Lester Bangs, A BOX FULL OF ROCKS

Photograph by Roberta Bayley, 1976.

This film looks at the adolescent years and young adulthood of legendary music journalist Lester Bangs. From age 11 in 1960 to 1971, when he moved to the Creem house in Detroit, Lester Bangs grew up and lived in El Cajon, a Southern California suburb 15 miles east of San Diego. It was in El Cajon that he became a writer.


Lester's high school friends Gary Rachac, Milt Wyatt, Jerry Raney, and Jack Butler (appearing in that order) discuss the music scene in El Cajon in the mid-60s. At this time, Lester would sit in with Jerry and Jack's Thee Dark Ages at El Cajon's Hi Ho Club, the biggest, most popular teenage nightclub in all of San Diego county.


In this clip from the film A BOX FULL OF ROCKS, Mike Stax of Ugly Things magazine cites Greg Shaw of Who Put the Bomp and discusses Lester's approach to writing. The "avalanche of words" observation is quite poignant.


We are starting to experiment with transitions to link together the various sections of the film A Box Full of Rocks:The El Cajon Years of Lester Bangs. Here is a montage of photos set to the song "Where is the poet Christ?" by the Flying Sandolini. Let us know what you think!!!


Lester's high school friend and fellow Beat, Rob Houghton discusses their experimentation with recreational chemicals and Lester's almost analytical approach to drug taking. This series of short clips comes from a longer 20-minute section of the film.

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Here, Lester's biographer Jim Derogatis discusses the role of the critic in Art and why Lester's legacy (and music journalism in general) is so important. A special thanks to Michael Fennelly for the photo of Lester with girlfriend Andy and Michael's band Crabby Appleton.


In this clip from the film, Lester's friend Milt Wyatt talks about a day when Lester's mom Norma drove the kids to the beach. Milt was also from a Jehovah Witness family. For years, he and Lester would hang out in Lester's room, listening to records and talking music, before and after the weekly Jehovah Witness meetings held at Norma's house.


Lester Bangs grew up in apartments. He lived in rented, attached housing virtually his entire life. Here, El Cajon writer Mindy Solis discusses the culture that rises out of the endless maze of El Cajon apartments. The street footage follows First Street north toward Madison. NOTE: The footage stops right below Lester's apartment window.


In this rough clip form the film, Grossmont College professor Sydney Brown explains some of the ways Lester Bangs is being honored today in El Cajon, CA, his hometown. The footage comes from the 2012 Lester Bangs Memorial Reading, which was attended by a couple hundred people.

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23 November 2010

Hammer horror actress Ingrid Pitt dies aged 73

Hammer horror actress Ingrid Pitt, best known for starring in cult classics such as Countess Dracula, has died at the age of 73.

Her popularity in Hammer Film Productions made her a cult figure

The Polish-born star passed away at a hospital in south London after collapsing a few days ago.

She was regarded by many fans as the queen of Hammer Horror films.

The star's death comes weeks after film-maker Roy Ward Baker, who directed Pitt in The Vampire Lovers, died at the age of 93.

Pitt's daughter Stephanie Blake told the BBC News website that her mother's death had come as a "huge surprise".

After the actress collapsed recently, doctors had told her was she suffering from heart failure.

"She could be incredibly generous, loving, and she'll be sorely missed," Mrs Blake said.

She added that she wanted her mother to be remembered as the Countess Dracula with the "wonderful teeth and the wonderful bosom".

Continue reading the main story “Start Quote All fans of Hammer and of British horror are going to miss her terribly” End Quote Marcus Hearn Official Hammer historian

'Gloriously uninhibited'

