MISRULE CINEMA: A SECRET UNCUT TRIBE

 

Films made outside the established studio system with affordable equipment (toy cameras, CCTV video, iPhone's) proves anyone with an inclination to make a movie can now do so, but when you mix that with a powerful dose of adrenaline and confidence, then that my friend creates cinema heat. 

This pro-active independent filmmaking community is part of the Misrule Movement. A boom of arthouse films originally came out of the UK under this banner and then spread across the world, pushing the boundaries of cinema and its power to enchant and transfix viewers. This enlivened film-making as an art form and a new wave was born. YouTube directors obsessed with European cinema and countercultural attitudes set the world alight with their micro budget masterpieces. Philosophical, commercial and occult styles blended with experimental elliptical Pick-A-Mix editing techniques. Add a dose of sex, violence and psychedelics and you have a Molotov cocktail approach to filmmaking.

Taboo topics such as social problems, poverty, abortion, drug addiction and prostitution are also tackled giving it a human connection as well as an esoteric champagne pop-culture aura. Both zippy, suggestive and also deliriously good fun.

Internationally recognized as an agent provocateur, controversial British filmmaker Fabrizio Federico led the charge with his provocative movies and the Straight-Jacked Film Festival, bringing together an army of new filmmakers  who's movies run the gauntlet of outrageous themes such as espionage, marriage, mind control and radiation challenge the viewers conceptions. These auteurs explore timeless subjects with a new richer and unhinged eye. The language of cinema  who's tools of sound, moving images and music was revolutionized when these filmmakers bestowed their individual vision, style & themes onto the international stage.

Ochmoneks - Legendary Boston post punk band

 

Interview with Artporn Magazine founder Nektar

Who inspired you to create Artporn? A dream I had once, about the birth of colors out of the black.

What is your mission? Transition of brain boners.

What type of art qualifies as art porn? Whatever gives ME a brain boner. I would define my self as sapiosexual.

Who are some of your favourite artists? El Greco, Andy Warhol, Banksy... 

What do you think of the NFT art world that is exploding globally right now? I find it a revolutionary act and a benefit for artists.

Interview with author Irene Husk

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(1) What inspired you to write this book? I have always wanted to write stories and I have often theorized that Jack the Ripper was female as she would easily have been able to slip in and out of the darkness, unsuspected and under the cover of perhaps a lady of the night herself. I also have a morbid interest in what it is, that can make humans become so cruel to others and why. The ripper story is intriguing as it has never been solved, despite the efforts of many intelligent and forthright individuals. Throughout the years there has been so much speculation and guesswork that it has managed to colour any feasible evidence and investigative ideaology. Now there is nothing left for modern day Ripperologists to perceive as real evidence. 

(2) How come the myth that Jack the Ripper might be a woman, refuses to go away? I honestly don’t think it’s too far-fetched to consider that Jack the Ripper might have been a woman. The myth that the ripper may have been a woman will probably never go away, as it has to be taken into consideration that although great strength and callousness were imperative traits in order to commit the murders, we all know how strong and resilient women can be. Speed and camouflage could be used just as effectively as brute strength and we all know the old saying about a woman scorned! There have been many female serial killers convicted throughout history, for example, Mary Ann Cotton, Myra Hindley and Rose West to name just a few. There are those that scoff at the idea of a female Ripper but I don’t believe it should ever be ruled out. 

(3) Which actress would be a good lead to play the Ripper? I think the perfect actress would be Morven Christie who recently starred in The Bay, she has the ability to look extremely elegant but can also portray a woman with a temper and a cool calm exterior, I think she would be really appropriate for the role rather than using a glossy well known actress. 

 (4) What do you think of Whitechapel these days? I think that Whitechapel will continue to be shadowed by its worldwide reputation for being the location of so many unsolved and heinous murders and I believe that the network of streets will always hold on to its unique fame. The area has moved on and is now a much nicer place to visit but the Ripper’s rule will never be forgotten. 

