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

delphinium : a childhood portrait of derek jarman <EOT> 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 " . [ 17 ]

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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 . . .

extracted from the film " the queen is dead " of derek jarman , that ' s the first edition of the vclip " panic " . please , see it in high quality !

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 , " beverly hills 90210 " , " melrose place " , and " 7th heaven " . as a television writer , he staffed for " star trek : voyager " , spelling ' s " sunset beach " , and abc ' s " port charles " , 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 .

backstage pass package : two tickets to private cast and crew screening with a q & a session and reception , and a set visit . 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 .

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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 .

silver star package : two tickets to the wrap party and the movie premiere . 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 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 ]

special thanks package : acknowledgement in the credits at the end of the movie . 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 , 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 .


desperado is a 1995 american contemporary western action film written , produced , and directed by robert rodriguez .

a sequel to the 1992 film el mariachi , it is the second installment in robert rodriguez 's mexico trilogy .

it stars antonio banderas as the mariachi who seeks revenge on the drug lord who killed his lover .

the film was screened out of competition at the 1995 cannes film festival .

once upon a time in mexico , the final part of the trilogy , was released in 2003 .

desperado grossed $ 25.4 million in the united states .

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desperado ( film ) <EOT> film must be sent to the desperado film festival at the film maker ' s expense .

the foxy merkin delves into the world of two lesbian hookers at desperado lgbt film festival 2015 .

the desperado lgbt film and arts festival is an event hosted by a pvcc student organization . desperado’s mission is to showcase quality films that are related to the experiences of the lgbt community .

desperado has merit as a guilty pleasure , but when the violence and action grow tiresome , the film has nothing to hang its hat on .

greg louganis will be available for a q & a after the showing of back on board : greg louganis at desperado lgbt film festival 2015 .

desperado ( r ) — contains sex scenes , nudity and extensive but cartoonish violence .

desperado , which is nothing but set pieces , snoozes between its scenes of carnage .

mr . rodriguez may be good enough to make a film about anything , but desperado would collapse if its characters had to do anything but play with guns .

not to sound like stefon from saturday night live , but desperado lgbt film festival 2015 has everything : comedies , dramas , documentaries , a horror film , cartoons , romance , short films , and a pink , fuzzy monster with dreams of becoming a cabaret singer .

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if you want to answer the questions , " who starred in the movie desperado ? " and " what is the full cast list of desperado ? " then this page has got you covered .

it ' s big , it ' s daft , but desperado is confident and hugely entertaining filmmaking .

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this cast list of who was in desperado includes both lead and minor roles . ( 30 items )

desperado cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of desperado actors includes any desperado actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each desperado actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of desperado have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .

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with the headline : critic ' s choice / film ; of labyrinthine plots , flair and slick action .

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a pure adrenaline rush from start to finish , " desperado " will shock , amuse , thrill and disgust - but never disappoint .

not finished yet … antonio banderas as el mariachi in desperado , directed by robert rodriguez . photograph : columbia / sportsphoto ltd / allstar

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desperado is best when rodriguez lets his playful side cut through the blare of a born filmmaker indulging his first chance at high - end hollywood fireworks .

desperado must have permission to use up to 3 minutes of footage or photographic stills from the work for broadcast , web publication or other promotional purposes .

louganis will lead a q & a following the more formal showing of back on board : greg louganis that night after the desperado 2015 opening reception .

from the very start of his career rodriguez has celebrated the makeshift . having graduated from flick books , he made his first film aged 21 with one camera , no crew and $ 7 , 000 raised largely from subjecting himself to medical experimentation . el mariachi became a part of film - making folklore and still serves as an inspiration to would - be film - makers everywhere . it also let rodriguez kick down hollywood ' s door , set fire to its welcome mat and - eventually - make globally successful movies like desperado , from dusk till dawn and the spy kids trilogy .

robert rodriguez . the name behind blockbuster hits such as desperado , once upon a time in mexico , and sin city , it is a name that is synonymous with success in the film industry . but the story of robert rodriguez is a rag to riches tale , and a fascinating one at that .

the desperado lgbt film festival 2015 hits screens january 23 through 25 at paradise valley community college center for performing arts , 18401 north 32nd street . for the films ' showtimes and schedule , a list of the live performances , and to buy tickets ( $ 10 for general admission ) , visit urltoken .

