This superlative Super 8mm musical proves there are still opportunities for (and reasons to get excited about) the crippled British film industry, and that filmmakers in this country can only succeed when they forgo the artistically redundant processes of Hollywood and its imitators in favour … Read More →
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Bronco Bullfrog (1969; dir. Barney Platts-Mills)
Music in cinema, as previously noted in this review here, usually takes the form of pre-determined and marketable – for which read “‘as conventional as possible” – soundtracks, either comprised of antiseptic, neutered pop music, or specifically composed in a bland, sub-classical manner – both … Read More →
They Came from Beyond Space (1967; dir. Freddie Francis)
Of all the musical styles available to the film composer, a jazz score is perhaps the most unsuitable for the cinematic spectacle: its strident rhythms and jaunty improvisational techniques are totally insensitive to the delicate complexities of film. Here, co-writer and producer Milton Subotsky forces … Read More →
Is Lady Gaga the innocent puppet of an evil mind-control government?
A recent tweet by Gari Sullivan, editor and co-presenter of North East podcast The Cultural Thing, indicated the most watched video on YouTube isn’t a TV episode from the BBC or Channel 4, both of whom now offer free and complete content on that platform, … Read More →