 (5) Will we ever find out who the Ripper was? I believe that the Ripper will forever remain a phantom and he or she is an enigma that will hold the interest of many for the duration.

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John Lennon's Willd Sonic Experiments

During the late 60's John Lennon met his muse Yoko Ono & decided to dive into 3 years of wild, mercurial sonic experimentation that brought Avant-Garde music into the mainstream which felt like a body-blow to the conformist barbarians.

Starting with the LP's Two Virgins & Life With The Lions in 1968 & 1969 the couple embraced their surroundings and used the sounds that were at hand to inspire them. Creating tape-loops with experimental sounds. Dying child heartbeats, tape manipulation, interviews, various noises, whispers, cries and screams of varying tempos. Comprising vocal improv, birdsong, feedback, chatter and novelty tunes.

Experimental filmmaker Fabrizio Federico has embraced these techniques and lists these albums, along with Yoko's solo efforts Plastic Ono Band & Fly as inspirations for his movies, ''This music was hated with a vengence when it was first released because it fucked with his fans minds and ears, plus John reinvented his image as a revolurionary, this wasnt A Hard Days Night any longer folks. My fav Beatles song is Revolution #9 its the future.''

These techniques were also incorporated into The Beatles song Revolution #9. Avant-garde, LSD & Eastern philosophy had already been embraced by the Fab Four including this pick-a-mix style of backwards tapes, jump cuts, subliminal messages, montage, phasing, cut-up's, tape loops, smash cuts, musique concrète, double exposure, sound fx, varispeed, surrealism & electronic absurdism. 

Revolution #9 is a kinetic experimental sound film full of sonic poetry, happenings and be-ins are all associated in an anti-establishment state of mind. 

After this hectic recording schedule John & Yoko eloped and recorded the Wedding Album which created even more confusion and debate that Lennon had gone bananas. If anything these albums rejuvinated John and allowed him to start over from the Beatles huge myth.

Pop music had experienced a cataclysmic shock to the system with these albums, similar to what The Sex Pistols achieved in 1977, John even returned his MBE which was a humiliation to the establishment. 

With heroin, love and music in his heart Lennon created a cannon of futuristic music unequaled in pop music. On the track Cambrige 1969 him and Yoko torture the audience with screams and feedback for 30min in a theatre of cruelty stunt that would carry over into their live festival performance in Toronto. Their mission was accomplished. The freak flag had won for now.

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Best New European Filmmakers

Great list of a who's who in European Cinema.

Blaise Harrison : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhg9AK66vI

Fabrizio Federico : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPOy-rkW5qE

Lena Schomann : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rJKHTjVaFk

Celine Sciamma : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stR0B3P_zq8

Frederick Maheux : https://vimeo.com/280818609

Lun Sevnik : https://vimeo.com/332530762

Felix van Groeningen ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvUiCmnmY9w

Laszlo Nemes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSabBa9IWYs

Vlad Muko : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZhhcUNbeuY

TINY TIM & HIS TURN OF THE CENTURY VAUDEVILLE & TIN PAN ALLEY SONGS

Rudy Vallee - My Time is Your Time (1929)

Billy Murray - Stumbling (1922)

Johnny Long -  My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time (1945)

Shirley Temple  - On The Good Ship Lollipop (1934) 

Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon A Star (1940)  

Russ Columbo - You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) (1931) 

Harry Reser - I Wonder How I Look When Im Asleep (1927)

Bing Crosby  - Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1934)  

Irving & Jack Kaufman - I'll Be Happy When The Preacher Makes You Mine (1919)

SH Dudley - Then Id Be Satisfield With Life (1903)

Merry Macs - Mairzy Doates (1943)

Bert Williams - Nobody (1906)

Charles Harrison   I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (1918)

Arthur Fields - Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning (1919)  

Henry Burr - Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland (1910)

Maurice Chevalier - Louise  (1929)

Harry Richman - Puttin on the Ritz (1930)

Rudy Vallee - Deep Night  (1929)

Frank Crumit - I'm A Lonesome Little Rain Drop' (1920)

