Rock 'N' Film Shakes the House at the Anthology Film Archives

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Published on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 21:04

Written by Brad Balfour

The Anthology Film Archives (32 2nd Ave, New York, NY) announced a massive slate of movies for it’s Rock ‘N’ Film series, running from August 2 to the 30th. Inspired by David E. James’s book “Rock ‘N’ Film” (published in 2016 by Oxford University Press), the series examines rock music from its black roots to glam to self destruction and beyond.

The cinematic intertwining of visuals and rock music had humble beginnings with the earliest jukebox musicals like Viva Las Vegas but took new forms and sought out new audiences as the likes of DA Pennebaker looked at glam legend David Bowie in Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, and Gordon Parks Jr. brought Curtis Mayfield and Blaxploitation together in Super Fly. One of the highlights of the series is a double bill of the Jayne Mansfield head-turner set to Little Richard’s impeccable performances, The Girl Can’t Help It, with Kenneth Anger’s fetishistic biker joyride, Scorpio Rising; which blended doo-wop, bikers, Jesus Christ, Nazis, and 1960s New York all together for a film that still packs a punch.

To learn more, go to: http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/

Rock ‘N’ Film
August 2 - 30, 2018

Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Ave.
New York, NY 10003

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