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bpwlogan wrote:-Dude! S3 were my first 'indie' love, will always have a huge place in my psychedelic heart...
ScoJo wrote:Probably my favourite Mondo release, Charles Gross' superbly unsettling, complex orchestral score for a cult classic.A truly bizarre low-budget film. Well worth a watch. The score is a favorite of mine as well. Probably my third favorite Mondo release. Shaw's print hangs at my home.
The music is fascinating (disco cheese-cut aside, though that's also pretty darn listenable) and the sleeve notes are
everything you want from a 'how did the score happen' recollection-and backed with a Blue Sunshine sheet of acid tabs to boot.
But what really pushed the whole release over the cliff is Jay Shaw's incredible, world-beating sleeve art/design which presents the film's plot and themes as a Kafka nightmare-in-blue, referencing the brilliant style of his beloved Eastern European designers without imitating in the slightest. I absolutely friggin love this release! I also lucked out and scored the random blue-translucent vinyl, as a bonus cherry on the cake (which was thanks to the always-excellent @lazyben, I recall...)
If you don't have this under-appreciated score I can't recommend it highly enough!
Mateo Sanboval wrote: A truly bizarre low-budget film. Well worth a watch. The score is a favorite of mine as well. Probably my third favorite Mondo release. Shaw's print hangs at my home.Oh man....I am actually jelly over that print @mateo. Very nice work sir.
ScoJo wrote:The funny thing about that print was that it hung around for quite a while. Most Shaw stuff did back in the day. He got a lot of obscure properties back then and I don't think most folks had warmed up to his style yet. Even more so than now, Mondo was all about the modern comic style of poster art. People slit throats to move up one place in line for a chance at the latest collection of floating heads, but you could grab a Shaw all day long.Mateo Sanboval wrote: A truly bizarre low-budget film. Well worth a watch. The score is a favorite of mine as well. Probably my third favorite Mondo release. Shaw's print hangs at my home.Oh man....I am actually jelly over that print @mateo. Very nice work sir.
Now, when should I start feeling the colours...?
Mateo Sanboval wrote: The funny thing about that print was that it hung around for quite a while. Most Shaw stuff did back in the day. He got a lot of obscure properties back then and I don't think most folks had warmed up to his style yet. Even more so than now, Mondo was all about the modern comic style of poster art. People slit throats to move up one place in line for a chance at the latest collection of floating heads, but you could grab a Shaw all day long.Yeah well....people are dumb.
ScoJo wrote:Fact not opinion.Mateo Sanboval wrote: The funny thing about that print was that it hung around for quite a while. Most Shaw stuff did back in the day. He got a lot of obscure properties back then and I don't think most folks had warmed up to his style yet. Even more so than now, Mondo was all about the modern comic style of poster art. People slit throats to move up one place in line for a chance at the latest collection of floating heads, but you could grab a Shaw all day long.Yeah well....people are dumb.
