delphinium : a childhood portrait of derek jarman
delphinium is a stylized and lyrical coming - of - age portrait of derek jarman’s artistic, sexual, and political awakening in post - war england .
delphinium is a stylized and lyrical coming - of - age portrait of derek jarman' s artistic, sexual, and political awakening in post - war england .
delphinium is a stylized and lyrical coming - of - age portrait of derek jarman' s artistic, sexual, and political awakening in post - war england ...
delphinium is a stylized and lyrical coming - of - age portrait of legendary painter, filmmaker, and activist derek jarman' s artistic, sexual, and political awakening in post - war england .
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delphinium: a childhood portrait of derek jarman is a 2009 critically acclaimed short film based on the early years, work, and legacy of british artist and filmmaker derek jarman. the film was written and directed by matthew mishory and produced by iconoclastic features. it was executive produced by andreas andrea. keith collins, jarman' s surviving muse, participated in the making of the film. jonathan caouette served as a creative advisor. it is the first narrative work about the life of derek jarman .
also included on the dvd is mishory' s award - winning 12 - minute short, delphinium: a childhood portrait of derek jarman, a stylized imagination of the late derek jarman' s youth. before his 1994 death from aids, jarman was unquestionably an enfant terrible of the british cinema; think of an angrier, more experimental stephen frears. delphinium, whose creative advisor was tarnation director jonathon caouette, features several actors who would later appear in the dean picture .
filmmaker matthew mishory on derek jarmanposted onmarch 20, 2014byjames marcus tucker la based filmmaker matthew mishory has written for one + one in the past (see issue 5 here) and his film delphinium: a childhood portrait of derek jarman has recently been released by the bfi. (to watch the film in…
delphinium is a stylized and lyrical coming - of - age portrait of derek jarman' s artistic, sexual, and political awakening in post - war england. part biographical narrative, part experimental... see full summary »
delphinium is a stylized and lyrical coming - of - age portrait of derek jarman’s artistic, sexual, and political awakening in post - war england. part biographical narrative, part experimental collage, part personal meditation on the most controversial and important modern british artist and activist, the film finds in jarman’s childhood the stirrings of creative and individual epiphany that inspired a remarkable life .
delphinium is a stylized and lyrical coming - of - age portrait of derek jarman' s artistic, sexual, and political awakening in post - war england. part biographical narrative, part experimental collage, part personal meditation on the most controversial and important modern british artist and activist, the film finds in jarman' s childhood the stirrings of creative and individual epiphany that inspired a remarkable life .
in 2009, severin and arban scored director matthew mishory' s film delphinium: a childhood portrait of derek jarman, a tribute to steven' s old friend derek jarman. the film has been permanently installed in the british film institute' s national film archive, in the special collection beautiful things ,
a major collection of over 100 films and television programmes that chronicle and explore queer representation and identities over the last century
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delphinium is a stylized and lyrical coming - of - age portrait of derek jarman’s artistic, sexual, and political awakening in post - war england. part biographical narrative, part experimental collage, part personal meditation on the most controversial and important modern british artist / activist .
an intimate and dreamlike portrait of icon james dean on the cusp of achieving fame .
re - released in 2014 by the british film institute (bfi) as part of the jarman2014 year - long celebration of derek jarman' s life and work .
derek jarman (1942–1994) was one of the most unique british artists of the second half of the twentieth century. that he is now best remembered as either a challenging filmmaker or an innovative gardener attests to the striking range of his achievements. jarman was also an accomplished painter, accl ...
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directed by matthew mishory and featuring a lush score by arban and steven severin of siouxsie and the banshees, delphinium was shot in part at jarman' s own prospect cottage in dungeness. it features a special appearance by keith collins .
this holiday season we remember our friend and derek jarman scholar dr. william pencak, who passed away last month. bill' s legacy is his wonderful scholarship, and that is worth celebrating !
for almost two decades now, steven severin’s solo instrumental work has largely kept its own counsel in the shadows. the output of the former co - founder and bass player of siouxsie and the banshees has been prodigious, with a dozen albums of dark ambient soundscapes released thus far. this began in 1998 with visions, an extended reworking of his soundtrack to nigel wingrove’s short film, visions of ecstasy, almost a decade before. unreleased until 2012, wingrove’s sensual fantasia inspired by the writings of saint teresa of avila is the only film to have been refused a certificate by the british board of film censors on the grounds of blasphemy. since then, severin has released scores for theatre and film, including the soundtrack for supernatural thriller london voodoo and richard jobson’s film the purifiers, as well as for one - time edinburgh festival fringe dance performer / director, shakti. since severin himself moved to edinburgh twelve years ago, he has become even more prolific, with soundtracks to jean cocteau’s 1930 silent movie blood of a poet, and, with his actress wife arban, collaborations with director matthew misory, first on delphinium: a childhood portrait of derek jarman, then on joshua tree, 1951: a portrait of james dean .
