MIFF Day 14
Evangelion 1.0 - You Are Not Alone
Neon Genesis Evangelion is a really awesome series. This is the first of a series of movie retreads, with lots of new animation and some old, lots of stuff cut out and new bits put in. Basically the story remains the same as the series, and the events shown follow the same order. This film covers the first three angels, with much better effects work for the angels. Fun, and it doesn't add to or detract from the series. Big screen fun without wrecking the material it's reworking.
Respect Yourself - The Stax Records Story
Cool doco telling the story of Stax Records, home of Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Sam and Dave, Booker T and (I had no idea) Steve Cropper and Donald "Duck" Dunn. At a time when segregation was officially over, Memphis still had it going strong, except at Stax Records, where music ruled and black and white mixed quite happily. A really great story of the rise and fall and rise again of a company that had a massive impact on popular culture. After all, they produced Shaft and a bunch of other films as well as their soundtracks. The film skips over a lot of stuff, lightly touching on interesting things as it paints the whole history, rather than getting stuck in specific stories. You're left with the impression there are a lot more stories to tell, but this is a good overview. And I had no idea how many songs I loved came out of that one little recording studio. Really interesting.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is a really awesome series. This is the first of a series of movie retreads, with lots of new animation and some old, lots of stuff cut out and new bits put in. Basically the story remains the same as the series, and the events shown follow the same order. This film covers the first three angels, with much better effects work for the angels. Fun, and it doesn't add to or detract from the series. Big screen fun without wrecking the material it's reworking.
Respect Yourself - The Stax Records Story
Cool doco telling the story of Stax Records, home of Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Sam and Dave, Booker T and (I had no idea) Steve Cropper and Donald "Duck" Dunn. At a time when segregation was officially over, Memphis still had it going strong, except at Stax Records, where music ruled and black and white mixed quite happily. A really great story of the rise and fall and rise again of a company that had a massive impact on popular culture. After all, they produced Shaft and a bunch of other films as well as their soundtracks. The film skips over a lot of stuff, lightly touching on interesting things as it paints the whole history, rather than getting stuck in specific stories. You're left with the impression there are a lot more stories to tell, but this is a good overview. And I had no idea how many songs I loved came out of that one little recording studio. Really interesting.
posted by Andrew Lee at 11:57 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Andrew
Yes this was an awesome doco - I saw it at the Guy Sebastian and MGs Memphis Tour in March 2008.
They played it before Guy, Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn took to the stage. It was a nice touch to set the mood for what was to come...
which was of course the most brilliant SOUL concert I have ever been to!
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