Rudy Vallée    Baby, Oh Where Can You Be (1929)

Orrin Tucker - Hi Neighbour

Willie Kelly - Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer (1943)

Billy Murray - Long Live The Ladies (1916)

Roy Smeck - Twelfth Street Rag (1931)   

Henry Burr   Beautiful Ohio (1919)

Spike Jones - Cocktails for Two (1945)

Bert Williams - The Moon Shines On The Moonshine (1919)

Al Jolson - Beautiful Dreamer (1950)

Bill Murray - Let Me Join The Army

Arthur Fields - I Dont Want To Get Well

Irving Kaufman - When Will The Sun Shine On Me

Al Jolson - April Showers (1921)

Byron G Harlan - My Gal Sal (1907)

Irving Kaufman - Tonight You Belong To Me (1926)

Dick Haymes - The More I See You (1945)

Ruth Etting - Buttob Up Your Overcoat (1929)

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Tiny Tim - Little Girl (1966)

Billy Jones - Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes (1921)

Jack Hylton - If I Had A Talking Picture Of You (1929)

Dick Robertson - Crosby, Columbo and Vallee (1931)

Erno Rapee - This Is The Mrs (1930)

Russ Colombo - You Called It Madness

Bing Crosby - Million Dollar Baby

Rudy Vallee - My Time Is Your Time

Pat Suzuki - I Enjoy Being A Girl (1959)

We Could Make Believe

Rudy Vallee - Whistling In The Dark

Peerless Quartet - I Didnt Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier (1915)

Buddy Rogers - We'll make A Peach Of A Pair

Nick Lucas - Tip toe Through the Tulips (1929)

Henry Burr - Stay Down Here Where You Belong (Anti WW1 Song) (Recorded 1915)

Harry Richman - Laugh Clown, Laugh (Recorded March 1928)

John McCormack - God Be With Our Boys Tonight (1918)

Harry Richman - King for a Day (Recorded August 1928)

Russ Columbo   Too Beautiful For Words (1934)

Billy Williams - Where Does Daddy Go When He Goes Out (1921)

Tom Lehrer - I Hold Your Hand In Mine (1953)  

Billy Murray  - Ever Since You Told That You Love Me (Im A Nut) (1913)

Russ Columbo   Prisoner Of Love (1931)

The Columbians  - I've Never Seen A Straight Banana (1927)

Eddie Cantor - I Love Me (I'm Wild About Myself) (1922)

Nick Lucas - High, High, High Up in the Hills (1927)

Harry Reser's Syncopators - I Wonder How I Look When I'm Asleep (1927)

Rudy Vallee - If I Had a Girl Like You (1930)  

Edward M Favor - Then I’d Be Satisfied With Life (1902)  

Al Jolson - I Gave Her That (1919) 

Billy Murray & Ada Jones - Out On the Old Front Porch (1914)

Gene Austin - Save Your Sorrow (1925)

Ben Selvin - (Potatoes Are Cheaper, Tomatoes Are Cheaper) Now's The Time To Fall In Love (1931)

Irving Kaufman   Stay Home, Little Girl, Stay Home (1923)

Henry Burr -  I’m Sorry I Made You Cry (1918)

Irving Kaufman - Don't Bite The Hand That Feeds You (1915)

Tiny Tim - My What A Funny Little World This Is (Original 1910 - Lewis & Bennett)

MUSIC INTERVIEW: Future Roads on writing epic guitar bangers

Facebook (Future Roads)

How did the Future Roads come together? 

Adam: Me and Gav knew each other at School but didn’t really click until college. We played in various line-ups together and separately for a number of years and found Dave from an advert in a local music shop. This probably sounds quite an old fashioned way of connecting but it was a long time ago and just before social media kicked off so that is the way it worked. We played as The Roads and then Jericho Scream before stopping as life took over with work and family life’s. This incarnation is due to our friendships staying solid even though our glue was playing music together. Many nights out where one too many drinks and promises to each other to get in a practice room never quite happened but Covid - 19 and technology created the opportunity to create music again 

Dave: Future Roads came together as a result of me asking Gav to send me some of his latest stuff to play around with in the studio. I was feeling cut off as lockdown struck. This then snowballed into becoming a sort of ‘virtual band’, which suited us lots as we’re all fathers and we had all grown disillusioned with the live gigging scene. We soon realised that what we had was a music - making machine, with Gav’s talent for song - writing, Adam’s magic basslines and my passion for mixing and producing. 