what can i say ? an absolute classic film and one of the few where antonio banderas actually looks the part ! this is a film of revenge and entails our hero antonio heading into a town looking for ' bucho . ' suffice to say that banderas plays the role of an expert killer and has a couple of ' mariachi ' s in tow . this is based on the very film ' el mariachi ' and is a must for banderas lovers . a good solid film with a great storyline and of course ' selma hayak ' in all her beauty .

by marjorie baumgarten just add a few zeroes . " that could very well summarize the production strategy adopted by robert rodriguez on his brand - new film

was a redefinition - downward - of the term " low - budget film . " made for a sum regarded as pocket change in beverly hills ,

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but it has a price , as mr . rodriguez knew when he acknowledged worries about being accused of sophomore slump in " rebel without a crew , " his book - length account of being catapulted from no - budget film making into the film - festival fast lane . the first time out , he was heralded for having made any film at all , especially such a substantial film , on the strength of nothing but sheer wit and willpower . that ' s much the same basis on which kevin smith ' s " clerks " and edward burns ' s " brothers mcmullen " have since been admired .

a film that explores the dark and miserable town , basin city , and tells the story of three different people , all caught up in violent corruption .

( 1958 ) . silvermine productions made the original , which was distributed by allied artists pictures . allied both produced and distributed the new film itself in 1958 .

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notable among the film ' s pyrotechnics are some strikingly choreographed moments , like one in which mr . banderas and his adversary slide across a bar from different ends to wind up face to face , or a scene that finds him and ms . hayek leaping off a building with a fireball at their backs . elaborately staged shootouts also keep the body count high . the film ' s final confrontation allows the mariachi two well - armed backup men , one of whose guitar cases appears to hold a rocket launcher . mr . rodriguez may be good enough to make a film about anything , but " desperado " would collapse if its characters had to do anything but play with guns .

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seen in the film ' s poster cradling what may be one of the meanest looking guns in captivity , mr . banderas ' s mariachi arrives on the scene toting a guitar case full of firepower . he is here to avenge the killings seen in mr . rodriguez ' s first film , which was originally scheduled for a straightforward english remake ; actually , " desperado " feels as much like a remake as a sequel , with similar elements holding it together . salma hayek , as the film ' s midriff - baring bibliophile , replaces the mariachi ' s lost love and makes him a strikingly photogenic new mate . and joaquim de almeida fits in nicely as a suave heavy with a cellular phone .

what rodriguez has essentially done in desperado is make a slicker , more expensive copy of what came before . and what looked promising for $ 7 , 000 looks tiresome for a whole lot more .

here it is , the 2011 desperado lgbt film festival in phoenix , arizona . january 28th through 30th , we will present two days of gay and lesbian filmmaking at it ' s finest . friday , we will have a reception at the theatre and our premier showing . saturday , films will run all day . our venue is the dramatic center for the performing arts on the paradise valley community college campus in north phoenix . submit your film by visiting the website ! sponsorship packages are available . also , please email us with any questions . proceeds from the event will go to creating a gay and lesbian student scholarship fund at the college and also to the p . r . i . d . e . student organization . desperado lgbt film festival is presented in collaboration with paradise valley community college ' s office of student life , p . r . i . d . e . student organization and the center for the performing arts .

when shooting el mariachi , rodriguez expected a lot of negative public backlash . to combat this , he offered two of the film’s roles to two very influential media people of the day . naturally they could not refuse , and spent months afterwards punting the film to the mexican public… no marketing budget required and more could be spent in other departments to raise production value .

though " desperado " and " the usual suspects " have plenty of pyrotechnics , they offer mind - games to match . they are savvy , enjoyable ways to celebrate the end of the dog days . caryn james

yes , the weekend is packed with award - winning , local , national , and international films , but desperado ' s mission goes beyond sharing great films with audiences to opening the community up to diversity and inclusiveness .

was made by rodriguez mostly for the experience , with his grandest hope for it a sale to the spanish - language home video market . it was shot in the mexican border town of ciudad acuña by a 23 - year - old , latino jack - of - all - film - trades who had been refused admission to the film school at the university of texas at austin because of poor grades but later swaggered and cajoled his way into the department by going out on his own and making a prize - winning short film , " austin stories . " rodriguez raised a good chunk of the money for

lee kramer , our president , is a film production and development executive who has worked with some of the biggest names in hollywood . lee was the head story analyst at endeavor , and worked with producer cathy schulman , who produced the academy award winning film crash and the illusionist . lee has also served as a development and production executive at mandalay pictures , and has produced several television shows for hbo .

the bigger - budget , english - language sequel to rodriguez ' s super - cheap - $ 7 , 000 - art - house hit , " el mariachi , " " desperado " picks up where the first flick left off .

