-nuclear, ecological, and libertarian. Beat cinema ranges from the classics of the underground to bio-pics and documentaries, from adaptations of beat literature to the most gleefully absurd exploitation b-movies. Some of these films seek to find an authentic voice, others attempt to jump on a cult bandwagon, most of these films are rarely - if ever - screened, and all demand to be viewed if only to give an insight into the massive influence of the beats on global culture over the last sixty years."

From an essay by Jack Sargeant over at that excellent site Senses of Cinema.

A forgotten movie starring FM Einheit, Trini Trimpop, William S. Burroughs, Genesis P.Orridge, Alexander Hacke, Christiane F. and many more...

"A trashy little low-budget underground movie, Decoder reflects the zeitgeist of its time. The 1984 of Orwell is imminent, and apocalyptic signs can be seen everywhere. In Decoder, muzak represents indisputable evil, the totalitarian, multinational brainwashing masked under an anonymous, seemingly neutral façade. Or, as the producers so succinctly put it: "Decoder shows that film can be more than two dimensional pictures plus the spoken word. Before the script writers Maeck, Muscha, Schaefer, Trimpop started to shoot in slums and fast-food chain-stores they did quite some research on the phenomenon of muzak: music recorded with special filtering and mixing techniques for stimulating productivity and employee morale as well as the comfort of the consumer, used by big industries, warehouses and department stores, restaurant chains and hospitals. This art product of doctors, musicians and marketing experts is only known as background music, whose subliminal effects no one is usually aware of."

From a long review for the Avanto Festival 2003

"Um gegen die Muzak der Hamburger-Ketten eine Waffe zu finden, sucht der Decoder (F.M. Einheit von den EINSTÜRZENDEN NEUBAUTEN) an seinem Mischpult nach neuen Tönen, die er subversiv gegen die manipulative Beschallung einsetzen kann. Sein Ziel - mit seiner Musik Angst und Panik-Reaktionen auslösen zu können. Psycho-Akustik nennt man das wohl. - In diesem Kultfilm geben sich Realität, Medien- und Musiktheorie, Industrial-Gedankengut und surreale, alptraumhafte Bilder die Klinke in die Hand. Dazwischen immer wieder verwebt: Musik, literarische Word und Statements. Mit Christiane F., William S.Burroughs, Genesis P.Orridge (PSYCHIC TV, THROBBING GRISTLE) in weiteren Hauptrollen. Die Musik stammt von Dave Bell (SOFT CELL), Genesis P. Orridge, EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN und THE THE. Ein Industrial-Kult-Film der 1980er Jahre, auch heute noch sehr sehenswert!" Rezension von Videodrom, wo man den Film als VHS leihen kann, womit wieder bewiesen wäre, dass der Laden tatsächlich einfach alles hat...

Links:

• Decoder Homepage
• IMDB
• Torrent
• More links for downloading this...

Ausgezeichnete Doku über den großen alten Mann der amerikanischen Literatur.

"The engaging documentary ‘Born Into This’ peers beyond the myth of lovably cantankerous counter-culture author-hero Charles Bukowski.

'When you get the shit kicked out of you long enough...you’ll have the tendency to say what you really mean,' states Charles Bukowski in the engaging new documentary 'Bukowski: Born Into This.' That terse observation hints at the brutality of Bukowski’s childhood, when his father would beat him with a razor strop. It also affords a context in which to view his famously stripped-down, no-nonsense literature, charged with autobiographical detail, an urgent, acerbic world-view and that balls-to-the-wall take on booze, sex, poverty and the daily grind.

The documentary marks the filmmaking debut of John Dullaghan. The former advertising copywriter felt such a kinship with Bukowski that he devoted seven years to making what is, at heart, a loving tribute to a writer, his craft and, above all, the idea of living and dying by one’s own creed. 'Born Into This' manages to peer beyond the Bukowski Myth to arrive at something far more layered and fascinating."

From a review at LA ALTERNATIVE PRESS

Torrent (AVI DivX- 772 MB)

Übrigens spricht man den Mann korrekt Bukauski aus, das -kow wie in Cowboy!

This movie could be pretty funny!

Johnny Depp is supposed to play Michael Hutchence (INXS)

Miramax is developing a biopic of Timothy Leary for the bigscreen after snapping up rights to the upcoming tome "Timothy Leary: A Biography" by Robert Greenfield this week. (Variety)

And Quentin Tarantino is working on a Jimi Hendrix-movie....And Lenny Kravitz will play Jimi.... Sad, sad world....

Metafilter mentioned this film today and it looks great. Actually it looks like the Blueprint for "Pulp Fiction". "When released for a one week run at the Laemmle's Monica 4Plex in Santa Monica California, the film only made 70 dollars (meaning only seven or eight tickets were sold). When later released at Laemmle's Sunset 5 in Hollywood, CA as a midnight movie, the theater was sold out.

Started production in the 1970s/80s, project completed in mid-'90s, released 2005.