Gav: Adam and I were at school together but gelled at college, where I started a band and we needed a bassist, he learnt fast! Dave, we met after several incarnations of the group, our mate Ian saw an advert from Dave and he joined as drummer, we were instant friends when we discovered we both had “Howl” by BRMC in the CD player at the same time. We played together for years, went up and down the country and did some recordings but it came to an end when playing live was more of a drag than fun. Best thing about the band has always been that its us as a gang of mates. Now I've begun writing again, Adam is creating amazing complimentary basslines to the songs and Dave is incredible at drumming, mixing and producing. 

What influences do the band have ? 

Adam: This is probably very varied for all three of us. Mine is literally dictated by mood so could be anything but I do listen to music everyday and find it hard if I can’t get to stick some cans on or have something in the background 

Dave: As Gav is the songwriter, his influences flavour the music most. Mine and Adam’s influences are probably less easy to decipher, but they are sometimes detectable. We all meet at The Beatles, Oasis, Fleet Foxes, Smiths etc. But we also fragment, me into electronic music and Adam into metal and heavy stuff. Hardships, relationships, heartbreak, the pandemic – they’re all in there too. 

Gav: I've varied taste but its mainly rooted in guitar music, The Beatles, Oasis, Guns n’ Roses, Motorhead, Metallica, Nirvana and The Smiths. 

What's the bands song writing process ? 

Adam: Gav writes the songs, creates the shape and structure on acoustic and vocally. He sends the songs and rough notes then I add the bass track before shipping off to Dave for drums and production. It is odd that this together, but not together has generated more songs than ever before. 

Dave: Gav churns a song out seemingly from nowhere. He posts a demo on Whatsapp . We hear it and tell him he’s a genius. Then he sends the files over to me and Adam via Dropbox. Adam steals a few minutes in his busy schedule to smash down a bassline and then everything comes to me in the home studio. If something’s not right, I get them to redo it. Then I send a series of rough mixes over to them, there’s a bit of back and forth until we all say it’s finished. 

Gav: I’ve always written songs around saying and word association is key. Sometimes it is melody first and then sometimes I have a lyric that I write a melody for, then I just keep playing the part until the rest develops around it. Some songs take 20 minutes to fully form, some come good after 10 years! 

What does the band name mean ? 

Adam: We were The Roads and were known for that name. Future Roads is a nod back to that time but is us probably having the songs we wish we had back then. 

Dave: Future Roads is our way of honouring what we used to be ‘The Roads’, but also the changes life brings when it turns into the future. I like the idea of roads leading somewhere unknown too. 

Gav: Our original band was ‘The Roads’, so it wasn’t a massive stretch to put a spin on that name. 

What first got you into music ? 

Adam: I wanted to be in a band but couldn’t play anything or sing. Gav needed a bass player for a band he was starting in college so we caught the bus into town and spent every penny I had a bashed up bass and amp. Sat in his room where I followed the notes he was playing and learnt that way (some would say I’m still doing this... ) 

Dave: For me, music was always around in my house growing up. So was a piano and so was a drumkit. I spent lots of my time listening to very rhythmic stuff, like prodigy, dance, pop and reggae. I’d obsess about rhythms and learn them intricately. This all happened amidst a background of 60’s n 70’s pop, rock and progressive rock that my Dad would play. Pink Floyd, Beatles, Kinks, Caravan, Marillion etc. My Dad taught me to have a critical ear – he still offers his even when it’s unwelcome! Drumming and being in a band also opened lots of other doors – a great social life for one. And girls. 

