This mash-up is from 2008, but I just discovered it and dig its sexy spookiness. It was produced by Wax Audio and Reborn Identity, the guys behind the Mashed In Plastic project.

David Lynch/Angelo Badalamenti: “The Pink Room” (from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me)
AC/DC: “The Jack”
Dead Can Dance: “Dawn of the Iconoclast”
 

 
Two lovely photographs of Harpo Marx and Amelia Earhart on the set of the 1932 Marx Brothers film Horse Feathers.
 

 
With thanks to Brian Tibbetts!

 
Hard-of-hearing cowboy Slim (Harry Dean Stanton) encounters an alien spy - or maybe not - in this goofy short film from David Lynch.

From Lynch’s website:

After the international success of Blue Velvet, Lynch was approached by Fiagaro Magazine and Erato Films to create a film as a part of their “The French as Seen by…” TV series. At first Lynch turned them down, but then he caught some ideas and agreed. The Cowboy and the Frenchman was the first time Lynch worked with veteran actor Harry Dean Stanton, who would later be featured in several other Lynch projects.

Stanton is a real hoot.
 

 
The Thrill Murray Colouring-in Book has a delightful selection of 23 illustrations, by artists including James Burgess, Alice Devine, Logan Fitzpatrick, Hattie Stewart, Brooke Olsen and Bridget Meyne, to paint, crayon, or pencil over. The images are taken from some of Murray’s finest films including, Groundhog Day, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Lost in Translation. What a beautiful way to celebrate the lovely Bill Murray, and I certainly want one.

Thrill Murray: A Colouring-In Book is published by Belly Kids at £6.99(GBP), and you can order your copy here.
 

 

 
Via Design Week with thanks to Scheme Comix
 

Photo by Scott Beale
 
Laughing Squid‘s Scott Beale spotted this fabulous Jeremy Hillary Boob Ph.D. action figure. Boob is the “eminent physicist, polyglot classicist, prize-winning botanist, hard-biting satirist, talented pianist, good dentist too” who joins the Beatles to fight the Blue Meanies. Usually I only go in for the authentic vintage of this kind of thing, but this is really, really well-done.

Jeremy Hillary Boob Ph.D. is from McFarlane Toys and is available for purchase on Amazon.

 
The Departure Of Roger Scott was written and produced by Kleg Seth in 1982. For some inexplicable reason this hard-hitting drama about a gay man struggling to leave the homosexual lifestyle and find redemption and spiritual fulfillment in Christ hasn’t found the audience that Tommy Wiseau’s similarly accomplished and heart-wrenching film, The Room, has managed to reach. That could change now that Dangerous Minds has decided to apply its considerable influence to introduce the world to Seth’s passionate cinematic cri de couer.

It’s not every day that I find a film this extraordinary. Here at the Campbell household, my Muslim love slave, Xanax addicted chihuahua and 16-year -old, grossly overweight, schizophrenic cat have had a sort of collective low-rent spiritual epiphany (a high similar to inhaling a box of whippits) while watching The Departure Of Roger Scott and have concluded, based on what we’ve seen in the film, that homosexuals like a stiff drink to help allay their constant sense of sexual guilt, need the heft of a Bible to anchor their constantly groping hands while enjoying the testicle teasing fit of a tight and perfectly creased pair of Jordache jeans or comforting caress of form-fitting polyester bell-bottoms. And they possess a panic stricken expression in their eyes that recalls the reaction shots in a Herschell Gordon Lewis movie.

We may be a motley, brain-addled crew but we do know our movies and we also posses an unwavering respect for the homo aesthetic…although we’d rather eat a pair of asbestos underwear than slip into anything made of polyester (That plastic shit fucks with your aura).

So here’s 14 minutes of The Departure Of Roger Scott . If you want to see the film in its entirety, visit Kleg Seth’s website and he’ll sell you a DVD of the whole film. This is the kind of personal movie that John Cassavetes might have made if he had suffered a severe blow to his head, become a born-again Christian and married Jimmy Swaggart instead of Gena Rowlands…
 

 
To ensure he made a return on his investment, Alfred Hitchcock created a set of rules for watching his 1960 classic horror film Psycho.

