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Fug on Film: Tuli Kupferberg is a beatnik God
11.10.2010
03:41 pm
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The recently deceased Tuli Kupferberg plays God in the wild 1972 underground film, Voulez-vous coucher avec God? made by Canadians Michael Hirsh and Jack Christie. A rare screening of Voulez-vous coucher avec God? will take place on November 14 at the Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. in Manhattan during a special celebration of celluloid Tuli called “Fug on Film.” Presented by Arthur.

J. Hoberman writes in the Village Voice:

As strenuously druggy, anarchic, and blasphemous as it is, this 1972 feature might have been one of the many post–El Topo movies auditioned as a midnight attraction by the old Elgin Theater and might even have caught on. Instead, it’s having its belated local premiere this Sunday as part of Anthology’s tribute to Kupferberg, beat poet, Fugs founder, and Voice contributor (mainly in the form of letters to the editor).

Here, he plays Middle America’s worst nightmare: His God is an unkempt, hairy schmoozer, consorting with his female subjects in a vaguely Baghdadian crash pad identified as Hashish Seventh Heaven, while holding forth in a braying New York accent: “Give ‘em some of that blackface crap—we’ve got enough sexism,” he advises the filmmakers in between chants of “Oy, oy, let’s bomb Hanoi!” As cheerfully offensive as it is, the movie’s greatest outrage comes when God anoints a toothless derelict to run for U.S. president. (The same actor, identified only as “George,” doubles as the angel Gabriel—in which role he’s punished for dereliction of duty with a hot-oil enema.)

Slapdash, but not badly made, this exercise in Yippie vaudeville employs Claymation and television, as well as a bevy of naked houris, to hold one’s attention—although it does fall apart midway. End title delivered as a moon notwithstanding, the climactic gross-out is the mouse omelet prepared for George—a repast that only serves to burnish the genius of John Waters, whose Pink Flamingos (the movie in which Divine eats dog shit) was the Elgin’s midnight attraction for 48 weeks, from late winter 1973 to January 1974.

 

Posted by Richard Metzger
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11.10.2010
03:41 pm
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Funeral Parade of Roses
03.20.2010
03:27 pm
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My friend Shaun Frenté is screening the Japanese classic “Funeral Parade of Roses” this Wednesday at Show Cave in LA—now the greatest venue in the city!

Funeral Parade of Roses (Bara no soretsu)
Black and White. 1969. Japan. 105 minutes.
Directed by Toshio Matsumoto

Unequivocally the best Japanese 60s avant-pop tranny tragedy I’ve seen, Funeral Parade of Roses is a must-see time capsule (I only wish the future Thetans who sift through my ashes hope this is what the 20th century is all about). Part self-conscious art film, part exploitation film, and part gonzo documentary on Tokyo’s underground scene – though where the zones overlap is up for grabs. Even on DVD, the black and white dazzles, as one quotable image supplants another. If you’re into the whole Asian catholic schoolgirl ladyboy thing, and who isn’t anymore, this is the jackpot.

Pithy introduction and discussion following the screening – this is part one in our run of “New Waves” around the world.

(Arthur: Funeral Parade of Roses at Show Cave)

Posted by Jason Louv
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03.20.2010
03:27 pm
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Ana?ɬ
12.16.2009
04:56 pm
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Via Dave Snoob at Arthur:

[Huxley] reminded me that drugs are beneficial if they provide the only access to our nightlife. I realized that the expression ?

Posted by Jason Louv
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12.16.2009
04:56 pm
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Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints
12.12.2009
07:04 pm
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Autonomedia’s 2010 calendar of Jubilee Saints is now available. The calendar tracks world history dates in anarchist and poetic resistance to Teh Machine. (Arthur mag’s blog regularly posts dates from the calendar, which help restore my sense of narrative on a regular basis.)

Autonomedia’s Jubilee Saints Calendar for 2010! Our 18th annual wall calendar, with artwork by James Koehnline, and text by the Autonomedia Collective.

Hundreds of radical cultural and political heroes are celebrated here, along with the animating ideas that continue to guide this project ?

Posted by Jason Louv
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12.12.2009
07:04 pm
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Rendji’s 2010 Lunar Calendar
12.03.2009
05:28 pm
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12.03.2009
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Aaron Lake Smith: Unemployment
11.22.2009
12:15 pm
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Via Arthur Magazine’s blog, here’s some stuff worth checking out?

Posted by Jason Louv
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11.22.2009
12:15 pm
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Stanley Lieber: Ensign Smurf
11.09.2009
04:12 pm
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Via Arthur Magazine, it’s Ensign Smurf, a running comic by Stanley Lieber that they’ve been serializing on the blog. Stanley’s comic and video work, seen at his blog, is original, excellent stuff. Why they don’t stock stuff like this anywhere outside of ?ɬ

Posted by Jason Louv
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11.09.2009
04:12 pm
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