" desperado " is rated r ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian ) . it includes profanity , lots of gunplay , messily graphic violence and one gentle , soft - core sex scene that involves the use of a spur .

like friend and fellow director quentin tarantino ' s recent hit , robert rodriguez ' s " desperado " is a wild ride filled with blazing guns , gallons of blood and the blackest of black comedy - so black it flirts with satire .

where the strengths of " pulp fiction " were its dialogue , intertwining plots and ensemble cast , " desperado " succeeds through the sheer magnetism of leading man antonio banderas , a simple story of revenge and loads of style , style , style .

this one is so common in slasher movies that it’s not particularly shocking any more – characters that have sex in a horror film are nearly always doomed . what is hollywood trying to tell us here , eh ?

so " desperado " meanders through a dusty mexican landscape derived from other movies , with debts to film makers as irreconcilably different as sam peckinpah and mel brooks . ( whether or not mr . rodriguez actually has mr . brooks in mind , he makes his heroine a beautiful babe who runs a bookstore , though she complains that this is a region where nobody reads . the story ' s vanilla - suited drug - lord villain also has all the accouterments of a hollywood executive . )

by the time the interview is over , i ' m ready to add my own contribution to the el mariachi legend : paul is dead ; he now walks in the shoes of el mariachi . just don ' t play desperado ' s soundtrack album backwards . n

love this film , its almost surreal but not quite , great characters kind of tongue in cheek , antonia is delicious as is bucho if that ' s how you spell it , packed with action , great camera shots , and one liners , and a little mariachi antonio takes under his wing , this film seems to tick all the boxes . i ' m sure everyone has seen this as it has been around a while but if you have not its a treat

didn ' t hear anything directly from the festival and i didn ' t attend . so it ' s hard to really review it . not sure how the screening went over . glad my film was a part of it though .

despite the insistence of his friend , rodriguez felt he ' d explored that genre enough and went on to make the spy kids movies and superior teen horror the faculty . when the studio told him that desperado ' s enormous success on dvd demanded an extension of the franchise , he was unenthusiastic : " i didn ' t want to shoot this movie because i thought it would be so hard to shoot an epic on film in mexico . " then another film - making luminary intervened . " i was editing spy kids at skywalker ranch when george lucas showed me some of his early footage from attack of the clones , " he explains . " he told me he ' d done it on high - definition digital cameras and i couldn ' t believe how good the quality was . i went out and bought myself some and thought , ' man , i ' ve gotta go shoot a movie to test these . i ' ll do another desperado - then i ' ll really know if these cameras work . ' "

bigger , better , faster ; desperado is a spiritual , and spirited remake of director rodriguez ' s $ 7 , 000 el mariachi , proof positive that throwing millions of dollars at what was by itself something of a small budget gem can actually result in a better movie .

antonio banderas , joaquim de almeida , salma hayek , cheech marin , steve buscemi and quentin tarantino star in this stylish shoot - ' em - up described as a south - of - the - border pulp fiction . director robert rodriguez follows up his legendary debut film , el mariachi , with this sexy sequel about a mysterious guitar player ( banderas ) searching for vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend . ( original title - desperado ( 1995 ) ) © 1995 columbia pictures industries , inc . all rights reserved .

in a film incorrectly reported as bill elliott ' s last starring western , " bitter creek " ( released in march of 1954 carrying 16843 as the pca number ) falls a tab bit short of that as it was . . . see full summary »

" desperado " owes its flair in equal measure to the director , robert rodriguez , and the star , antonio banderas . though the story is a virtual remake of mr . rodriguez ' done - for - a - pittance " el mariachi , " this story of a violent , guitar - playing seeker of justice gains a whole different twist with mr . banderas in the title role . he plays up his latin - lover appeal with flowing hair and what another era would have called bedroom eyes . but " desperado " shows him to be an actor whose mind is in the right place , too .

desperado written , produced ( with bill borden ) and directed by robert rodriguez ; director of photography , guillermo navarro ; edited by mr . rodriguez ; music by los lobos ; production designer , cecilia montiel ; released by columbia pictures . running time : 106 minutes . this film is rated r . with : antonio banderas ( el mariachi ) , salma hayek ( carolina ) , joaquim de almeida ( bucho ) , cheech marin ( short bartender ) , steve buscemi ( buscemi ) , carlos gomez ( right hand ) and quentin tarantino ( pick - up guy ) .

