The Clinton Walker book Stranded which cover s teh Birthday Party, Moodists , Scientists etc etc i.e. the Australian turn of the 80s is reissued next week on February 26th according to Book Depository.Been hoping to get to read that for the last decade possibly 2. & probably longer since I don't think I was actually aware of it per se but would have loved a book covering that area for another couple decades before that.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 18 February 2021 14:37 (three years ago) link
Revised and expanded I see .
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
https://rhythms.com.au/clinton-walkers-stranded-gets-reboot/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link
https://www.birthdaypartymovie.com/
Mutiny in Heaven-The Birthday Party doc, directed by Ian White is now out in the US a few theatres at a time. It's a warts and all doc with lots of live footage, behind the scenes clips, and voiceovers about their drug issues and differences as well as the music, books, art that brought them together and kept them inspired as the Boys Next Door and the Birthday Party from the late 70s to 1983.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 September 2023 04:47 (six months ago) link
Here's the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhmSg9zUgFo
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 September 2023 04:52 (six months ago) link
looking forward to seeing this!
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 September 2023 05:25 (six months ago) link
Looks great, aside from the animations (all due respect to the animators, I just hate documentaries which think cartoons make it more interesting).
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 7 September 2023 06:15 (six months ago) link
Saw an advance screener and they don't rely too much on the animation
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 10 September 2023 19:01 (six months ago) link
good
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 10 September 2023 19:34 (six months ago) link
I was cautious of the Sparks movie knowing it had animation in it, but it ended up being probably less than a minute.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 10 September 2023 19:39 (six months ago) link
The doc screened last night at the AFI Silver in Md near Washington DC, and will be there for one more screening the night of September 25.
My short preview of it for Washington City Paper got posted yesterday in their Fall Arts special
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 September 2023 14:42 (six months ago) link
Saw the doc tonight - you can rent it on Amazon. All of the concert and recording footage is terrific - most of it I've never seen before. The animation is, well, there - I didn't think it was particularly special, but didn't distract. What I didn't care for at all was the fake film scratching/sepiatone whenever there's a talking head on screen. It's apparent that the filmmakers were using footage from different eras (Nick Cave suddenly has a mustache, now he doesn't) and use the fake effects to give it some uniformity but it just looked dumb. Similarly, there are segments where a song is playing with lyrics and notebooks animating along, but there's never a point where the camera just holds on them. If I saw this in a theater, I'd go crazy because you'll want to hit pause all the time. Also, subtitles are mandatory.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 1 December 2023 09:10 (three months ago) link
BTW, the Rowland S. Howard documentary (Autoluminscent) is also rentable on Amazon. That one is an absolute must see. (I'd see that one first actually)
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 1 December 2023 09:13 (three months ago) link
i saw it at the cinema and loved it. it was a one off screening so was packed and there was an incredible atmosphere; a real electricity in the air. i'd highly recommend watching that way if possible.
and agree about the RSH one. essential.
― stirmonster, Friday, 1 December 2023 10:23 (three months ago) link
thirded
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 December 2023 12:23 (three months ago) link
if you don't want to give your money to Jeff fucking Bezos for making space penises, you could even rent it from the filmmakers:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/autoluminescent
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 December 2023 12:26 (three months ago) link
Oh sweet gonna buy that, last time I looked at their site they didn't have VOD options.
The RSH doc is also available on Vimeohttps://vimeo.com/ondemand/autoluminescent
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 1 December 2023 13:12 (three months ago) link
(same link!) I don't know of any non Bezos source for the Birthday Party piece.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 December 2023 21:14 (three months ago) link
i saw this doc a few days ago also - agree there is some great footage - esp. the studio stuff - although by the 13th live sequence featuring nick cave writhing around on the floor i had checked out a bit
semi-agree re the excess of gfx treatment but would say overall the film-makers did a great job taking material from disparate sources and shaping it into a unified whole
to me it felt about 20 mins too long? which is ofc mainly a requirement of getting it to feature length - but also perhaps reflects that TBP story isn’t thaaat interesting? they have a great sound - were clearly an incredible live force - but they don’t develop much over their lifespan and kind of grind to an exhausted, drugfucked halt
they were clearly remarkable in that historical moment and the film does a good job of capturing that - you could show it to a teenager and they would get what made the band compelling (eg I don’t think the recentish Triffids doc achieved this) - but I am not sure it manages any wider resonance beyond this specific story (which ie I think the recent Crimson doco managed to do)
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Friday, 1 December 2023 21:28 (three months ago) link
Haven’t seen the movie yet, but what always fascinated me about the BP’s development is that they’re the rare band got rawer and more unhinged and less subtle as they moved towards that final implosion.
― bendy, Saturday, 2 December 2023 04:12 (three months ago) link