Tag Archives: Film
Senna Programme Note for GFT
Asif Kapadia’s Senna (2010) is playing at GFT until 16th June and I was asked to provide the programme note (those A4 handouts you get at a screening). GFT’s intention behind these things is to “enhance the film viewing experience … Continue reading
Movie Rip-Offs: A User’s Guide – Détournement and Dub Parodies
“Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It holds tight an author’s phrase, uses his expressions, eliminates a false idea, and replaces it with just the right idea.” Comte de Lautréamont (Isidore Ducasse), Poésies II (1870). “Ideas improve. The meaning of … Continue reading
Movie Rip-Offs : A User’s Guide – Turkish Remakesploitation
Many thanks once again to Gokay Gelgec of the Sinematik website and Bill Barounis of Onar Films for invaluable background information on these films and the culture they were made in. Wherever possible, I’ve referred to the best-presented and ‘official’ … Continue reading
Movie Rip-Offs : A User’s Guide – Mutant Hybrids
“The idea at the time was from Fabrizio De Angelis, the producer. He called me at the time and said, “What do you think about The Bronx Warriors?” I said, “Great! Is it the next movie of Walter Hill?” “No, … Continue reading
Movie Rip-Offs : A User’s Guide – Turkish Superman
Since my last post, I’ve become aware of a much better term for what I initially referred to as Unauthorised Foreign Versions – it’s ‘Remakesploitation’. With hindsight, International Remakesploitation would have been an even better term. Even though the majority … Continue reading
Physical Impossibility 