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Jack Sargeant (writer)
Jack Sargeant (born 1968) is a British writer specializing in cult film, underground film, and independent film, as well as subcultures, true crime, and other aspects of the unusual. In addition he is a film programmer, curator, academic and photographer. He has appeared in underground films and performances. He currently lives in Australia. Career Since 1995 Sargeant has written and contributed to numerous books on underground film, including: ''Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression'', about Cinema of Transgression filmmakers such as Richard Kern and Nick Zedd, ''Naked Lens: Beat Cinema'', and ''Cinema Contra Cinema'', a collection of essays on alternative film. In 2007 ''Deathtripping'' was republished by Soft Skull Press, this was followed by a re-printing of ''Naked Lens: Beat Cinema'' in 2008. Sargeant is the editor of the journal ''Suture'', and has co-edited the books ''Lost Highways: An Illustrated History of the Road Movie'' (with Stephanie Watson) and ''No Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Crime (genre)
True crime is a genre of non-fiction books, magazines, websites, films, TV shows, and podcasts. True Crime may also refer to: Television * True Crime (TV channel), a British crime-based TV channel * '' True Crime with Aphrodite Jones'', a U.S. documentary TV show * "True Crime" (''Only Murders in the Building''), an episode of the 2021 mystery-comedy TV series ''Only Murders in the Building'' * '' 72 Hours: True Crime'', a Canadian TV show, documentary show about the first 3 days in a crime * '' Law & Order: True Crime'', a U.S. TV show, dramatizations of true crimes * True Crime Network, an American broadcast network Online * ''Casefile True Crime Podcast'', a true crime podcast series airing since January 2016 * '' Morbid: A True Crime Podcast'', an anthology podcast * '' True Crime Zine'', an online literary magazine about true crime books Other uses * ''True Crime'' (1996 film), a 1996 movie starring Alicia Silverstone * ''True Crime'' (1999 film), a 1999 movie starring an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle were an English music and visual arts group formed in 1975 in Kingston upon Hull by Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson, and Chris Carter (British musician), Chris Carter. They are widely regarded as pioneers of industrial music. Evolving from the experimental performance art group COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle made their public debut in October 1976 on COUM exhibition ''Prostitution'', and released their debut single "United/Zyklon B Zombie" and debut album ''The Second Annual Report'' the following year. Lyrical themes mainly revolved around mysticism, extremist political ideologies, sexuality, dark or underground aspects of society, and idiosyncratic manipulation of language. The band released several subsequent studio and live albums—including ''D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle'' (1978), ''20 Jazz Funk Greats'' (1979), and ''Heathen Earth'' (1980)—on their own record label Industrial Records, buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life And Death Of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirby Dick
Kirby Bryan Dick (born August 23, 1952) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor best known for directing documentary films. He received Academy Award nominations for Best Documentary Feature for directing ''Twist of Faith'' (2005) and ''The Invisible War'' (2012). He has also received numerous awards from film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and Los Angeles Film Festival. Life and career Dick was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He studied at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, California Institute of the Arts, and the AFI Conservatory. His first documentary feature, '' Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate'' (1986), enjoyed a successful festival run. Dick spent the following decade pursuing a variety of projects while working on '' Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist'' (1997). ''Sick'' examined the life of performance artist Bob Flanagan, who utilized sadomasochism as a therapeutic device to help cope with cys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Purpose It was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom. BFI activities Archive The BFI maint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleazenation
''Sleazenation'' was a monthly London based fashion, lifestyle and “'post-drug culture' magazine according to founding editor Steve Beale in 1999". The publication was co-founded by Jon Swinstead and Adam Dewhurst and published by Swinstead Publishing. It was given away for free to clubbers for one and a half years until its launch in 1996 as a high street magazine. It featured bands and artists ranging from underground acts such as Genesis P-Orridge to pop acts such as New Order. "Founded as a free London club listings guide, it went on to enjoy an eight year reign as the world’s most anarchic, unpredictable fashion title, as likely to run a six-page feature on gout as it was a Gucci gatefold," wrote Jack Mills in a nostalgic 2015 ''Wonderland'' magazine feature. Supermodel Agyness Dean named ''Sleazenation'' as her teeange favourite in a 2010 ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' appearance. Absolute Radio DJ and podcaster Dave Berry is also a vocal modern-day fan. Lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bizarre (magazine)
''Bizarre'' was a British alternative magazine published from 1997 to 2015.Media Information Dennis Publishing Ltd It was published by and was a sister publication to ''''. History ''Bizarre'' was launched as a bimonthly title by in February 1997 and was edited by Fiona Jerome. It was an immediate success and changed to monthly issuance a ye ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feraliminal Lycanthropizer
The Feraliminal Lycanthropizer is a fictional psychotechnographic machine Connor, S.''Dream Machines''(London: Open Humanities Press, 2017), p. 131. invented by American writer David Woodard, whose 1990 pamphlet of the same title speculates on its history and purpose.Woodard, D."Feraliminal Lycanthropizer"(San Francisco: Plecid General Outreach, 1990). The brief, anonymously published work describes a vibration referred to as "thanato-auric waves", which the machine electrically generates by combining three infrasonic sine waves (3 Hz, 9 Hz and 0.56 Hz) with tape loops of unspecified spoken text (two beyond the threshold of decipherability, and two beneath the threshold). Sergeant, J."Sonic Doom" ''Fortean Times'', December 2001. Woodard describes the machine as "a low frequency thanato-auric wave generator" that is "known for its use by the Nazis and for its animalizing effects on human subjects tested within measurable vibratory proximity". The machine creates vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortean Times
''Fortean Times'' is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularised by Charles Fort. Previously published by John Brown Publishing (from 1991 to 2001), I Feel Good Publishing (2001 to 2005), Dennis Publishing (2005 to 2021), and Exponent (2021), it is now published by Diamond Publishing, part of Metropolis International. In December 2018, its print circulation was just over 14,800 copies per month. This now appears to include digital sales. The magazine's tagline is "The World of Strange Phenomena". History Origin The roots of the magazine that was to become ''Fortean Times'' can be traced back to Bob Rickard's discovering the works of Charles Fort through the secondhand method of reading science-fiction stories: :" John Campbell, the editor of '' Astounding Science Fiction'' (as ''Analog'' was then titled), for example," writes Rickard "encouraged many authors to expand Fort's data and comments into imaginative stories." In the mid-1960s, while Rick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wire (magazine)
''The Wire'' (or simply ''Wire'') is a British music magazine publishing out of London, which has been issued monthly in print since 1982. Its website launched in 1997, and an online archive of its entire back catalog became available to subscribers in 2013. Since 1985, the magazine's annual year-in-review issue, Rewind, has named an album or release of the year based on critics' ballots. Originally, ''The Wire'' covered the British jazz scene with an emphasis on avant-garde and free jazz. It was marketed as a more adventurous alternative to its conservative competitor ''Jazz Journal'', and targeted younger readers at a time when ''Melody Maker'' had abandoned jazz coverage. In the late 1980s and 1990s, the magazine expanded its scope until it included a broad range of musical genres under the umbrella of non-mainstream or experimental music. Since then, ''The Wire''s coverage has included experimental rock, electronica, alternative hip hop, modern classical, free improvisat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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