this is a film that pays homage to the old ultra - violent shoot - ' em - up genre , even as it wallows in " wild bunch " gunfights , and mr . banderas has the wit to make this semi - serious attitude work . in one especially wry scene , the hero ' s lover serenades him while he calmly and comically points his guns at the villains creeping outside their bedroom windows . though " desperado " may seem like one more entry in the tarantino school of smart - guy crime movies , mr . rodriguez ' s swift visual style is distinctively his .

is how the story of its making became the stuff of instant legend . it ' s the kind of bleed - for - your - art story the film industry might have invented for itself had it not been handed to them , more or less real , by robert rodriguez .

, which includes segments by three other independent directors of note : quentin tarantino , allison anders , and alexandre rockwell . banderas ' command of the english language is extraordinary for someone who had to learn all his lines phonetically for his u . s . film debut in 1992 ' s

n " desperado , " antonio banderas , a guitar - strumming , gun - toting hero known only as " the mariachi , " lies peacefully in bed after making love with bookstore owner salma hayek . but as his new lover sings him a lispy spanish samba , banderas notices the silhouette of a gunman against the veiled window .

so in a sequel called " desperado " ( made for roughly 1 , 000 times the first film ' s shooting cost ) , here is antonio banderas , taking on the hero ' s role and looking his red - hot best . mr . banderas is shown off during an opening title sequence that finds him striding atop a nightclub bar in tight , silver - studded black . this limber , long - haired new mariachi cuts an even more dashing figure thanks to a guitar - shaped wall of light bulbs beaming behind him and los lobos on the soundtrack , making the music soar . progress can be a wonderful thing .

eric schaeffer ' s boy meets girl comes with a hefty list of awards as well , raking in everything from best screenwriting to best film . audiences will get the chance to see the love triangle between best friends robby and ricky , a beautiful transgender girl , and debutante francesca unfold sunday afternoon .

many lesser directors than robert rodriguez would have taken their first major studio budget and squandered it on needless special effects and pointless perks . having seen both " el mariachi " and " desperado , " it is clear that producer - writer - director rodriguez went from a $ 7 , 000 budget to $ 7 million without sacrificing his style or his vision .

in “desperado , ” the influences of john woo , and especially quentin tarantino , also come into play , with latter on hand to personally approve rodriguez’s application to the club of cool . result is both a rehash and extension of “el mariachi , ” with a major upgrade in budget and technical know - how , but no forward movement in storytelling ability .

the story of one of the first legally married same - sex couples in the u . s . who filed the first federal lawsuit for equal treatment of same - sex marriages , limited partnership , leads the lineup of films saturday , january 24 , after the showing of the 2015 student film competition winner , tomorrow .

on a plot level , rodriguez makes the crucial mistake of killing off virtually his entire cast of would - be important characters . on the basis of “desperado , ” what rodriguez needs is a collaborator on story and script . like leone , the director is particularly adept at staging dramatic entrances , intimidating posturing and inventive violence , and there is no question of an imagination working overtime .

in “desperado , ” robert rodriguez dedicates himself almost exclusively to dreaming up a hundred new ways to blow people away , to ultimately diminishing returns . the young tex - mex director’s much - anticipated follow - up to his wildly inventive no - budget 1993 debut “el mariachi” could scarcely be more dazzling on a purely visual level , but it’s mortally anemic in the story , [ … ]

seriously , the sixth edition of the valley ' s lgbt - themed film festival , which runs friday through sunday , january 23 through 25 , at paradise valley community college center for the performing arts , has a little something for everyone , including q & a sessions with directors and actors , live music , and an art gallery .

the stranger of course , is el mariachi , now played by the never - more - handsome antonio banderas , a guitar - strummer wandering the country with heavy artillery in his guitar case , seeking revenge for the murder of the woman he loved . the traumatic event from the first film is seen via an unusual restaged flashback with banderas .

in “desperado , ” robert rodriguez dedicates himself almost exclusively to dreaming up a hundred new ways to blow people away , to ultimately diminishing returns . the young tex - mex director’s much - anticipated follow - up to his wildly inventive no - budget 1993 debut “el mariachi” could scarcely be more dazzling on a purely visual level , but it’s mortally anemic in the story , character and thematic departments .

worse , el mariachi gains no stature or depth as a character and , crucially for a nomadic loner , is given no moral code to govern his extreme , obsessive behavior . parallel lack of any moral grounding or p . o . v . on the massive carnage also lays the film open to charges of sensationalizing violence for its own sake .