When the plot completely changes 2/3 into the movie, it is because Director Rad, John S. fired the lead actress."

From IMDB

Please...

"Despite the enormous promotional campaigns being lavished on "Mission: Impossible III," "The Da Vinci Code," "Superman" and other summer Hollywood behemoths, the film that has Digital Nation buzzing is a low-budget thriller that won't hit theaters until Aug. 18.

"Snakes on a Plane" stars Samuel L. Jackson as an FBI agent escorting a witness from Hawaii to Los Angeles to testify in a mob trial. To prevent that from happening, a hit man releases a crate full of deadly snakes on their flight." From BlackEnterprise

Read snakesonablog or you will miss the hype of the week!

Daniel Craig's next movie after playing James Bond in "Casino Royale", will be playing Satan in "I, Lucifer" alongside Ewan McGregor.

IMDB

"According to the IMDB, veteran British film-maker Ridley Scott has announced that his next project is to be an epic biography of the prophet Mohammad.

The director of Heaven and Earth, Gladiator and Bladerunner is apparently unconcerned about the controversial nature of his project."

Story at mediawatchwatch.org.uk

"Sex Madness is free to download on Internet Archive. This sex exploitation film, directed by Dwain Esper in the 1930s, capitalized on taboo subjects such as venereal disease, sex before marriage, lesbianism, etc. while skirting the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 which forbade a film from containing such content."

We-make-money-not-art found it!

Short movie directed by George Lucas in 1967 while he attended the University of Southern California.

"Movie Trailer Spoof of V for Vendetta. What happens in a futuristic world where the consumption of cookies is controlled by the government"

GREAT!!!

Ich darf eigentlich nichts erzählen oder zumindest darf ich nicht die Knaller verraten, aber nach vier Jahren ist die letzte Klappe für den Dokumentarfilm über das Leben und Sterben von Dean Reed gefallen.

Die feine Firma Totho ermöglichte noch Ausflüge nach Chile und in die USA, wo man u. a. mit Isabell Allende sprach und in Denver eine verrückte Russin traf. Die Reise hat sich in jeder Hinsicht gelohnt. Es gibt neues Material, was so derartig sensationell ist, dass es mich in den Fingern juckt, aber Vertrag ist Vertrag und so...

Der Film befindet sich ab sofort "in der Post", wie wir beim Film immer sagen, also "Post-Production". Sowas dauert erfahrungsgemäß sehr lange und man zankt sich dabei sehr oft, was dann als produktiv eingestuft werden kann. Wenn am Ende niemand im Team mehr miteinander redet und alle miteinander schmollen, ist man endlich ganz fertig.

Der Film wird mit dem neuen Material, was Produzent und Regisseur aufgetrieben haben, aber jetzt tatsächlich der Überhammer. Allein die Aufnahmen aus dem nahen Osten, wo Dean Reed mit Arafat am tanzen ist und das neue Material zum Tod von Dean Reed... Alter Schwede, ich bin so derartig stolz auf Euch, Jungs und Mädels, die Ihr da alle dran beteiligt wart. Das war ein verdammt schönes Stück Arbeit und es hat sich wirklich gelohnt.

Film-Info

Google Video: Tranquility Bay (Les Enfants Perdus De Tranquility Bay) Documentary -- France, Language: English, 90 minutes

Shocking docu "Tranquility Bay" presents evidence of abuse at several behavior modification centers for troubled teens run by a Utah-basedcompany. The company's Guantanamo Bay-style approach to education has been reported previously in the media, but this English-language pic by Gallic co-helmers Mathieu Verboud and Jean Robert Viallet provides an in-depth investigation that eschews sensationalism and builds a scrupulously mounted case against the org via moving interviews with victims and parents, as well as present and ex-employees. Applauded at the IDFA and Thessaloniki doc fests, "Bay" has yet to find a berth Stateside, where it will be of most interest."

More at Variety...

Related: Alternet: "No More Nightmares at Tranquility Bay?"

Via Metafilter: Guantanamo Bay for kids?

That's what I call a pretty satanic wallpaper! There are more!

Star Wars is the no. 1 cultural reference of our generation. Here are two more great video-links you don't wanna miss:

Darth Vader vs. the police

Star Wars Lego Symphony

"Six major studios plan to begin selling movies over the Internet today that buyers can download and keep for watching at any time.

Until now, the only downloads the studios have offered have been online rentals, which can be watched only for a 24-hour period — an idea that has not caught on with consumers. (...) New movies will cost about $20 to $30 to download; older titles will cost as little as $10. The downloads will be available on the same day that the DVD is released — quicker than rentals, which are put online about 45 days later and cost $2 to $5."

Story in the New York Times

THE GREATEST HERO IN AMERICA!

"Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" concerns the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy."

Official Site with video diaries from the set.

"Legendary film director HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS, today announced two new live-action feature film projects: HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS’S GRIM FAIRY TALES and BACK IN BLOOD: REVENGE OF THE GORE-CRAZED MANIACS. "

More at Mondo Schlocko