the first narrative film about legendary artist and activist derek jarman, written and directed by matthew mishory. watch it now: urltoken recently acquired for preservation by the british film institute' s national archive and awarded an eastman kodak prize, delphinium is an official selection of the bfi london lesbian and gay film festival, the reykjavik international film festival, the frameline international film festival, and many more. featuring an original score by arban and steven severin of siouxsie and the banshees and a special appearance by jarman' s muse keith collins. (c) 2009 - 2013, iconoclastic features, llc .
following that with the maldoror album, which began life as a musical commission for brazilian theatre company os saturos' production of the comte de lautréamont' s poetic novel les chants de maldoror, severin was then asked to provide music for the woman in the dunes, a stage production by the dancer shakti. he worked with shakti again on beauty and the beast, a 2005 collaboration with his wife arban and the first release on their subconscious music record label. the following year he and arban scored paul burrows' psychological thriller nature morte, going on to work with director matthew mishory on his acclaimed short delphinium: a childhood portrait of derek jarman (2009) and the forthcoming feature joshua tree, 1951: a portrait of james dean. severin is now about to embark on the second leg of a uk tour performing a bespoke electronic soundtrack for carl dreyer' s 1932 surrealist horror vampyr, the danish director' s follow - up to his masterpiece the passion of joan of arc. vampyr was actually dreyer' s first sound film, though it retains the aesthetic of a silent picture and uses dialogue sparingly. it is the third in severin' s music for silents project, following an initial outing that featured germaine dulac' s 30 - minute classic the seashell and the clergyman (1928) alongside a selection of contemporary silent shorts, and a tour soundtracking jean cocteau' s the blood of a poet (1932) .
in 2011, severin and arban renewed their collaboration with filmmaker matthew mishory, scoring his feature film joshua tree, 1951: a portrait of james dean. the film was set for a 2012 release. [ 21 ]
robert zimmer, jr. , began his career as a creative executive for legendary producer aaron spelling, where zimmer worked on a number of spelling' s hit tv series and ﬁlms including the usual suspects ,
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, and was nominated for a wga award. his produced feature ﬁlms include joshua tree, 1951: a portrait of james dean, half - life (an ofﬁcial selection at the 2008 sundance, sxsw, and genart film festivals), and thank you, good night, starring sally kirkland and mark hamill. zimmer also served as consulting producer on matthew mishory' s award - winning short ﬁlm delphinium: a childhood portrait of derek jarman (ofﬁcial selection, 2011 bfi london lesbian and gay film festival). zimmer also has produced and directed a number of award - winning commercials, including ads for match. com. active in politics, zimmer worked on hillary clinton' s 2008 presidential campaign and served as communications director for notbush. com .
teaser trailer for the first narrative film about legendary artist and activist derek jarman, written and directed by matthew mishory. recently acquired for preservation by the british film institute' s national archive and awarded an eastman kodak prize, it is an official selection of the bfi london lesbian and gay film festival, the reykjavik international film festival, the frameline international film festival, and many more. featuring an original score by arban and steven severin of siouxsie and the banshees and a special appearance by jarman' s muse keith collins .
joshua tree 1951 follows james dean (the handsome james preston) on his first steps to becoming the international icon of youth and rebellion. the film is a series of revealing and sometimes dreamlike vignettes that blend autobiographical and fictionalised elements to present a pivotal moment in a remarkable life. we follow jimmy dean during two periods of his life prior to becoming the international star that we all know today. in 1949, he joins ucla as an acting major, a decision which ultimately estranged him from his father. whilst there he wrestles with the mental and sexual constraints and boundaries of society and while demonstrating great acting skills he rebels against the system he finds himself within. whilst in california he also starts to experiment with his sexuality, and finds solace in the beds of both men and women. the film' s' present tense' is in 1951, as dean drives to the desert of joshua tree, california. along for the ride is the roommate (dan glenn), a struggling actor who lived and loved with dean whilst at college. the friendship and intimacy he provides gives dean a sense of security before embarking on his own path. matthew mishory presents his first feature; a brutal and honest exploration of dean' s complicated sexuality and formative relationships; joshua tree, 1951 redefines the boy behind the image for a new generation. includes short film, delphinium: a childhood portrait of derek jarman
an unforgettable, compelling account of the production and subsequent restoration of a withheld film recording the liberation of nazi concentration camps in 1945 .
jean luc - godard and francois truffaut: the story of a friendship, a break - up and the birth of a new cinematic movement that would sweep the world .