saturday continues with cupcakes , which is about a group of friends who reluctantly become the official israeli entry for the televised singing competition universong , the short film entries , and the foxy merkins , a riff on male hustler movies but with two lesbian hookers . a q & a with the foxy merkins writer and actress lisa haas will follow the screening .

i am a huge fan of quentin tarantino films and although he didn ' t direct or produce this one , he is in it and his as funny as always and in all honesty the only film i like antonio banderas in . lots of blood and gore ( which for me is a huge plus ! ) shootouts and limited romance which is good !

like " the quick and the dead , " " desperado " wavers uneasily between myth making and parody , so that too many scenes drag on long after they ' ve lost their punch . an opening bar showdown featuring steve buscemi and cheech marin has comic possibilities , but they ' re long gone by the time the extras are wiped out and one of the scene ' s principals gets a bullet in his brain .

in " desperado , " robert rodriguez dedicates himself almost exclusively to dreaming up a hundred new ways to blow people away , to ultimately diminishing returns . the young tex - mex director ' s much - anticipated follow - up to his wildly inventive no - budget 1993 debut " el mariachi " could scarcely be more dazzling on a purely visual level , but it ' s mortally anemic in the story , character and thematic departments .

this is a very wild , cool , and stylish film , even if it ends up being style over substance and story ( with a messy and scattershot narrative to boot ) . in a way , this is more of a remake than a loose sequel or spin off . the original mariachi from el mariachi does make an appearance , but this film is essentially the same story as the first , but with a different guy who knows the first guy . make sense ? well , if not , don ' t worry . it ' s of no real consequence anyway . the action and stunts are inventive , done well , and a joy to watch . buscemi and tarantino ham it up in some fun supporting roles , and both banderas and hayek ( especially hayek , * wink * * wink * ) are great to watch . i have a big attachment to this movie as i saw it at a young age and it introduced me to rodriguez ' s work . it also kinda made me wanna make action movies , too . like i said , it ' s got some flaws , but for solid action spectacle entertainment , this is a good film to turn to .

the second day of the festival will be capped off with crazy bitches , in which a group of friends learns the story of a mass murder that supposedly happened in their rental house . the story seems silly until the friends start disappearing one by one . director jane clark and actors cathy debuono , nayo wallace , and john w . mclaughlin will lead a q & a following the film .

i ' ve heard many people say that they couldn ' t follow the plot of this flick . i think they totally missed the point of this movie . its an action movie . thats the whole plot . its called lets find the bad guy , and his henchmen , and kill them . i thought it was absolute genius . skip the plot , and go straight to the action . banderas was pure fire . all his emotions smouldering just beneath the surface . the stunts and effects were first rate and extremely entertaining . even the extras did great work . i would recommend this film to anyone who is wanting some great entertainment . mark me don ' t go looking for some oscar winning dramatic performances . but it is fun , pure unadulterated fun . also the photography is absolutely first rate . as is the almost kubrickesque atmosphere of the film . ydnar

it ' s not the smartest career move for a director ' s second film to be a scene - by - scene remake of his first , but with rodriguez it ' s clearly a declaration of intent . not content with the relatively small audience that saw his spanish language original , he decided to take what hollywood was only too keen to give him and recast his movie as a high plains drifter for the post - tarantino audience .

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allegedly produced for $ 7 , 000 before columbia picked it up and technically enhanced it , “el mariachi” was one of the unique film successes of recent times . although met by modest commercial success , the tale of an itinerant guitar player drawn into drug - world violence in a dusty mexican town played like a valid update of japanese samurai sagas and bounty - hunter westerns informed by the heightened violence of sam peckinpah and the witty stylistic exaggeration of sergio leone .

april is the cruelest month ? ha ! t . s . eliot obviously never spent august searching for a good movie . the last weeks of summer are the traditional dumping ground for films too weak to go up against midsummer blockbusters . but there are always exceptions , and this august brought two of the season ' s smartest , most stylish , most entertaining movies . " desperado " and " the usual suspects " both have hunky heroes , mazelike plots and slick action : the perfect formula for escapist , dog - day pictures .

the festival kicks off friday , january 23 , at 8 a . m . with the diversity leadership alliance workshop that includes diversity training and leadership guidance . the workshop is free and open to the public and there will be a screening of film back on board : greg louganis , which documents the life of the olympic gold medal - winning diver who came out publicly and openly discussed being hiv positive in the 1980s . louganis will speak after the movie is shown .

