October 2010
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FACTORY [NEW BLOG + ZINE] →
August 2010
1 post
Explanation.
Have you ever dreamed about a place you never really recall being to before, a place that maybe only exists in your imagination?
some place far away half remembered when you wake up. When you were there though you knew the language, you knew your way around.
That was the ’60s, no, it wasn’t that either it was just ‘66 and early ‘67. That’s all it was.
—
Peter Fonda,
The Limey
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April 2010
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March 2010
24 posts
Compton's Riot
Compton’s Cafeteria on Taylor Street in San Fransisco was a meeting place for the transgender community, for many bars [gay or otherwise] would not accept them for cross dressing was illegal at the time*. Also Compoton’s never closed, it stayed open 24 hours. One August night a group that gathered for dinner, became “raucous” so the police were alerted. When they arrived...
Meet The Swinger
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草間彌生
Yayoi Kusama, was also very active in 1966.
images above:
1. Narcissus Garden
2. Pram
3. Yayoi Kusma & polka dots
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Andy Warhol films Chelsea Girls.
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PLAY IT FUCKING LOUD!
Bob Dylan records one of his most well known albums in 1966: Blonde on Blonde it was released the same day as The Beach Boys release Pet Sounds [May 16]. During his world tour, at the Free Trade Hall, in England. An audience member perturbed by Dylan using an electric guitar shouted,
“Judas!”
Dylan replied,
“I don’t believe you … You’re a liar!”. He...
BANG, BANG!
Cher had her first solo international hit with “Bang, Bang ( My Baby Shot Me Down) “.
which Nancy Sinatra covered the same year.
And was used in 2004 for the Kill Bill soundtrack.
December - The Animals re-form as "Eric Burdon and...
September 5 - The Animals disbanding.
REVOLVER
The Beatles release Revolver
“I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have...”
– John Lennon [on past comment]
ONCE MORE ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW
April 17 - The Animals appear on Ed Sullivan Show for the last time.
More Popular Than Jesus?
March 4 - The Beatles’ John Lennon is quoted in the London Newspaper, The Evening Standard as saying that the band was “Now more popular than Jesus”.
February 2010
11 posts
NOTES 1: THE BEGINING
1966
It could be said that watching Seijun Sukuzi’s Tokyo Drifter in fifth grade started my fascination, as a foreign take, with the genre of the “American Gangster”. Tokyo Drifter, over the years, has emerged as a highly admired Art Film, famous for its scenic design. I was instantly enraptured with the style of the film, particularly the suits, the Technicolor...
How To Steal A Million
if you weren’t already in love with Audrey Hepburn & Peter O’Toole. You can’t resist after watching this.
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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
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Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
A daydreamer-communist-ape-lover-mad-man Morgan [played by David Warner] is divorced. He has been evicted from his house. and the women he loves [and former wife] [played by Vanessa Redgrave], is marrying another man. Morgan is determined to steal her heart, but does so in such strange, convoluted ways.
Farenheit 451
Based off Ray Bradbury’s novel, [in a nutshell] of a future where all books are burned.
My English teacher told my class this story:
For one printing of the novel, the publishers had a genius idea to have the pages and cover be made out of a non-flammable mineral. They soon discovered that this mineral was toxic and deadly…
François Truffaut made this book into a film in 1966.
January 2010
13 posts
Tokyo Drifter
Hired to make conventional cops + robbers gangster films, Seijun Suzuki took the money [a small sum] from the studio and began to make completely incredible films, one-of-a-kind masterpieces, Tokyo Drifter was shot on sets [usually] with bright technicolor back drops that change color. here’s an example [NOTE: This clip is the final scene if you plan on seeing the film, this may spoil...
Second Breath
Jean-Pierre Melville’s one film made in 1966, He is one of those directors who’s tone is perfect and seamless throughout his work .
1. Opening Title
2. …
3. Mug-Shots
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2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her
Well Godard was shooting Made In USA, he was also shooting 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her, both being his most political forward films.
1. Maria Vlady
2. Pan-am bag [very similar to mine] + TWA bag
3. Jean-Luc Godard laying out a shot
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Made In U.S.A
Godard’s shift into heavy political film making, with the lovely lightness Godard produces in all of his films.
1. Anna Karina
2. Anna Karina
3. [the Lovely] Marianne Faithful [ who sings as tears go by in the film [linked to video] ]
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Masculin Feminin
Three Photo’s from the masterpiece from the mastermind:
1. Jean-Pierre Leaud,
2. Chantal Goya
3. Movie Poster [ranks in my book as one of the best movies posters ever made]
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<*note: if you can find a copy of the soundtrack…get it.>
Blow-up
Below are posters i designed for/from the film Blow-up. The photographs are the pictures taken by Thomas [David Hemmings] in the film, the text is also from the film.
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