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You'll know famed movie helmer Stanley Kubrick for his œuvre [Fr. egg - Ed.]. Sir Kubrick was one of the first non-French directors to be honored with an œuvre, along with Alfred Hitchcock and Jerry Lewis. The distinction brings with it the honorific of auteur [Fr. should - Ed.]. But few cineastes [Fr. assholes - Ed.] know he's also an Indie Rock [geological formations in Indian subcontinent - Ed.] enthusiast! Sir Kubrick dropped by th' IoF© yesterday on his world tour to promote some new movie what he's trying to crowdfund, and we chatted in the luxurious ambience of my private bathroom [above - Ed.].
FT3: Hey! Sir K! Looking good!
SK: Please, call me Stan, Farq!
FT3: Stan Farq!
SK: [chuckles indulgently] Just Stan will be fine!
FT3: [shrugs] Whatevs. First, I'd like to congratulate you on making my most bestest movie of all time, which is like Two Thousand And One.
SK: [nods graciously] It is perhaps my masterwork.
FT3: Hey! You kiddin'? You only made one other movie what I can watch without falling asleep, what is The Killing. That's swell. The others? P.U.! [blows underwater rasberry]
SK: Critical consensus is at odds with your, ah, opinion.
FT3: Critical consensus can kiss my ass!
SK: What about The Shining? It is widely lauded as a classic in the horror genre.
FT3: Needed editing [like this piece - Ed.]
SK: I spent three years editing it!
FT3: The maze! Everything associated with it. Snip! Lissen, Stan -you got the maze already! The hotel is the maze, dumbass! Jesus fucking Christ!
SK: [blinking stupidly] I - I -
FT3: Bunch of other stuff, individual scenes that don't tell the story. The scary blood coming out the elevator doors. Snip! Drop twenty, twenty-five minutes on the cutting room floor, you got a movie. Then you made 2010, which stunk.
SK: I-
FT3: [cutting in] Which you brung an album to share wit' th' guys?
SK: I really thought we might talk about my new film, Farq? It's -
FT3: Gee, Stan. We're really exceeding blog readers' attention spans here. There's only two who made it this far [waves]. I'm gonna have to let you go, fella! I'm typing for nuthin' here! All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy! Literally nobody is readin' dis shit! They're down in the comments lookin' for th' link!
SK: Oh, well. Could you pass the loofah?
Hi! What took you so long? Simply name the two swell Indie Rock albums in the above Foam-O-Graph© to win a download! Hoo boy! Could this be any easier????!!!!
ReplyDeletePixies - Doolittle
ReplyDeleteWilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
I'm really, really tempted to give you this one, JKC! Your answer ticks every box in every sense except the one pertaining to correctness! Let's see if the othe 3/4 Guys© can come up with something a litle closer to the truth!
DeleteAfter all this lockdown business I, like half the world seemingly, am suffering cabinet fever. Why just the thought of visiting Southern California leaves me both reeling and deliriously happy!
ReplyDeleteDr D's clew-type comment gets Oscar* nod!
Delete(*Oscar Farshimmelt, Spit Gulch, AZ)
This is the first time I've entered one of your 'What's in my tub' quizzes, but unfortunately only recognize Hello Hairys, who I once saw playing to about 100 people in the UK. Do I get half points?
DeleteHmm. Hello Hairys? I think I have a set of teak-effect cocktail fork handles (metalwork missing) that are up for grabs.
DeleteKubrick? only one I like is Dr Strangelove
ReplyDeleteRick, thanks for this. Strangelove is loved by many, but it's one of the handful of Kubrick movies I've never been able to enjoy (and I've tried many times). Never quite made me laugh. Or anything, really. Plus, the big minus (for me) of Peter Sellers, one of those show-off attention-demanding personalities incapable of losing himself in a role. Lolita was never a great, or even particularly good, movie, but he screwed that one up, too, with his "characterful brilliance."
DeleteWe're never ging to get our heads around Kubrick in the comments section of a (stupid music) blog, but any input is worthwhile.
"Strangelove" makes a great double bill with "Fail Safe"
DeleteJuraj Herz's "The Cremator" makes a good double feature with "Strangelove", as well.
DeleteI thought you were referring to the Mad Magazine comps..........
ReplyDeleteI'm oot
Cheers
oBeygraVity
Since we're such a smart music blog maybe another approach would be to link Kubrick's films with the artiste you feel it most corresponds with. Here goes:
ReplyDeleteThe Killing - Elvis
Paths of Glory - Woody Guthrie
Sparticus - Pete Seeger
Lolita - Sinatra
Space Odyssey - Hendrix
Clockwork Orange - Slade
Barry Lyndon _ The Third Ear Band
The Shining - U2
Full Metal Jacket - Gun's n' Roses
Eyes Wide Shut - Prince.
Then again, maybe not such a good idea..