at just 23 , rodriguez wrote , directed and produced the now industry famous and record setting cult classic el mariachi for just us $ 7000 , money that he earned himself from a stint in a research lab as a test subject for cholesterol medication . and lucky for him , his risk paid off . columbia pictures loved the finished film so much that they bought the american distribution rights , and el mariachi went on to bank us $ 2 million at the box office .

how this sprawling tale of revenge , corruption and coup d ' état came about further emphasises the director ' s lofty position in hollywood . the idea originally came from quentin tarantino . " quentin showed up on the set of desperado in 1994 to do his part and said , ' this is cool . no one ' s done this since sergio leone . this is your dollars trilogy and now you gotta do the good , the bad and the ugly of the series . and you gotta call it once upon a time in mexico . ' "

but now that mr . rodriguez has begun working on a grander scale , the facetiousness of his material is more distracting and the jokes much likelier to wear thin . overdependence on violence also marginalizes " desperado " as a gun - slinging novelty item , instead of the broader effort toward which this talented young director might have aspired . it ' s still clear that mr . rodriguez has a talent for fancy directorial footwork and that his movie has its fiery moments . but not even a mariachi in mr . banderas ' s league can get by on looks alone .

finally , the festival closes out with the romantic comedy the 10 year plan about myles and brody who scramble to fall in love as the deadline of their ten - year pact to end up together if neither one finds love by the time they ' re 35 approaches . writer and director jc calciano will also host the final q & a session of the festival after the film . and be sure to ask him about the two real - life inspirations for myles and brody and where they are now .

crew : camera ( technicolor ) , guillermo navarro ; music , los lobos ; music supervisor , karyn rachtman ; production design , cecilia montiel ; art direction , felipe fernandez del paso ; costume design , graciela mazon ; sound ( dolby sr ) , mark ulano ; assistant director , sebastian gaetano silva ; casting , reuben cannon . reviewed at sony studios , culver city , may 10 , 1995 . ( in cannes film festival - - midnight screening . ) mpaa rating : r . running time : 103 min .

antonio banderas . . . now we ' re getting somewhere . before the newly crowned sex symbol enters the room , some flack comes in to warn us not to mention the " m " - word . does that mean melanie , as in griffith ? the torrid story of their love affair is currently plastered all over the media , but we ' re warned that it would be tacky for us to bring it up . and how about that other " m " - word : madonna ? banderas is signed to play che guevara in madonna ' s film version of

one of the most vivid was robert rodriguez ' s el mariachi , as portrayed by antonio banderas in 1995 ' s desperado – rodriguez ' s retread / sequel of his breakthrough indie hit , the appropriately titled el mariachi . like his creator , the character of el mariachi is a one - man army of sorts – a guitarist whose playing ability is lost after he is shot in the hand , and the woman he loves is shot dead . now a shadow - dwelling , black and white - suited renegade hell - bent on revenge , he comes to a small town in mexico and raises the body count – all in search of the villainous crime boss , bucho .

tastes may change and mature over time , but we are all influenced by the culture we grew up in . as a teenager growing up in the 90s , developing my film knowledge with as many rented and recorded vhs tapes as i could find , american cinema seemed absurdly exciting . particularly thrilling to me was a new wave of directors with an independent sensibility , who were just hitting their stride . quentin tarantino , david fincher , the coens , paul thomas anderson… it seemed a new celluloid hero emerged every week with worlds , stories and characters that we ' re equal parts light and dark .

in one of the many spectacularly preposterous duels in desperado , antonio banderas , playing a kind of mariachi with no name , lies flat on his back in a scummy mexican bar and , using a mulish kick , pushes the lout who’s trying to kill him straight up into the air . as the guy goes flying backwards , in luxurious slow motion , banderas , also in slo - mo , whips out a pair of pistols and fires — blam ! blam ! blam ! — into the guy’s chest . later , having wasted a dozen enemies with similar aplomb , he enters a confessional and offers the plea , ”bless me , father , for i have just killed quite a few men . ”

gabriel byrne is a debonair , former bad cop who is mysteriously hauled into a police lineup with four other men . they include stephen baldwin , benicio del toro and kevin pollak as small - time hoods , and kevin spacey as a man nicknamed verbal because he talks too much . when these five pull a job together , of course it goes wrong , and verbal reconstructs the story while being grilled in a police station by a detective ( chazz palminteri ) . in a top - flight company of actors , mr . spacey steals the film with his sly performance as the meek , none - too - bright verbal .

