Film Making: March 2003 Archives

A little word of caution for Hamgray, director of our up and coming film about the artist.

"There is a phenomenon in the business known as director's disease. It is a rash, a cold, or a headache that is directly related to the pressure under which the director puts themselves. While shooting Beauty and the Beast, Jean Cocteau developed horrid boils that had to be lanced each evening. Miraculously, when the picture wrapped, the boils disappeared. Good health is a key factor in maintaining the rigorous pace of a shoot."

A face covered in boils reminds me of Baron Harkonnen in the film Dune. As a teenager I was always fascinated by the scene where he pulls the heartplug out of the terrified young boy, the music reaching a crescendo as his face and the flowers get splattered with blood. I always thought that scene was rather lascivious, but perhaps that's just me.

Coming soon another independently produced film about our very own resident artist – Damien H. Arse. This short documentary will chart the entire development process of a piece of art, from conceptualisation past the sketches and finally to the fully blown rendering of a work. As well as the art there will be plenty of insight into what defines the artist. So by mid-April have your broadband or ADSL all hooked up for what will be the short film classic of the spring!

Here is a little (facetious) reminder.

This piece is actually part of an ongoing experiment to see how different types of visual and musical stimulation can affect ones emotions with regard to a particular event.

By the way, should I have done this? Is this an acceptable subject for such an experiment?

"War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. It degrades and stupefies with the sense that you are not responsible, that 'tis not yours to think and reason why, but to do and die,' like the hundred thousand others doomed like yourself. War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder."

– Alexander Berkman

and so after a few hours at the old video editor, I present you, the viewer, with my anti-war contribution. Due to the less than perfect quality of the original material, the really low bandwidth choices didn't really work, so sorry about the large file sizes.

Warning! Many of the scenes herein contain (genuine) scenes of death, torture and violence perpetrated by both terrorists and western nations. You view on your own free volition.

The Gallery - A Short Film
Dedicated to all Burger-Eating War Monkeys

Ain't it grand. In the warmongering mood yet?

Join with the Royal Irish Rangers and myself and sing along - Altogether now!

"It's a long way to Tipperary, it's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary, to the sweetest girl I know.
Good-bye, Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square.
It's a long long way to Tipperary, but my heart's right there."