matthew mishory' s a portrait of james dean: joshua tree, 1951, some will argue, is a triumph of style over substance. at it' s best, the character - driven film is a lush, romantic tone poem and teasing snapshot of a kind of optimistic, materially abundant southern california life which swept darker currents under the rug. dean' s beachside tete - a - tete with a sultry blonde boy is a highlight, but other sections are sometimes less compelling, and though only 93 minutes in length, it could be more concise .
simultaneously a love letter and a farewell, this documentary charts the last few months of acclaimed director nicholas ray through the eyes of wim wenders .
joshua tree, 1951 is an intimate portrait of james dean on the cusp of achieving notoriety as both a great actor and an american icon. set primarily in the early 1950s and focusing on dean' s experiences as an up - and - coming actor in los angeles, the film is a series of revealing and sometimes dreamlike vignettes that blend biographical and fictionalized elements to present a pivotal moment in a remarkable life. written by iconoclastic features
must - see! a sublime expression of both a country and a mentality .
- - stefan dobroiu, cineuropa
fascinating. a film about the difficulty, the impossibility, of language when the subject is unspeakable .
- - michael silverblatt, kcrw .
brilliant! a meaningful document of denial .
- - arnold schwartzman (academy award winner, genocide) one of the top ten films of 2015 - - cine maldito
for over a hundred years, mărculeşti was a vibrant jewish agricultural and mercantile community in bessarabia (now present - day moldova). in july 1941, the village was the site of an unimaginable atrocity. seventy - three years later, few speak clearly or honestly about what happened. absent is a cinematic portrait of the ghost village of mărculeşti, its current inhabitants, and their very complex relationship to their own history. working entirely on location, filmmaker matthew mishory documents one of europe' s poorest, most remote, and least - visited places .
i suppose on the one hand soundtrack work must involve a lot more freedom than working as part of a rock band, but also a lot more discipline at the same time .
there' s no shortage of cinematic biographica on the storied james dean, including tnt' s pedestrian james franco - starring tv flick of some years ago, but indie director matthew mishory has mounted a decidedly experimental take on the dean legend in his a portrait of james dean: joshua tree, 1951. filmed in crisp, painterly black - and - white, the opening shots – done in the desolately beautiful titular desert hamlet – suggest the stark nature photography of ansel adams, and he' s only the first of several notables which come to mind .
david lynch' s moving true - life tale of the severely deformed joseph merrick and his rescue from the hell of a victorian circus sideshow .
the short documentary gives us a wonderful insight into the enchanting animated film world of lotte reiniger .
references hill number one: a story of faith and inspiration (1951). see more »
very often we see james dean portrayed as the young rebel, a rebel yes but one that still does fit in our conventional conceptions. this movie clearly dares to tell the other story, know by many told by only a few. and james preston does portrait him very nicely. one can practically feel the hunger and hurt for love .
it' s a testament to zevin' s understanding of multiple age groups that she' s able to capture a variety of women at various life stages. her portrayals feel honest and true .
film screening to complement the exhibitions the alchemy of color in medieval manuscripts & the art of alchemy .
marrying the high style of his joshua tree, 1951: a portrait of james dean (official selection, 2012 seattle international, frameline, outfest film festivals) with the gritty urban realism of ﬁlms such as basil dearden' s 1961 classic victim, director matthew mishory will work in saturated super 16mm, utilizing signature high - speed photography, low - key lighting, and long - duration takes to craft a highly original and tense thriller. aﬁcionados of neo - synth artists m83, of classic ﬁlm noir, and of the recent ﬁlm drive will ﬁnd themselves drawn to the project' s signature style. joshua tree, 1951 cinematographer michael pessah will also be on board the project .
at this point, the film' s visuals evoke the faintly homoerotic photographic layouts and films of bruce weber, not to mention calvin klein' s legendary underwear ads of the' 80s and' 90s. less so gus van sant, who, like tom waits, seems to revel in the scruffy and un - pretty. the characters in a portrait of james dean, particularly the males, all seem airbrushed into a sometimes eerie, sun - kissed physical perfection. i guess it' s possible that the film could simultaneously be denounced and celebrated as a queer appropriation of dean' s life, depending on one' s political persuasion .
a short documentary featuring some of john cassavetes' key collaborators, actor peter falk and producer al ruban .
the absolute elsewhere section probably isn’t referencing paul fishman’s long lost prog rock project of the same name, although the inspiration of chariots of the gods author erich von daniken on fishman’s synthesiser - based in search of ancient gods album sounds like it could be a fellow traveller .
tilda swinton narrates the extraordinary journey of gertrude bell, a singular woman who played a significant – often unrecognised – role in british imperial policy making in iraq .
a dreamlike fantasy examining the day - to - day life of a sixteen - year - old schoolboy which was shot at bryanston school, an independent school .
