Nekromantik 2

The above is probably the most gruesome image in the show. This one hardly disturbs or horrify. It just puts you in an indecipherable mood, expecially durng the corpse-fucking scenes and the strange lullaby-esque score. It's probably an off-beat romantic movie, just building and building up towards the inevitable climax, which almost outdo the original's. Hardly that bad to warrant seizure of its reels upon release.



The Holy Mountain

My third Jodorowsky watch. And it's not as good as either "El Topo" or "Santa Sangre". The minute it fails is when it follows a straight narrative instead of the disconcerting plotless imagery of the first half an hour. The nine disciples just aren't that interesting. However, the mixing of shit and sweat to make gold resonates with me. The score is cool, though. And the ending is straight out of "Monty Python & The Holy Grail".



House by the River

A genre unto itself - gothic noir. Other than that, there's not that much happening with this. The plot is straightforward murder mystery. It doesn't have the twists and turns of the far superior "Scarlet Street" and the ending is lacklustrous. File under "Die Nibellungen" for uninteresting Fritz Lang fare.



The Birth of a Nation

This one however is hilarious. Subversion of the Ku Klux Klan to make them heroes. All the blacks here merely want some white meat. I dunno much about race relations after the Civil War but surely it is not as skewered as this. There is one scene which seems to precogitate the gangsta culture of rappers these days, however. Yeah the Confederacy!



New Order : Live at Glasgow

Recent concert interspersed with interviews with the band. As yet again, the crowd-pleasers such as "Temptation" and "Bizarre Love Triangle" make the most sense. The Joy Division song lack the gruffy baritone of Ian and the newer songs sound alien, not having been established yet. My copy doesn't have the second "rare concert footage" 2nd disc which I don't miss as those songs I really don't like. So energetic when pushing 50?