Gav: My Mum and Dad both play instruments and music was always played around the house. It also helps having an older brother who is an ace guitarist with a wicked music collection, I was always robbing his cassettes! 

Any crazy stories that have happened to the band ? 

Adam: What goes on tour, stays on tour 

Dave: None whatsoever. Gav once pissed on his jeans moments before going on stage and had to dry his jeans under the hand dryer. That’s about it. We’re all pretty sensible. 

Gav: I don’t accept the premise to be honest, one mans “crazy” is another guy just rolling his eyes. Lets just say we had loads of fun in our twenties, something was always happening to entertain us. 

What's next in store for the band?

Adam: You get bogged down by plans it's so easy to be disappointed or lose focus. We are onto a good thing and have some great songs that will form an album (something we never really did before). For me playing live again would be great not in a touring way but as a one off to feel that excitement again but not sure if we could do that with the state of live venues, our lives and my hands ceasing up after about 10 mins of playing... 

Dave: We have no plans, other than to keep doing what we’re doing. Make songs, get them out there and enjoy it all. Above all else, we’re great friends – that comes first. Maybe one day we’ll find ourselves in a practice room trying actually play the songs for real.  

Gav: We’ll keep writing and recording whilst it feels good and it interests us. Things are cyclical, we will always be great mates and the music side of things will naturally ebb and flow. But right now we will release our first album and hopefully more will follow

NEW MUSIC: Interview with the band Rapturous

Rapturous (Facebook)

How did Rapturous come together? It all started about 10 years ago when we were at college. Luke B, Davey and Luke D were in the same class obviously studying music. Luke B, Luke D and Davey formed a band in college and began to connect with each other. Luke Bs sister got with Ashton's brother and they both said they should link up as they share a common interest; music. Nathan is Davey's best friend, and not only have they got a connection though the rhythm section they have it as best pals. One day Luke b, Luke d and Ashton were drinking 85% absinthe and they just started writing songs which lead to the band officially forming. We already knew a drummer that we jelled with, Davey, and Davey brought in beautiful Nathan on the bass. The rest is history and we’re still together as Rapturous. 

What are your bands inspirations? Very diverse and wide spread, we all love different genre's and come from different music backgrounds with different musical influences. Genres such as metal, rock, dnb, blues, soul, reggae, are just a few we take inspiration from. If you were to compare us to any artists the closest would probably be Plan B, The Streets, and The Gorilla’s. 

Tell us the story of how Signs was written? Luke b woke up with a melody in his head, found it on the guitar and brought it to band. That same melody become the chorus, followed by the lyrics coming together with help from Ash and Nathan. We didn’t know what it was about at the time but it feels like it predicted the future as it just explains 2020 and everything that has happened in the world while we’ve been taking the back seat.

Has the band had a creative year amidst all the turmoil in 2020? Yes, in the way of writing and recording for sure, but obviously playing live and gigging has slowed right down. It’s a blessing in a way as it has given us the chance to write new material. 

Whats next for you guys? Well the next step is get our music and our message out in to the world; we’ve been quiet for too long and it's our time to be heard. We are currently working on an album which will run with singles being dropped first leading up to the album drop. Our next goal is to capture the peoples attention in a way that's never been done before; in a Rapturous way.

Interview with author Rick Davy

 

Rick Davy is a writer and researcher and author of the book 'The Prisoner - The Essential Guide' and co-editor of the book 'Playboys, Spies and Private Eyes - Inspired by ITC'. Rick has contributed to many other books related to 'The Prisoner', and is hols of the ITC celebration events at Elstree Studios. He also wrote the production text commentaries for all 17 episodes for the 50th Anniversary edition of the BluRay and DVD sets and for 17 years has run The Unmutual Website at theunmutual.co.uk, the World's largest website devoted to the series, talks with filmmaker Fabrizio Federico about his works.