take a journey through london' s most notorious borough, meeting residents and campaigners at the forefront of a battle to keep its eccentric, diverse spirit alive .
this is a history of new york - jem cohen (brooklyn, new york) a history of new york city from prehistoric times through the space age, composed entirely from documentary street footage. 1988; 22 min. best of the 1989 united states super 8 film festival !
washington' s album son of pain is a lost treasure of r & b; an album rich in bluesy southern drawls, honeyed harmonies and street - smart rhythms .
last of our kind - reed o' beirne (seattle, washington) weaving together film, music, and poetry, this film transforms the memory of a lost love into a ritualistic incantation of longing. action is exaggerated and time seems to blur, as the lovers' tale unfolds poetically into a modern interpretation of the persephone myth. featuring an original soundtrack created by cocteau twins' founder, robin guthrie, interwoven with a voice - over recitation of rick linville' s poem. 2012; 13 min. best of 2013 united states super 8 film & digital video festival !
an unexpected collaboration between joseph arthur and peter buck produces a great summer record of noisy, dark garage - pop .
i' m also reminded of tv' s current show du jour, mad men, and matthew weiner' s elegant dissection of privileged but unsatisfied people. everyone in a portrait of james dean seems to be yearning for something; in dean' s case, that would be a nebulous un - hypocritical truth that he may only find in performing, if at all. as a pansexual aesthete, preston' s dean is a square peg in the anti - intellectual postwar years, with the burgeoning cold war crowding out serious inquiry. dean also fears becoming a whore, of being placed on the casting couch by hollywood' s secretive power brokers. he tells his candid friend violet (a magnificent dalilah rain) that he wants to ascend solely on his talent, but she insists that he will compromise, as all before him have. “hollywood will never change”, she warns him .
jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .
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steven severin blood of a poet (le sang d' un poète) coldspring. co. uk. retrieved august 2014
in 2010 severin released his debut album for cold spring titled blood of a poet. the album is a recording of his soundtrack for a 1930 silent movie by jean cocteau which was screened alongside his live performance at montreal' s fantasia festival. [ 18 ] after the premiere of the tour performed at the hollywood silent film theatre in los angeles, [ 19 ] a uk tour took place in autumn 2010. [ 20 ]
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amol palekar’s groundbreaking film follows the journey of young woman who reinvents herself as a man after she' s kidnapped and attacked .
keep dreaming – daniel macarone (summit, new jersey) with the help of a clever seductress, a man lures his opponent into a trap, nearly cornering him, only to find events repeating in an endless nightmare. 2017; 7 min. rise – tania bogan (new york, new york) a touching film about a mother and her daughter. 2017; 7 min .
ss: yeah. i can' t envision myself going back to songs, going back to a band or anything like that. i think that part of my life is gone. the banshees did a reunion tour - it must be ten years ago now - and it only served to prove the point that we shouldn' t be doing it! in my mind nobody over 40 should even attempt to be in a rock band. it' s the province of a younger enthusiasm and more of a senseless engagement .
pick - benjamin hayden (calgary, alberta, canada) it is 1916. in the basement of a haunted hotel, a voyeur stalks a young damsel. shot on location in the riverside hotel in calgary, where an actual riot involving over 1, 500 men took place, the film embodies the violent energy of a dark historical moment in the city' s past. 2010; 12 min. best of the 2011 united states super 8 film festival !
ss: yeah, exactly. plus there' s also the dimension of they' re just trying to get to grips with how to utilise sound properly. the aesthetic of vampyr is very much a silent one: the close - ups, the blank expressions, even the use of intertitles. there' s a lot of reading from a book and very little dialogue. so it became straightforward to take off all the dialogue completely and just use the subtitles .
special thanks to all of the jurors; professors susan martin - marquez, john belton, and alan williams of the rutgers university program in cinema studies; bethany widrich and isha vas of middlesex county arts services; the new jersey state council on the arts / department of state, a partner agency of the national endowment for the arts; stacey hecht and michael bzdak of johnson & johnson; bob brodsky and toni treadway of the international center for 8mm; phil and rhonda vigeant and jaclyn vigeant melo of pro 8mm; aaton cohen - sitt of jungle software; bill harris of share and harris; irene fizer; and the rutgers film co - op / njmac friends, sponsors, donors, interns, and staff for making this festival possible .
ss: well again, that' s a connection with the blood of a poet, because that was financed by the same sort of aristocracy that financed un chien andalou as well. so there seemed to be a little trend in the late' 20s, early' 30s of these kind of independently backed, arty films, that all came together. maybe they influenced each other, who knows? it' s highly likely that dreyer would have seen these films .
like all good magicians, the life and work of kenneth anger, the magus of underground film, is crowded with mystery and myth .
lee mcintyre' s' post - truth' is a history lesson and a call to action asking liberals to defend the concept of objective truth. but is it the best approach to the problem ?
