Tobe Hooper’s debut, the 1974 post-Watergate and Vietnam nightmare classic TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, is to this day an acclaimed, sometimes misunderstood and in some countries still banned film.
Since 1985, the film has been effectively banned in Germany, first placed on the index of Youth Endangering Media, then outright banned. Before that, the film enjoyed a successful theatrical run. (more…)
Inspired by re-visiting the Archive of Youth Culture’s work and publications (see blog post on August 15), I would like to point out two books in the Archive’s vast catalogue of “standardwerke” (German term for definitive work on a subject) on popular culture phenomena. (more…)
Looking for late 80s techno flyers? Issues of German teen mag BRAVO from the 50s to today? Tapes, videos or fanzines of local punk, Goth or Emo scenes? Press clippings about moral panic that youth cultures have invariably caused, be it rowdy ducktail sporting Teddy Boys, nihilistic punks, graveyard robbing Goths, Ecstasy popping ravers, trainbombing sprayers or ultra soccer fans? An archive nestled in an unassuming commercial courtyard space in the quieter part of Berlin district Kreuzberg will provide all of the above and more. (more…)
Amos Poe, director of No Wave/post punk film classics such as THE FOREIGNER and NIGHT LUNCH as well as the more recent Warhol homage EMPIRE II, will see a busy fall.
His latest film La COMMEDIA di Amos Poe raised $20,000 for post production completion (target was $12,000) on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. La COMMEDIA di Amos Poe, a contemporary re-telling of Dante’s Divine Comedy with references to photographer/proto-cinema pioneer Eadward Muybridge, will premiere at this year’s Venice Film Festival in late September. (more…)
SOURCES 2 Script Development Workshops
Seven-day session, coached development period, follow-up session.
Workshops for professional scriptwriters and teams of writers, producers or directors with a feature-length film project in development. In general feature films and creative documentaries for cinema and television (treatment or script, documentary presentation). (more…)
