Keyword results: Documentary
Celebrity, Dominick Dunne
Why does Dominick Dunne hate Frank Sinatra? Because Ol' Blue Eyes once instructed a flunky to punch Dominick in the head as a lark. Yes, Dunne's career trajectory - from social climber to movie producer to "the defining voice of VANITY FAIR" - is weighed down by a torrential downpour of Old Hollywood name-dropping.
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
WHAT
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE
WHERE
DENDY OPERA QUAYS
WHEN
SPECIAL SCREENING SUN OCT 19, 4:30PM
HOW MUCH
$12 / $15 HERE
When Patti Smith moved to NYC in 1967 she said she was going to "kick poetry's ass". Obviously it was not only poetry's butt that had the boot coming. But how Patti got from the pig swamps of Jersey to godmother of punk is a story we all need to hear. Filmmaker Steven Sebring brings us a documentary, narrated by Smith, charting 11 years in her life - travels, concerts, spoken word performances, painting, photography, writing and thinking.
Event: Film
Stimulus: E
Lost Music Documentaries
WHAT
LOST MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES
WHERE
MU-MESON ARCHIVES, CNR PARRAMATTA RD & TRAFALGAR ST, ANNANDALE
WHEN
FRI OCT 10, 7.30PM
HOW MUCH
$10 WITH SUPPER
So what we've got here are two of the best rockumetaries ever made. The screening starts off with EAT THE DOCUMENT, a flick from ‘72 which is directed and edited by Bob Dylan. It follows Dylan and the band around Europe and Britain during their tour in '66. Next up is CRACKED ACTOR, a chaotic film about David Bowie.
Event: Film
Stimulus: C
Waltz With Bashir
War might be hell, but it's also totally awesome, right? That's the message embedded in most war movies. François Truffaut even claimed it's impossible to make an anti-war film, as the big screen automatically turns bodies and bullets into fodder for spectacular cinematic ka-boom.
Ari Folman's animated kinda-documentary WALTZ WITH BASHIR makes a convincing case that Truffaut was wrong.
Words of Advice: William Burroughs On the Road
WHAT
WORDS OF ADVICE: WILLIAM BURROUGHS ON THE ROAD (DIRECTOR'S CUT)
WHERE
MU-MESON, CNR TRAFALGAR & PARRAMATTA RD, ANNANDALE
WHEN
THUR SEP 18, 7.30PM
HOW MUCH
$10 INCLUDING SUPPER
If the late novelist William Burroughs sat you on his knee for some words of advice then your mother might have something to say about it. Not because he's six feet under, but because the beatnik legend corrupted a fair few minds in his time, spending his last opiate-addicted years shooting spray paint cans onto blank canvases.
Event: Film
Stimulus: W
Super 8 Diaries Launch
Sitting at home, under the doona, watching grainy docos about Joy Division and The Clash on DVD is a boon. But it also makes one wonder why Australia hasn’t moved to capture its own music on grainy film (excluding the endless Farnsie “goodbye” tours). Fret not – a couple of guys from Melbourne have done it.
Screening of 'The Real Dirt on Farmer John'
WHAT
SCREENING OF ‘THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN'
WHERE
PALACE TWIN CINEMAS, 3A OXFORD STREET, PADDINGTON
WHEN
WED NOV 21, 6.15PM
HOW MUCH
$29.90
John is a film star. Nearly hitting octogenarian status, John isn't appearing on MTV Cribs anytime soon, but he has found himself in a real life ‘Truman Show' scenario. Filmmaker Taggart Siegel has documented farmer John Peterson's life since the 70s, and this footage, when edited with home movies of John, shows a film that is a retrospect of his life almost from birth.
Event: Film
Stimulus: W
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