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Lord of the Rings and Bad Taste director Peter Jackson has completed a documentary on the West Memphis Three with several collaborators:
Longtime West Memphis Three supporter Peter Jackson has announced the completion of a new documentary, “West of Memphis,” about the fight to prevent the trio from being executed by the state of Arkansas.
Collaborating with Jackson and his partner, Fran Walsh, were Damien Echols and his wife, Lorri Davis, as producers. The documentary was directed by Amy Berg (“Deliver Us From Evil”). The executive producer is Jackson’s longtime manager, Ken Kamins, who is repping the film’s sales.
In “Jodorowsky’s Dune,” director Frank Pavich intends to get to the bottom of the proposed film and why it fell apart. The doc, half-completed, is currently looking for distribution at Cannes, though interviews with Jodorowsky, Geiger and others have already been recorded. They’ve also released a promo video, obtained by TwitchFilm, which should whet your appetite for what Pavich has in store—check it out after the jump
We hope this is the beginning of a Jodorowsky renaissance. His collaboration with David Lynch’s Absurda Films, “King Shot,” sought financing at Cannes in 2009, but the project was eventually canceled. And we have no idea what happened with “Abelcain,” the long-rumored sequel to “El Topo” that supposedly secured a budget in the fall that same year. It’s just as well, considering Jodo hasn’t been behind the camera since 1990’s “The Rainbow Thief” (which he has since disowned), but we do recommend the excellent two-disc “Santa Sangre” DVD put out earlier this year by the good folks at Severin Films.
indieWIRE: New Documentary To Go Inside ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’
Here’s a whole bunch of stuff about Jodorowsky’s Dune.
And here’s a clip from, I think, the documentary La Constellation Jodorowsky about the Dune project:
Jodorowsky’s ideas for Dune ended up in his comic Metabarons, which is still in print.
Bassweight from The SRK on Vimeo.
Bassweightthis short documentary on dubstep, and several more on YouTube.
Oscilloscope Laboratories has picked up Yony Leyser’s docu “William S. Burroughs: A Man Within” for a fall theatrical release.
DVD and digital distribution will follow, with the movie set for broadcast during the 2010-11 season as part of PBS series “Independent Lens.”
Vanity Fair: Oscilloscope nabs ‘Burroughs’ doc
Sounds like a hell of an event:
Thursday March 4, 7:00pm / $20
St. Paul’s Cultural CenterThee Majesty featuring Genesis Breyer P-Orridge!
US premiere of Universalove featuring live accompaniment by Naked Lunch!Special sneak preview screening!
CIMMfest 2010 kicks off with a William S. Burroughs-themed night of film and music. First up is Austrian band Naked Lunch, who will accompany the US premiere of Thomas Wolschitzs 2008 film Universalove with the songs they built the film around. Next up is a special, but secret, screening of a documentary featuring Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Sonic Youth, Jello Biafra, Grant Hart and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, followed by Q & A with the director. Finally, for the first time in Chicago, Thee Majesty featuring takes the stage. $20 gets you access to everything.
(via Dangerous Minds)
This is the famous Documentary on Hunter S. Thompson from 1978. You know … the one where he attributes his good health to grass in his whiskey. It’s part of the “Omnibus” TV series. Also, a rare glimpse of the British weirdo, Ralph Steadman and, the less rare, Bill Murray.
UBU Web is running the 1985 documentary Burroughs: The Movie for free. This should help tide you over until the new Burroughs documentary comes out.
The streaming version is no longer available, but the film makers are remastering the project
You can also check out William S. Burroughs: The Man Within and William S. Burroughs Commisioner of Sewers
(via Dangerous Minds)
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