which i find to be a fun read but unnecessarily repetitive and marred by grammatical errors and misspelled names ( including martin scorsese and michael lehmann ! ) ; his favorite john woo film ; and so on . only i never get to ask them . the time is eaten up by the others in my group , who want to know what it ' s like to work with antonio banderas and blow up quentin tarantino , and how he answers the critics of violent movies , and , of course , by the woman who asks each interviewee about their first memory of hearing the beatles . do we even want to know what radio station she works for ?

the mysterious , guitar toting " el mariachi " walks the streets again to avenge the death of his beloved girl friend in this bloody actioner . the tale opens in a seedy cantina where a flustered american bursts in and tells how he just saw a stranger come in and kill everyone in a neighboring bar . he then tells them that the stranger was looking for a man named bucho and he is heading for their bar . suddenly , el mariachi appears looking for bucho , who uses the bar as a front for his narcotics smuggling ring . an enormous gunfight erupts . still mariachi does not catch the elusive drug dealer who must spend the rest of the film in hot pursuit while simultaneously dodging the bullets of bucho ' s henchmen .

not all of rodriguez’ gambits work . while some of his novelty casting pays off ( cheech marin has a mean authority as the bartender - of - ceremonies ) , i could have lived without the cameo by quentin tarantino , who fires off a shaggy - dog joke in his self - involved , sputtering - hipster style . a bigger problem is the story’s rather logy rhythm . rodriguez has a bit of mañana in his blood ; his films tend to take naps between set pieces . the dawdling pace has us lingering a little too much over desperado ‘s primitive human dimensions . still , when rodriguez unleashes a scene with banderas leaping backwards from one building to the next , or with a couple of mariachis launching rockets from their guitar cases , he’s a true corker . the action , in all its demonically outlandish wit , is its own show . b

antonio banderas takes up the mantle of the wandering mariachi hunting the drug dealer who murdered the woman he loved and ruined his life . although desperado continues from where el mariachi left off , it ' s more a bigger budget re - invention of the original than a true sequel , in a similar vein to evil dead ii . with more resources at his disposal , rodriguez fulfills all the potential of the idea , with some fantastic john woo influenced action sequences which have a kind of ultra violent dance choreography and employs his now familiar ensemble cast including cheech marin , quentina tarantino , steve buscemi and danny trejo . banderas has never been cooler , salma hayek never more gorgeous and it ' s a sexy , stylish and hugely entertaining left - field shoot - ' em up with just the right amount of tongue in cheek humour . still one of my favourite robert rodriguez films .

with this sequel to his prize - winning independent previous film , " el mariachi , " director robert rodriquez joins the ranks of sam peckinpah and john woo as a master of slick , glamorized ultra - violence . we pick up the story as a continuation of " el mariachi , " where an itinerant musician , looking for work , gets mistaken for a hitman and thereby entangled in a web of love , corruption , and death . this time , he is out to avenge the murder of his lover and the maiming of his fretting hand , which occurred at the end of the earlier movie . however , the plot is recapitulated , and again , a case of mistaken identity leads to a very high body count , involvement with a beautiful woman who works for the local drug lord , and finally , the inevitable face - to - face confrontation and bloody showdown .

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today his working practices seem rather eccentric to most of hollywood . that ' s why he spends most of his time in texas , where he works through the night in his hi - tech garage lair . but these practices are what encourage a - list actors to star in his movies , studios to court him with mega projects like the new superman film ( he turned it down ) and fellow directors to call him up and say , " looks like you ' re having fun . how can i have fun again ? " he ' d like to explain how reading up on new cameras , taking on a few extra jobs and moving out of hollywood would make things easier but doubts they ' d understand . as johnny depp ' s character so rightly points out in the new movie , you ' re either a mexican or a mexican ' t . rodriguez knows exactly which one he is .

from 1870 to 1873 , texas suffered under the carpetbag administration of reconstructionist governor e . j . davis ( the name and the stated conditions was about the last of anything authentic in this film ) and his despotic state police commanded in john ' s city by captain jake thornton . two young men , tall cameron and ray novack flee to the big bend area to escape persecution . ray pretends to be tall ' s friend but actually hates him because he is madly jealous that laura bannerman is to become tall ' s wife . they join forces with sam garrett , a killer with a price on his head . ray tries to kill garret to collect the reward , but tall saves garrett ' s life and ray flees back to john ' s city , where he is taken prisoner . ray kills thornton and another trooper but tall is blamed for the crimes . garrett can clear him , but will he ?