The Killing - Warren Zevon
DeletePaths of Glory - Lead Belly
Sparticus - John Coltrane
Lolita - Wynonie Harris
Space Odyssey - The Grateful Dead
Clockwork Orange - The Velvet Underground
Barry Lyndon - Philip Glass
The Shining - John Cage
Full Metal Jacket - The Stooges
Eyes Wide Shut - Sonic Youth
Dr. Strangelove - Thelonious Monk
Sorry, missed out Dr. Strangelove - Dylan.
ReplyDeleteStooges - Full Metal Jacket works for me. Not sure about Monk/Strangelove.
ReplyDeleteShug, what a swell notion!
ReplyDeleteThe Killing - Chet Baker
Paths of Glory - Jacques Brel
Spartacus - Vic Damone
Strangelove - Frank Zappa
Lolita - Donovan (*cough*)
Space Odyssey - Pink Floyd
Clockwork Orange - Slade (inspired!)
Barry Lyndon - Pentangle
The Shining - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Full Metal Jacket - Stooges (perfect)
Eyes Wide Shut - Julee Cruise
I read through that shit until the ending. Needs editing.
ReplyDeleteSo does freakin' 2001. More than ten minutes of stoner students playing monkeys and yelling until one of them FINALLY picks up a bone to do the Cain vs. Able deed. Could've thought about that eight minutes before, you dumbass monkey!
And then the starchild sequence. Like, groovy, man. Would've also been groovy at, like, half the length.
It took me three times to freakin' finish this slog...er...classic. And I did it 'cause it was an assignment at university.
yeah, I loss track of the times I thought this would be a great movie to watch stoned and then fell asleep. Finally made it through without the devil weed but it was certainly a challenge. Cool sets though!
Delete*lost*
Delete(FT3 balls fists and beats them uselessly on OBG's manly chest)
ReplyDeleteYou brute, you cold, unfeeling brute! *sob*!
lol Classic
Delete"Rip the shirt! How cliche!"
Cheers
I saw 2001 on its release in the West End. Took a girlfriend who never spoke to me again because I was so involved ("immersed" as the Young People like to say today) with the movie I ignored her completely. Exiting onto the street I was still high from the movie, and when I saw her face I knew I could never go home again.
DeleteIt's the Grateful Dead of movies. On the bus or off, not waiting for it like Al Jardine. Since then I've watched it [insert absurdly large number] times, and I'm always seeing something new in it, details I didn't pick up on or connect, the little pictures inside the Big Picture. And there never was or will be a bigger picture. I forgave Kubrick everything after that, and it's only relatively recently I stopped worshiping at his shrine. As a director, unlike the true geniuses of his profession, he's only as good as his source material. Barry Lyndon - dull book nobody's read. Shining - pulp horror. Strangelove - satire (you can only go so far with that). Eyes Wide Shut - dull book nobody's read. Etcetera. But with 2001 he had truly visionary material to work with, something with a cosmic optimism at its heart that, in spite of its pace and apparent obscurity, made millions of people happy, millions of bucks, and his career. He got a free pass after that.
I haven't seen Lolita or Eyes Wide Shut (maybe I have a libido problem??) but I think that the rest are all at least very good. 2001 (Yup, Pink Floyd) and Barry Lyndon (Yup, Pentangle) are paced exactly as they should be and aren't even slightly dull.
ReplyDeleteBarry Lyndon is a swell movie. Nearly all his movies are. Opinions expressed herein are the usual internet crap, and affect nothing and nobody.
DeleteSpeaking of a "Space" Odyssey, I know these albums!! What do I win?!?!?
ReplyDeleteYou win this swell Champagne-Finish Lucite™ Digital Carriage Clock!
DeleteNobody wants the albums, though. They join Slayer in th' Dumpster O' Doom®.
With head hung low, I'm going to have to return my new digital carriage clock; these were dead ringers for Galaxie 500s On Fire and This is Our Music! I've got these High Llamas albums as well but they tripped my Galaxie 500 alarm first.
DeleteThey have really tall animals in the Andes, don't they? Not out near Jupiter though.
ReplyDeleteRowan wins this splendid silver-finish pen and pencil set in burr walnut wood-effect presentation case! This prestigious award comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Hiram Q. Axolotl, Quim County "Mayor Of The Year" 1988!
DeleteHere's Sean O'Hagan's finest couple of hours (your mileage may differ). Light as air, Steely Dan/Brian Wilson influences worn on the sleeve. Larvely.
ReplyDeleteThanks for these, not heard this lot for years, ideal for a sunny Sunday.
DeleteYou're welcome! Yes, they are nice to hear again. I stuck with Sean for a few years, sensing diminishing returns as he adopted Stereolab tweeness instead of writing Proper Songs. These are the only two still with me.
DeleteWow, time flies, I see these two discs come from 1992/94 (I guess when I saw them play). Saw Stereolab in 1999/2002 but without Sean O'Hagan playing in the band, he was probably only on their records.
DeleteI forgot how great Gideon Gaye is, what a superb album, thanks
DeleteI was happy until now.
ReplyDeleteYou have that memory of happiness to sustain you until Then happens!
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