ingmar bergman’s best - known film is a brilliant allegorical drama starring max von sydow as a knight trying to elude his own death .
marco ferreri' s provocative and controversial satire about four friends who retreat to a country mansion with the intention of eating themselves to death .
miraculous aqueduct - david finkelstein and ian w. hill (brooklyn, new york) a poetic exploration of the sources of creativity. do we take a scattershot approach to inspiration, throwing ideas out at random, to see which ones take root? or can we plug directly into a never - ending source of new ideas, an effortless flow? miraculous aqueduct is a journey through an interior landscape filled with tarot cards, towers, and centurions; a collage of words, images and music, in which the film' s two narrators discover that acknowledging inner blocks is the key to overcoming them 2017; 15 min .
severin' s third re: release, the woman in the dunes was specially commissioned by shakti and the vasanta mala dance company to accompany the stage production of the kōbō abe novel of the same name. it premiered at the ica in the summer of 2000. the only vocal included is
i put a spell on you
; a version of the screaming jay hawkins classic sung by jarboe (ex swans) .
ss: i don' t quite remember, but nigel insists that he interviewed me in plymouth in 1977 or something, for his fanzine. and i half recognised him when i met him in a soho nightclub called fred' s in the late' 80s. he was chatting away and said he was just about to start doing this short film, and would i be interested in doing the score? and i immediately said yes, and it all went ahead, and it was a complete bombshell that it got such an adverse reaction from the video censors commission, or whatever it was called, the board. i don' t think i learnt too much about scoring films, because it was only 18 minutes long, and it was all pretty much done in a couple of days. but what was really enlightening was the court case that followed. it all took place in an institute of hygiene, somewhere in portland place [ the royal institute of public health ]. on one side you had derek jarman, marina warner, colin maccabe, all standing up [ for wingrove ], not particularly in support of the artistic merit of the film, but just the idea that it shouldn' t be censored on the grounds of blasphemy. and it wasn' t that the censors found the film blasphemous, it was the fact that they thought they could be prosecuted for blasphemy. that was their remit from the director of public prosecutions; that they couldn' t give any certificate to anything they thought might incur some sort of private lawsuit .
having read a couple of reviews here and elsewhere i wasn' t sure what to expect but i thought the film was quite good overall .
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italian maestro luchino visconti’s epic drama follows a mother and her five sons who move from a small town to milan, changing their lives forever .
decapoda shock - javier chillon (madrid, spain) an astronaut returns to earth after a fatal accident on a distant planet. 2012; 9 min. best of 2013 united states super 8 film & digital video festival !
. the film it set to be re - released in the uk by the bfi as we celebrate one of the great artists of the 20th century .
desperate optimists' deliriously deconstructed biopic of the extraordinary ambrosio o' higgins, who left ireland to become the captain general of chile in the spanish empire .
musically close enough to the differing cure and banshee styles to attract large sections of both sets of fans, the more experimental nature and references to 1960' s psychedelia and pop - art also attracted a more eclectic audience. the use of keyboards and synthesizers, as well as the inclusion of instrumental only tracks, were also an early pointer to severin' s post banshee musical output .
cold butter - alex faoro (brooklyn, new york) cold butter is a super 8mm film that abstracts time in order to amplify the mundane frustrations of everyday life and explore ideas of repetition and mortality. 2017; 5 min .
ss: no, no. he' s changed his mind. it' s being released [ visions of ecstasy was issued by the redemption / salvation label earlier this month ]. a couple of weeks ago he sent me the draft of a little booklet he' s written about the whole affair, and it makes for a very interesting read. so he' s finally relented. i think you' re right, he was ambivalent for a couple of years after [ the film' s completion ], because it really affected his life. he lost his house and everything, you know. but i think he feels it' s a chapter that needs to be closed .
fledgling - tony gault and elizabeth henry (glenwood springs, colorado) a deeply moving, tenderly realized film, fledgling explores the bond between a man and the baby bird he finds on the street one stormy night. a backyard provides the rich setting for a story about our conflicted relationship to nature. 2009; 7 min. best of the 2010 united states super 8 film festival !
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unsubstantiated claims led some to believe that a secret vril society of occultists existed in pre - nazi berlin. this may or may not have been governed by a network of female psychic mediums who claimed to have contact with aryan aliens living in alpha cen tauri using their pony - tailed hair. either way, the musical result of severin’s sonic explorations is an other - worldly exercise in synthesised hypnosis .
like many of the best comedies and tragedies, this weimar - era silent film understands how each mode is often a hair' s breadth from the other .
disappear here is set in the parallel shadow worlds of hollywood and high - stake national politics, where emotions and loyalty are mere commodities, and where privacy is an outmoded 20th century notion. this moody, stylish thriller asks who sets the price of a lie worth telling - - and who pays? though staged in the present day, the ﬁlm will echo classical hollywood ﬁlm noir of the 1940s, the color palettes of early 80s album covers, and the music from those albums. disappear here weaves a tale of blackmail, sexuality, and personal courage. part murder mystery, part meditation, it is a moral tale for our time .