Official Hammer historian Marcus Hearn paid tribute to the star, calling her a "talented actress and fine writer". Continue reading the main story “Start Quote All fans of Hammer and of British horror are going to miss her terribly” End Quote Marcus Hearn Official Hammer historian He added: "She was partly responsible for ushering in a bold and brazen era of sexually explicitly horror films in the 1970s, but that should not denigrate her abilities as an actress." A good friend of the actress, Mr Hearn said she was "gloriously uninhibited" and "great fun to be with". Although she was not the first female star of a Hammer film, Mr Hearn said she had always been "very proud" of becoming the first prominent female protagonist in a Hammer after her role in The Vampire Lovers. "All fans of Hammer and of British horror are going to miss her terribly," he said. She began her career with fairly minor roles in several Spanish films in the mid-1960s. But in 1968 she landed a supporting role in war movie Where Eagles Dare, appearing alongside Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton. The actress got her breakthrough role two years later in the horror thriller The Vampire Lovers, which was a box office success. Several Hammer movies followed, firmly establishing her as one of the key women of British horror of the 1970s. Her other film credits included The Wicker Man (1973), Who Dares Wins (1982), Smiley's People (1982) and Wild Geese II (1985). Pitt made regular appearances at horror conventions and penned several books about her career in the genre. Read a selection of your comments I knew Ingrid via the various memorabilia shows I used to be involved in organising. At each event she would draw a big following and was adored by many fans of all ages. Ingrid was so lovely, accommodating and professional to the last. I remember her being a very happy person who always gave more than was needed. She had a wicked sense of humour and her eyes sparkled with mischief. Lee, Wolverhampton I'll remember Ingrid Pitt for her two guest appearances in Doctor Who, particularly for her role as Queen Galleia in the Jon Pertwee story "The Time Monster" back in 1972. Her character in that story provided what almost amounted to a romantic interest for the Doctor's nemesis, The Master, played with great panache by the late Roger Delgado. Ironic that she died today on Doctor Who's 47th anniversary. Stephen Frizzell, Newtownabbey I met Ingrid Pitt at the Dracula 97 convention/conference in Los Angeles, which was a centenary celebration of Bram Stoker's famous novel. She was a charming and engaging speaker and I remember her fondly. Jonathan Malcolm Lampley , Nashville, USA I knew Miss Pit best from her autobiography, Life's A Scream. For me she won't be the busty Hammer screen goddess, but a fascinating and multi-faceted lady. I believe she spoke 7 languages fluently. As a child she survived the horror of a concentration camp, later marrying a US serviceman and moving to America. Her story is more compelling than most Hollywood scripts. RIP a remarkable lady with so, so much more to her than just her film career. Fiona Andrew , Pembroke Dock, Wales I had the pleasure of digitally restoring some Hammer film stills and corresponding with Ingrid Pitt about them 2 years ago. She had not seen them before and was delighted. She was so wonderful and appreciative. Russ, St Louis, USA I worked at Pinewood studios in the early 1970's when she made Countess Dracula and I used to see her around. She was a goddess to me and I still have some photos of her! A lovely lady. Robert Wrightson , Shoreham by Sea More on This Story Related stories In pictures: Hammer's golden age 04 NOVEMBER 2010, ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS British film director Baker dies 08 OCTOBER 2010, ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS From other news sites Yahoo! UK and Ireland Hammer Horror Vampire Star Ingrid Pitt Dies 2 hrs ago Guardian.co.uk Hammer horror favourite Ingrid Pitt dies aged 73 3 hrs ago About these results Related Internet links Ingrid Pitt Hammer The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites Read more at www.bbc.co.uk

 

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In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey

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The Man  |  The Music   |  The Myth

In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey will be a biographical documentary that will visually evoke the vision of a great artist. It will employ beautifully textured, non-linear, cinematic and thoroughly entertaining means to launch a wide audience into the universe constructed and inhabited by John Fahey.  The film will rely first and foremost on the music of John Fahey. With the active support and cooperation of both The John Fahey Trust and Dean Blackwood of Revenant Records, the second of Fahey’s own recording companies, the film will access a rich and otherwise inaccessible Fahey archive of musical recordings, moving images, photographs, prose and paintings. The visual archive of Fahey performing is very rich. The collection of photographs is equally extensive. We will further augment this live action archive with short animated sequences that will evoke Fahey’s artistic, imagined universe.

In narrative terms, viewers will hear most frequently from Fahey himself, both in video and audio recordings made during his lifetime and in voice-over from his outstanding prose which will be read by a dramatic actor. The film narrative will further rely on a small handful of informants with intimate and highly nuanced appreciations of John Fahey’s life and times. These informants will include his former wife, the visual artist Melody Fahey, guitarists Terry Robb and Pete Townshend; Fahey’s partner in Revenant Records and friend Dean Blackwood; Grammy Award winning musicologist Rob Bowman; and the writer and author Li Robbins.

Inventive and highly cinematic video recordings from the film locations will visually support and evoke for audiences the natural and urban environments that inspired Fahey’s work. We will tape in the area of Washington, DC where Fahey grew up; in Mississippi Delta, where he pursued a quest to understand the origins of blues music; and in Salem, Oregon and the rain forest of the Columbia River gorge which nurtured the extraordinary, sometimes troubling, artistic out-put of the last 15 years of Fahey’s career and life.

We will not engage in hagiography, nostalgia or sentimentalism. John Fahey was a great artist… a genius to some. He was also a complex, imperfect man who had his demons. In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey will do visual, intellectual and artistic justice to the rich panorama of Americana and the universe encompassed in John Fahey’s mind.

In Search of Blind Joe Death

The Saga of John Fahey

A DOCUMENTARY FILM IN PRODUCTION

-Director/Producer /Writer James Cullingham

-Producer (Oregon) Doug Whyte

-Director of Photography Igal Hecht

-Editor Jessica Anne Cullingham

-Executive Producers James Cullingham

JoAnn McCaig

-Contributors Dean Blackwood Rob Bowman Melody Fahey Tim Knight Terry Robb Li Robbins Ayal Senior Pete Townshend

-Development Production Assistant and Researcher Kristin Davis

-Additional Photography Peter Richardson

-Intern Jordan Goldstein

-Website James Cullingham Jessica Anne Cullingham Kristin Davis

-Links www.johnfahey.com http://tamaracklodge.wordpress.com/ http://johnfahey.blogspot.com http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/ Tamarack Productions 266 Bain Ave. Toronto, Ontario M4K 1G3

PRODUCTION STILLS

Still photography courtesy of  The John Fahey Trust, Jessica Anne Cullingham, Igal Hecht, Stefan Grossman, Paul Kelly, Marc Minsker & Doug Whyte.

Produced with the support of The John Fahey Trust. Read more at johnfaheyfilm.com

 

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Don McGlynn

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Don McGlynn

Great documentary filmmaker. My sweetie 'n' I watched his Mingus and Howlin' Wolf docos yesterday. Very compelling cinematic storyteller. Check his Youtube channel. And dig this clip from his 2000 profile of ex-Mingus pianist Horace Parlan.

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