By 2000 everyone will be bored to death. Falco (1957-1998) Ask most Americans and other English-speaking people, and they will tell you that Falco is the German one-hit-wonder with that “Amadeus” song. Dance music and rap freaks among them may also remember “Der Kommissar” and Falco’s legacy as one godfather of white rap. But that’s …
There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai unless perhaps that of the tiger in the jungle. Book of Bushido Something is wrong with Jef Costello (The Samourai‘s theme, it is one of those rare cases in which the film music is a crucial factor for the analysis of the film. It is …
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan “You know, sometimes things I see in you, me and even Grandad remind me of a wild pear tree. I don’t know. We’re all misfits, solitary, misshapen.“ Nuri Bilge Ceylan is at the peak of his powers and on an impressive roll: since the Turkish auteur made his first feature film …
I’m always my father’s daughter, and I’ll always be a Somali girl. And that is the pride that you put in yourself, the pride of yourself and never lowering your worth. You don’t have to lower yourself. They’ll meet you where you stand. Iman (Originally published on April 8, 2021, this article was the most …
The last film was shot and I put my camera and flash in my bag. One last cigarette before I would head home, and I watched the buzz around me that got slowly muted by the upcoming dawn. The waiters started picking up glasses and shards around the pool; carefree beauties swimming and kissing between …
La vie est presque belle- Life is almost beautiful. Benjamin Biolay (‘Novembre Toute L’année’) ‘Rose Kennedy’ (2001) is the spellbinding debut of Benjamin Biolay, an album like no other that holds a special place in this great French artist’s discography. The wonder and amazement starts with the fact that a young French musician records a …
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville [Exterior. Paris. Grey, grey, grey.] Alain Delon, Gian-Maria Volonté and Yves Montand play an unlikely trio- one was just released from jail, the second fled it, and the third is an ex-cop. The three plan a big coup by breaking into a big jewelry store at Place Vendome and are being chased …
THE DISCO SUN IT SHINES SO BRIGHT Turbonegro, ‘Denim Demon’ When talking about classics and masterpieces, everybody talks about the ‘White Album’, but not all talk about Turbonegro‘s Ass Cobra. That’s not right. Let’s get one thing straight right from the beginning: Ass Cobra is no little or unknown record. When we talk about Turbonegro, …
Some might be surprised that my prime connection to Vincent Gallo is not established via his films, but through his music- since many don’t even know that this man makes music. Gallo’s 2001 album When is in my all-time Top 10, one of the records I always come back to. A very special, intimate and …
Director: Marco Ferreri „If I were asked to characterize the present state of affairs, I would describe it as ‘after the orgy’. The orgy in question was the moment when modernity exploded upon us, the moment of liberation in every sphere. Political liberation, sexual liberation, liberation of the forces of production, liberation of the forces …