of course , the latter scenario is a lot more likely given that the mariachi is nothing short of a guitar - strumming superman . almost impervious to bullets ( he does get the customary blow to the shoulder – nothing salma hayek ' s traffic - stopping bookseller can ' t fix ) , he has several elaborate death - and physics - defying bar - room brawls . the perfect example of this is the film ' s signature sequence , where the mariachi is uncovered by a gang of heavies . sparked by banderas ' s hissed " not yeeet … " , what follows is part bar fight , part interpretive dance recital , with baddies being dispatched from all kinds of camera - friendly angles , observed by tarantino ' s fast - talking pick - up guy . the result is a large pile of dead bodies , and an amusing raiders of the lost ark - style moment of comedy where banderas , unable to find a loaded gun to dispatch his final foe , snaps his neck with a frustrated " fuck you ! "

this time the mariachi is out to even the score with a drug kingpin ( joaquim de almeida ) who killed his lover and shot him in the hand , wrecking his guitar - playing abilities . the plot has all the sophistication of a dime - store - novel cover , but here , as in woo’s ballistic orgies , the gunplay is the story . the characters use their bullets like words , as an instant communiqué of rage and will . rodriguez organizes even the quietest scenes around the playful threat of violence : a tattooed brute pushing the buttons of a pay phone with the point of his knife ; a bedroom montage with banderas gently running his spurs over the delectable curves of his new lover ( salma hayek ) . the flourishes are so brazen they’re funny . they have payoffs , too : the brute with the knife turns out to have a whole battery of daggers that he flings around like pinwheels , as methodically as the villain’s henchman in a james bond film . the movie’s greatest visual coup , though , is banderas himself . the camera loves this velvet stud as much as it did the young clint eastwood . with long , straight dark hair that matches his matador - cowboy outfits and a stare as hot as lava , he’s an icon of feral , strutting vengeance .

as the assailant creeps toward the front door , banderas calmly tracks him with a loaded gun . hayek , eyes closed in romantic ecstasy , continues singing , completely unaware of the situation . when banderas spots another bad guy approaching from the other side , he pulls out a second gun . as the gunmen converge on the door , located behind hayek , banderas finds himself pointing both weapons directly at his lover ' s head .

this is just one of many tongue - in - cheek suspense scenes in writer / director robert rodriguez ' s vital quasi - remake of his 1992 cult classic " el mariachi . " in the latest movie , which also stars steve buscemi , joaquim de almeida and quentin tarantino , banderas arrives in a mexican border town to avenge the death of a previous lover .

the blood trail leads to de almeida , a drug lord whose henchmen run the place . aided by hayek ( whom de almeida keeps smitten tabs on ) and amusingly rat - like best friend buscemi , banderas finds himself in an unending series of hyperbolic gun battles on rooftops and in seedy bars , with the kind of stylized , in - your - face confrontations found in spaghetti westerns .

" el mariachi , " which rodriguez shot in 16mm for $ 7 , 000 , had a different set of actors and a slightly different story line . part of the enjoyment was seeing how well rodriguez , a talented neophyte , could use his imagination with precious few resources .

when columbia pictures ( which released " el mariachi " ) offered to pay for an english language remake , writer / director rodriguez jumped at the chance . although the cast was replaced—banderas taking over for " mariachi " lead carlos gallardo—the commercial transition has been remarkably successful . this is primarily thanks to rodriguez , who not only retains the original movie ' s kinetic flair , but takes it further .

rodriguez relieves the unremitting , comic - book killings ( which include , in one hysterical scene , bazookas ) with unforgettably funny villains and varmints , including cheech marin as a menacing but gullible bartender ; tarantino , as an excitable drug customer who gets unwillingly caught in a bar massacre ( it ' s as if he ' s being punished for his own gory movies ) ; and buscemi , who nerdily holds his own in a bar full of scowling , armed mexicans .

rodriguez also puts great retorts into the mouths of his bad guys , such as the psychotic de almeida . frustrated that his men have been unable to locate the mariachi in this tiny town , the drug lord gives the following advice to his hired help : " you drive around town , you see someone you don ' t know , you shoot them . how hard is that ? " he proceeds to demonstrate by firing at his own followers , causing a collection of big , mean scoundrels to scurry for cover like terrified kids .