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official twitter page as well as james duke mason' s page, soundtrack cd, beach towel, signed copy of the poster, signed copy of the script, acknowledgment in the credits at the end of the movie .
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ss: i just read a lot of the critiques of it and anything that spins off from that, really. vampyr is loosely based on sheridan le fanu' s short story carmilla, so i read that. all of these things... now that you have the internet you can just keep going and going and going !
of course this was at the height of the satanic verses and the last temptation of christ scandals and brouhaha, and they basically picked on this little english first - time director, with no studio behind him, and they thought they could just swat him away. but of course he fought on to take it to strasbourg and the hague, and inadvertently that springboarded my solo career. he was convinced that he was going to get the ban overturned when he went to the court of human rights, and he said why don' t you make a whole album to go with the release of the movie? of course i went ahead and did the whole album, only for the film to have its ban continued! and it left me with an album that no major company wanted to touch, because there was no film to hang it on. so inadvertently i got a solo career out of it, plus started my own label through the internet, but none of that would have happened without visions of ecstasy .
ss: yeah... well, if i' m being charitable a lot of people would say that they had unfinished business, meaning that they felt the lifespan of the band was cut short for one reason or another. it' s different with the banshees. we had a long, long career - a continuous flow - so there' s nothing left to say. the whole point of doing the reunion tour was to see if we did possibly have anything more to say. there was talk of if the tour went well then maybe we could go into the studio and write a new album. but of course that never happened, because things have moved on and people have changed. and the same chemistry definitely wasn' t there anymore .
ss: initially it' s a lot of watching, re - watching and researching, until i start to know the film back to front. and then the actual writing of the music is really quite fast. i just pick one scene that i' m instantly attracted to in terms of music and start from there. it' s a bit like a jigsaw. you just fill in the gaps and think, oh, that piece could work there as well, slightly adapted. you get a feel for the pacing as you go along. and that' s the other thing with the three films i' ve chosen: i' m sort of working my way up in terms of time. when i first thought of the idea i was a bit daunted by doing 90 minutes straight off. how i could keep the audience enthralled for 90 minutes? so i started with much shorter films and worked my way up. and even vampyr is just 72 minutes long. it' s not like a modern day feature .
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after a hiatus of several years, he released in march 2017 via his website a 6 - track album the vril harmonies, followed in april by another 8 - track album innocence and blood and a 2 - track ep # 002fa7 (international klein blue). other digital releases are announced for the forthcoming months, including black matter for the king .
intimate evening package: dinner with the stars and makers of “disappear here” preceding the private cast & crew screening. also includes: dvd, t - shirt, poster download, coffee mug, shout - out on
disappear here
official twitter page as well as james duke mason' s page, soundtrack cd, beach towel, signed copy of the poster, signed copy of the script, acknowledgment in the credits at the end of the movie, two tickets to private cast and crew screening with q & a session, reception afterwards, and a set visit .
andrew kötting returns with an emotionally affecting and politically resonant multi - genre adaptation of hattie naylor’s play .
noir thriller starring james duke mason. from the exec. producer of sex, lies & videotape .
steven severin: well, there' s a fairly limited supply to start with. and then you whittle down all the ones that have been done to death, like metropolis and nosferatu, and i just choose ones from the remainder. and once i began doing this they kind of picked themselves. i really liked doing the seashell and the clergyman. it had practically no narrative to it, it' s one of the very first surrealist films ever made. following that, once i looked again at the blood of a poet, it became obvious that that would make a good sequel. and then when i looked at vampyr i started to see connections between all three. there' s a single male protagonist in all three movies, it' s in a world that is not quite making sense, and you cannot control it in any way, shape or form. they' re at the whim of events. that made a nice little trilogy for me .
ss: yeah, it has both. for the most part, people don' t come to me expecting something i wouldn' t do. they choose me for a reason. i' ve had varying degrees of success with these things. some people leave you totally alone, and everything you do they say is great and works perfectly, but that' s kind of rare. more often than not, you do something and people just want it altered slightly, or when it gets down to the dreaded editor it gets chopped and changed. we both work to this idea that what we do is a lot more immersive than a lot of film composers. it' s not like we just make up themes and give them those; we actually work almost frame by frame with the film. part of what we do is a bit like sound design. so when editors start to mess with the exact placement of where you' ve put something, that drives you mad. but it' s a small price to pay for having so much fluidity with the rest of the work .
ss: exactly. when you have something this old, many people have approached it to try and figure out what is going on. there are a lot of questions left unanswered in the movie .