We won’t allow you to cheat yourself. You must see PSYCHO from the very beginning. Therefore, do not expect to be admitted into the theatre after the start of each performance of the picture. We say no one — and we mean no one — not even the manager’s brother, the President of the United States, or the Queen of England (God bless her)!

In foyer’s across the States, a Pinkerton guard was hired to bar any late comers.

Hitchcock had invested $806,947.55 of his own money, via his company Shamley Productions, into Psycho, after the Hollywood studios denounced it a sick film which would most likely destroy the great director’‘s reputation. It didn’t. Instead it made Hitchcock a lot of money, a generation of younger fans, and inspired a whole range of psychotic slasher movies.
 

 
Previously on Dangerous Minds

Happy Birthday Norman Bates: ‘Psycho’ turns 50 today

Behind the Scenes: Alfred Hitchcock directs ‘Frenzy’ in 1972

 
Via Open Culture
 

 
Artist Jay Shaw’s exhibit of poster art based on films released by Blue Underground is currently running at Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas. Shaw’s work is impressive in its ability to distill the essence of a movie into bold, elegant and evocative imagery. Because we like Shaw’s art so much and you, Dangerous Minds’ readers, we’re giving away a signed, by Shaw, limited-edition (of 50) poster inspired by Giulio Berruti’s nunsploitation classic The Killer Nun starring Anita Eckberg and Joe Dallesandro. Banned in Britain for over 20 years, this Catholic creepfest is sure to put your habit in a twist and so you’ll know exactly what we’re talking about, we’re also giving away a beautifully restored Blu-ray copy of the movie.

In order to receive the poster and Blu-ray, you must come up with the best caption for the photo below (featuring Dallesandro and Paola Morra) in a scene from The Killer Nun . The winner will be chosen by Dangerous Minds readers based on the number of “likes” a caption receives. In order to qualify for the contest, you must “like” the Dangerous Minds’ Facebook page and follow us on twitter.
 

 

 
Here’s an interesting little curio for those who love British comedy - an interview with Eric Sykes on the set of of his little known feature film directing debut, You Better Go In Disguise in 1973. To the younger generation, Sykes may be best known for his performances in Harry Potter, The Others and even The Tele-Tubbies, but for those who grew-up in the seventies, he will always be remembered for his classic sit-com Sykes.

Long before Schwarzenegger and De Vito, Sykes and the wonderful Hattie Jacques were the original comedy twins. Over 9 series, Eric and Hat were essential Monday night viewing, and were the perfect neighbors, and the kind of relatives I always wishes I had.

Sykes was a comedy genius, who started his career writing brilliantly surreal monologues for Frankie Howerd, his first script was the tale of Frankie taking two elephants on a journey by train. Sykes then went onto write The Goons, when Spike Milligan was indisposed, and formed a legendary writing group with Milligan and Alan Galton and Ray Simpson (the talent behind Tony Hancock and creators of Steptoe and Son). Then in the 1950s, Sykes started a partnership with Hattie Jacques that would last until the beautiful Hat’s untimely death in 1980.

Hattie makes an appearance in this clip along with sixties TV ‘tec, Stratford Johns who looks like he’s being interviewed by a giant. Of course, Johns was best known for his role in Softly, Softly, Barlow and Watt and Brond. Sykes gives a purposely confusing description of You Better Go In Disguise, which bombed and was later remade in a slightly different version by Eric in 1981 as If You Go Down to the Woods Today.
 

 
I own a commercially-released and now very rare VHS copy of this trailer compilation. It wasn’t available for very long. Licensing issues? Probably. The quality is of the bootleg variety. Presley fans may consider downloading it. Though the King may come looking for you.

Here’s a list of films included in the video.

That poster up there for King Creole was created for the French release of the film. It’s 47 x 63 inches. I just had mine framed - I’ve owned if for almost 20 years. It takes up an entire wall in my dining room. I’m not a big Elvis fan but that poster looks awesome when it’s right in front of you. Pop art that pops.
 
Watch the video after the jump…