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Beatles Deconstructed: An Interview with Scott Freiman
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- Parent Category: Film and the Arts
- Category: Interviews
- Published on Friday, 02 December 2011 10:00
- Written by Kevin Filipski
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Trip Through Strawberry Fields
IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave, New York, NY
More than 40 years after the band’s breakup, The Beatles are as popular as ever: CDs keep selling like hotcakes, tribute bands are a cottage industry, and 69-year-old Paul McCartney is still one of the hottest stage acts on the planet, with fans from 4 to 84 at Sir Paul’s shows. There’s also a plethora of books that keeps on coming, from bios to musical analysis.
The latter is also what Scott Freiman does: for the past few years, his Deconstructing the Beatles lectures have been an entertaining showcase of the intense creativity that makes up the Beatles’ music. His multimedia presentations comprise video and audio samples, including snippets of rarely-heard demos and other stripped-down segments of the songs.
Freiman’s already done the White Album and Sgt. Pepper: his next lecture, at the IFC Center in Manhattan on December 5, is A Trip Through Strawberry Fields, a dissection of that classic track along with “Penny Lane” and “A Day in the Life.” For a complete list of his upcoming schedule, visit beatleslectures.com.
Mighty Movie Podcast: Christopher Hampton on A Dangerous Method
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- Published on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 14:40
- Written by Daniel Persons
David Cronenberg is no stranger to exploring how people undo themselves by venturing into the boundaries of human sexuality. In A Dangerous Method, though, he delves into the historical figures who helped set those boundaries, and creates a drama where intellect and science are pitted against human passion and sexual politics.
The story -- as adapted by screenwriter Christopher Hampton from his stage play, The Talking Cure, which in turn was based on John Kerr's book, A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein -- spins off the actual relationship between Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), one of the founders of modern psychoanalysis, and Spielrein (Keira Knightley), a young woman who starts out as the doctor's patient and eventually becomes his colleague and, as rumor has it, mistress. As Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortenson) is drawn into their orbits, the film becomes an intelligent and moving tale of people striving for the betterment of humanity, frequently against the pull of their own frailties.
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Caveh Zahedi Is A Sex Addict -- An Interview
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- Category: Interviews
- Published on Sunday, 30 October 2011 18:39
- Written by Brad Balfour
Juno Temple & Jeremy Dozier Dress Up "Dirty Girl"
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- Category: Interviews
- Published on Wednesday, 26 October 2011 09:45
- Written by Brad Balfour
Despite a substantial effort to integrate gays into mainstream America, anti-homosexual violence continues for those who don't conform to this country's far-too-conservative mores. Though it's hard to believe that it continues, bullying still spurs teen suicides in a country charged by Tea Party extremism.
So first-time director Abe Sylvia used his juvenile experiences as a gay kid growing up in 1980s Norman, Oklahoma, as a starting point to inform us about his efforts to flee such attitudes. His debut feature, Dirty Girl, details a comedic search for identity and freedom which provides a context to illustrate the effect such repression has and how it stimulates the will to escape.