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disappear here
official twitter page as well as james duke mason' s page, soundtrack cd, beach towel, signed copy of the poster, signed copy of the script, acknowledgment in the credits at the end of the movie, two tickets to private cast and crew screening with a q & a session, reception afterwards, dinner with the stars and makers of “disappear here” preceding the private cast & crew screening .
mishory first eavesdrops, albeit briefly, on the bedroom of rimbaud, circa 1873, attempting to draw comparisons between the 19th - century parisian poet and the fragile, poetic soul of dean. he skips to a house in fairmount, indiana, where dean was raised, then whisks his camera to a casually decadent pool party in the hollywood hills in 1951, when dean was a struggling actor, mulling over whether to continue his education at ucla or devote all energies to his beloved craft. the lush, noir - lit cinematography lulls you into a visual reverie, interspersed with brief home movie - like clips in color, while you' re still deciding what to make of the languorous narrative pace .
the first of four download - only new works released over the next month, the vril harmonies is a spaced - out instrumental suite that appears to draw inspiration in part from the coming race, an 1871 novel by edward bulwer - lytton which charts the discovery of a superior subterranean master race fuelled by an energy form known as vril. the book’s life - enhancing elixir not only gifted bovril half its name, but inspired theosophists such as rudolf steiner and george bernard shaw to buy into its philosophy. more recently, graphic novelist grant morrison and readers of fortean times have been similarly fascinated by the power of vril .
a little - seen masterpiece finally gets the la screening it deserves. thrilled to be here tonight .
a bit slow and turgid in parts, wonder what held em back from just going for it .
unusual this. a film about james dean who was, at best, sexually ignorant. he wanted it every which way. whatever, he got it but sadly died young. a good dvd .
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in 1989 you recorded a score for nigel wingrove' s short film visions of ecstasy, which was the only film banned in britain for blasphemy. it was finally passed by the bbfc in january this year, following the abolition of the blasphemy laws in 2008. how did you became involved with that project ?
ss: oh yeah. there was a lot of initial resistance from the people at eureka, because they' d spent a lot of time and money restoring the sound on the film, which is basically the music, but there is a little bit of dialogue. and they were a bit baffled as to how i was going to change it into a silent film when it' s a sound film. i didn' t see anything, but apparently on their forum there were people outraged. but they don' t own the film; they own the restoration. so i felt i' m entirely justified in doing what i did. some people - very few actually - questioned whether it' s an actual performance or not, because it' s basically coming off a laptop, but i deliberately enter the cinema once the house lights have gone down, and sit in the dark so that my physical presence doesn' t take away from watching the movie and listening to the music. i' m not quite sure what people would be expecting me to do in terms of a song and dance or whatever! the way i' ve done it is exactly the way i wanted to present it. if people have a problem with that i' m sorry, but they can go and watch something else .
severin' s post - banshees output was the visions of ecstasy soundtrack, [ 13 ] created for the nigel wingrove short film interpretation of the writings of saint teresa of avila. [ 3 ] this 1989 sensual fantasy film remained unreleased until 2012, as it has been refused a certificate on the grounds of blasphemy – the only film so banned by the british board of film classification. the four parts written by severin for the soundtrack ,
sphere
,
come deliver us
,
skin crawl
and
transverberation of the heart
, formed the basis of his first post - banshees release. almost 10 years after creating the visions of ecstasy soundtrack, severin released an album entitled visions, featuring four tracks derived from the original pieces written for the film, plus another five instrumentals. severin completely reworked the soundtrack – originally eighteen minutes long – into a forty - five - minute ambient album. it was also the first release by severin' s re: records label. the record also featured banshees' cello player and keyboardist martin mccarrick. visions was first only available via his website and was then distributed by cargo. [ 14 ]
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disappear here
official twitter page as well as james duke mason' s page, soundtrack cd, beach towel, signed copy of the poster, two tickets to private regular screening on studio lot and a signed copy of the script .
on a sunday afternoon in 1971, he discovered german rock band can thanks to a schoolfriend' s elder brother in the army who was stationed in hamburg. [ 5 ] at 15, severin saw captain beefheart & his magic band in concert in london which was a life changing experience. [ 6 ]
steven severin' s vampyr tour continues from may 8 to july 5; a full list of uk dates can be found here. be sure to check his website for more information on this and future projects .
