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Poetry in Motion 1982
The true essence of poetry and spoken word is presented in an effortless display by some of the world’s most renowned troubadours. This 90 minute documentary weaves together a compilation of interviews, conversations, and performances from a vast array of luminaries including: Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, John Cage, Allen Ginsberg, Ntozake Shange, Tom Waits, Amiri Baraka, David Murray, and others. Ron Mann also directed a beautiful documentary chronicling the avant-garde/free jazz movement titled “Imagine the Sound” — which features…
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Humanoids from the Deep 1980
Amphibious cryptids closely resembling Gill-man of “Creature from the Black Lagoon” have begun to invade a small fishing village along the coast of Northern California. B-movie exploits and token genre film tropes unabashedly fill out the dialogue as the monsters aim to kill all men and impregnate all women. There’s even a pretty wild chest-burster scene clearly copped directly from “Alien,” which premiered almost exactly one year prior. Despite some classic imagery and good ole fashioned gore, this one kind of missed the mark for me.
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Paris, Texas 1984
A tragically beautiful and cathartic telling of an estranged man reuniting his family. Travis emerges from the Texas desert, bewildered and silent — unsure of where he’s been or how long he’s been gone. The desolate lonesome landscape is mirrored by the bluesy instrumental score; played entirely on acoustic slide guitar by Ry Cooder. Renaissance man John Lurie also makes a quick appearance as a skeezy peep show boss. There was a huge relief when some closure was offered, but it ended with a few questions unanswered, leaving me with misty eyes and a warm sense of wonderment.
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Nightbreed 1990
Clive Barker’s dramatic adaptation of his 1988 novel ‘Cabal’ — which I obviously haven’t read. The general vibe lands somewhere between a slasher, murder mystery, and classic monster movie. It’s basically an elaborate story depicting a guy who thinks he’s having crazy ass nightmares about a city of monsters, gets convinced he’s a serial murderer, and takes a couple predictable turns. The plot wasn’t strong enough to justify a runtime just over 2 hours, but the score by Danny Elfmann…
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