Hate Movies Revisited Revising & Expanding the Essay for Publication ________ Thanks to my stepson Mike Bleier (thanks, Mike!), my collection and research library is becoming far, far more accessible and organized. What sweet, sweet relief, and what fun it’s been to unbox at long last all kinds of comics, books, magazines, and rarities that [...]
Mixed & Matched Or; Final Look at What I Was Talking About All Month Last image: circa 2010, photo from the set of the never-to-be-completed, never-to-be-released Red Dawn remake, cancelled due to MGM’s collapse and fear of antagonizing China (the invaders in the remake). The latest studio “hate movie,” nipped in the bud? ______ Please [...]
Going Dutch LeRoi Jones/Amiri Imamu Baraka’s Dutchman, Part 8; Hate Movies, Part 11 While I’ve more to share with you, this coda brings to a conclusion my Dutchman essay. Wrapping up: _______________ Dutchman was on film a year before Anthony Harvey‘s official adaptation. Well, momentarily. Sort of. About a half hour into Jean-Luc Godard‘s Masculin, [...]
Continental Divides LeRoi Jones/Amiri Imamu Baraka’s Dutchman, Part 7; Hate Movies, Part 10 The movie version of Dutchman didn’t enjoy wide distribution. It never reached a broad public, and since its truncated theatrical release and decade of life in 16mm educational and college rental venues, it has been almost impossible to see. It was, at [...]
“The Jones Boys”: Carrying Clay LeRoi Jones/Amiri Imamu Baraka’s Dutchman, Part 6; Hate Movies, Part 9 As already noted, playwright LeRoi Jones explicitly linked Dutchman‘s Lula with Eve and the Forbidden Fruit; or, given Lula‘s actions, not with Eve, but with the serpent itself and the apple itself. Lula is the Forbidden Fruit and, for [...]