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his favourite writers when he was a teenager, were william burroughs and jean genet amongst others: he said ,
since i was very young i’ve always felt the need to retreat into my head and scratch around the rim of my imagination to shut out the trivia and carelessness of the world outside
. [ 7 ]
he also composed a score to theodor dreyer' s vampyr; [ 13 ] it was his second collaboration with the label cold spring. vampyr was the longest score he ever attempted. [ 22 ] it completed a trilogy that had started with the seashell & the clergyman then blood of a poet. [ 23 ] he then went on tour in europe. [ 24 ] severin now resides in edinburgh. [ 25 ]
morgan mason is a producer, actor and politician. the son of the late british actor james mason, he started out acting in ﬁlms such as the sandpiper (1965), starring elizabeth taylor and richard burton. in his mid - 20s, he served as deputy u. s. chief of protocol and special assistant to the president under ronald reagan. he was the executive producer of sex, lies & videotape, which won the palme d' or at the cannes film festival in 1989 and launched the modern independent ﬁlm genre. he then became the head of the independent film division at the william morris agency, and later served as ceo of london films.
delphinium : a childhood portrait of derek jarman is a 2009 critically acclaimed short film based on the early years , work , and legacy of british artist and filmmaker derek jarman . the film was written and directed by matthew mishory and produced by iconoclastic features . it was executive produced by andreas andrea . keith collins , jarman 's surviving muse , participated in the making of the film . jonathan caouette served as a creative advisor . it is the first narrative work about the life of derek jarman . the film has been described as a " stylized and lyrical coming-of-age portrait of legendary painter , filmmaker , and activist derek jarman 's artistic , sexual , and political awakening in post-war england . " it had its world premiere at the 2009 reykjavik international film festival in iceland , its uk premiere at the raindance film festival in london , and its california premiere at the 2010 frameline international film festival in san francisco . it won the eastman kodak grand prize for best short film at the 2010 united states super 8 and dv film festival and in 2011 was permanently installed in the british film institute 's national film archive in london in the special collection beautiful things , " a major collection of over 100 films and television programmes that chronicle and explore queer representation and identities over the last century . " the film received two sold-out screenings at the bfi southbank as part of the british film institute 's 2011 london lesbian and gay film festival . the film was released theatrically in berlin at the kino moviemento and on dvd and vod in the uk , north america , germany , and france . in 2014 , the film was re-released by the bfi as part of the jarman2014 celebration . 
delphinium: a childhood portrait of derek jarman is a 2009 critically acclaimed short film based on the early years, work, and legacy of british artist and filmmaker derek jarman. the film was written and directed by matthew mishory and produced by iconoclastic features. it was executive produced by andreas andrea. keith collins, jarman's surviving muse, participated in the making of the film. jonathan caouette served as a creative advisor. it is the first narrative work about the life of derek jarman. the film has been described as a " stylized and lyrical coming-of-age portrait of legendary painter, filmmaker, and activist derek jarman's artistic, sexual, and political awakening in post-war england. " it had its world premiere at the 2009 reykjavik international film festival in iceland, its uk premiere at the raindance film festival in london, and its california premiere at the 2010 frameline international film festival in san francisco. it won the eastman kodak grand prize for best short film at the 2010 united states super 8 and dv film festival and in 2011 was permanently installed in the british film institute's national film archive in london in the special collection beautiful things, " a major collection of over 100 films and television programmes that chronicle and explore queer representation and identities over the last century. " the film received two sold-out screenings at the bfi southbank as part of the british film institute's 2011 london lesbian and gay film festival. the film was released theatrically in berlin at the kino moviemento and on dvd and vod in the uk, north america, germany, and france. in 2014, the film was re-released by the bfi as part of the jarman2014 celebration.
delphinium: a childhood portrait of derek jarman is a 2009 critically acclaimed short film based on the early years, work, and legacy of british artist and filmmaker derek jarman. the film was written and directed by matthew mishory and produced by iconoclastic features. it was executive produced by andreas andrea. keith collins, jarman's surviving muse, participated in the making of the film. jonathan caouette served as a creative advisor. it is the first narrative work about the life of derek jarman. the film has been described as a " stylized and lyrical coming-of-age portrait of legendary painter, filmmaker, and activist derek jarman's artistic, sexual, and political awakening in post-war england. " it had its world premiere at the 2009 reykjavik international film festival in iceland, its uk premiere at the raindance film festival in london, and its california premiere at the 2010 frameline international film festival in san francisco. it won the eastman kodak grand prize for best short film at the 2010 united states super 8 and dv film festival and in 2011 was permanently installed in the british film institute's national film archive in london in the special collection beautiful things, " a major collection of over 100 films and television programmes that chronicle and explore queer representation and identities over the last century. " the film received two sold-out screenings at the bfi southbank as part of the british film institute's 2011 london lesbian and gay film festival. the film was released theatrically in berlin at the kino moviemento and on dvd and vod in the uk, north america, germany, and france. in 2014, the film was re-released by the bfi as part of the jarman2014 celebration.