How old were u when you discovered The Prisoner?
I was 10 years old in 1983 when the series was repeated on Channel 4 in the UK. My 20 year old brother, knowing I liked offbeat series such as 'Sapphire and Steel', had seen the series in the late 70s when it was previously repeated on ITV and said to me 'ask Mum if you can stay up, there's a show you might like on C4 late on Monday night'. Even aged 10 I was aware that what I was watching was unique, and also incredibly important, television. I watched 'live' on the night, and recorded it on VHS and rewatched a couple of times before the following week's episode (inexplicably 'Many Happy Returns' was shown second, not that I knew at the time that this was odd), and I was hooked from then.
The show has lived with me ever since and is completely unrivalled in terms of the effect it has had on me.

What is your interpretation of the show?
Can be summed up in six words; "The Village is all around us".

Your fav episode?
I genuinely love all 17 episodes, for different reasons, but the episode I'd pick out as being a shining example is 'Checkmate'. Not only does it have the elements which make the series as a whole great (lots of Portmeirion footage, inclusion of Rover, great plot, action/adventure sequences, great acting, the sinister side of the Village on show), it also contains a great allegorical tale for life. We are all pawns.

Some episodes are better regarded than others by fans, but I genuinely feel all of them weave wonderfully together to form an unforgettable series. The episode 'Do No Forsake Me Oh My Darling' for example often comes bottom of fan polls, but it has some fantastic music in it, some of the best in the entire series in fact, as well as some great location footage, and a nice peek at the 'non-Village life' of Number Six.

So many other great episodes, but I'd put 'A. B. and C', 'Many Happy Returns' and 'Hammer into Anvil' at the top of the list for pure drama and plot, with 'Dance of the Dead' in there for its great surrealist and allegorical elements, and 'Once Upon a Time' is a tour-de-force of acting. But there's in my opinion not a weak episode amongst the 17.

What do you think of the 3 novels of The Prisoner?
There have been 11 novels written based on 'The Prisoner', and only one in my opinion ('The Prisoner's Dilemma' by Jonathan Blum and Ruper Booth) coming close to getting the essence of the series on their pages. The original 17 episodes really caught the sun in a bottle and cannot be equalled by fiction writers or fan film makers (not that there's anything wrong in trying, of course). The problem people have when they create these things is that they deliberately try to be enigmatic, wheres the enigmatic nature of McGoohan's original came naturally.

What is your fav piece of memorabilia?
That I own? I'm very proud to have been intrusted with several items from the production of the series including the original master tapes of the first music recording sessions for the series, and I secured at auction the original film print of the original/alternative 'cut' of the opening episode 'Arrival'. There's been lots of wonderful attempts at creating memorabilia, such as wonderful models of some of the iconic props and so forth, but there's nothing more satisfying than picking up a decent condition version of the original 'Dinky' Mini Moke released at the time of the series.

Did you ever meet Patrick McGoohan?
I had the opportunity to, but I always felt that he preferred the company of family and friends, rather than 'fans', so I chose not to. I'm happy I chose that path. The correspondence he sent when I organised some charity fundraising events in Portmeirion in the mid 2000s, when he donated signed photos for us to auction off, was enough for me to show that he was a great man. I have since met and corresponded with his daughter Catherine, and she's very much like her father - to some extent I feel like I met him, when I met her, despite it being several years after he passed away when I met her.

What is your interpretation of the final episode?
'Fall Out' is a work of genius in my opinion. It shows us that however much we want to escape the prisons that we make for ourselves within society, there is no escape from them. The series is a perfectly executed allegory of life. We think we are free, but we never truly are, due to the shackles that we place upon ourselves.

What do you think inspired Patrick to make The Prisoner?
He's been quoted as saying that he wanted to stand up for the individual and anyone who had been trampled on my bureaucracy, and I think he definitely got that message across. Patrick McGoohan was a true visionary. One only has to look around at the World today, over 50 years on, to see that all his predictions (cordless phones, cashless society, dehumanisation, Government control of the masses, propaganda media, electorates voting for dictators, CCTV) have sadly come to a fruition. He could see that society was sleepwalking into its own imprisonment. He was right.

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