[spectre] New Releases - Blackchair DVD Collection

[Joel S. Bachar]

Microcinema's BLACKCHAIR DVD COLLECTION - New DVD Releases #1

25 march 2004 

The Blackchair DVD Collection Releases Academy Award Nominee, Sam 
Green's THE Rainbow Man/John 3:16 from the Other Cinema DVD label.

Just in time for the Academy Awards®, the Blackchair DVD Collection 
proudly announces today's release of THE RAINBOW MAN from Academy 
Award® nominee and San Francisco filmmaker, Sam Green, (Best 
Documentary - THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND). 

Millions of Americans have seen Rollen Frederick Stewart, 
a.k.a. "Rainbow Man", who achieved notoriety during the late 70's by 
appearing in the crowd at thousands of televised sporting events 
wearing his trademark rainbow-colored afro wig. Later - after he 
became a born-again Christian - he added a sign reading "John 3:16". 
Over the years, grabbing the attention of the media became an 
obsession for Stewart. He abandoned his home and marriage to roam the 
country living out of his car, studying TV Guide each week in a never-
ending quest to stay televised.

"More than an exploration of life, THE RAINBOW MAN is a parable about 
alienation, the media, and the meaninglessness that often defines 
American life." - Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival.

As a special bonus, the DVD offers three short works from Sam Green. 
PIE FIGHT '69 (co-directed with Christian Bruno) unearths lost footage 
of the notorious "pie fight" incident at the 1969 San Francisco Film 
Festival. Two dozen costumed radicals descend on the fancy black tie & 
red carpet festival with one fully laden pie truck, and six cameras, 
in order to wreak havoc. Co-directed with Sarah Jacobson, THE FABULOUS 
STAINS: BEHIND THE MOVIE revisits the checkered film history of a 
clumsy, cursed Hollywood effort (Lou Adler's LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 
FABULOUS STAINS) to capitalize on the rising visibility of girl power 
in the punk movement. Also included is Sam's latest film, N JUDAH 
5:30, "a sexy San Francisco train ride".

$24.95 ORDER THIS DVD
http://www.microcinema.com/programResult.php?program_id=203


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Rubicon by Simon Tarr 
There was the spark. There was the watcher. There was the keeper. 
There was the destroyer.

In his much anticipated first feature-length motion picture, award 
winning filmmaker Simon Tarr paints a stunning, sweeping technohistory 
of the human race from birth to obsolescence. Sacred geometry and 
ominous CGI intertwine with a retelling of the story of Noah to 
illuminate the illusion of authority and the nature of autonomy in the 
contemporary digital sphere. Video tracks color and BW, audio and 
subtitle tracks non-lingual with English elements. Region 0 (all), 24p 
NTSC, Dolby Digital Stereo, anamorphic enhanced widescreen. 2003, 82 
minutes.

$US 24.95 ORDER THIS DVD
http://www.microcinema.com/programResult.php?program_id=178

Also available from Simon Tarr: Spy in the House of Ludd

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onedotzero_select dvd2 
The World's Largest Dedicated Digital Film Festival Launches New Title 
in DVD Series Title.

onedotzero, the events and production company which pioneers 
development in digital film and moving image, releases its second 
collection of shorts on its own onedotzero label. The DVD series 
brings together the world's best and most innovative talent in 
filmmaking, music video, motion graphics and club visuals. Featuring a 
collection of rare gems and recent masterpieces along with award 
winning short films from the recent onedotzero7 2003 film festival, 
the DVD includes exclusive shorts by Slinky Pictures, Johnny Hardstaff 
and Ed Holdsworth, and featuring music by Black Strobe (Output), 
Lambchop and Legowelt (Ghostly). Already established at the forefront 
of digital film through its internationally renowned annual festival 
and its notable Channel 4 television series, onedottv, onedotzero is 
highly regarded across the globe by directors, animators and designers 
as being at the forefront of future film. In recognition of this, 
onedotzero was named by Screen International as on
e of the Top Ten visionary's in UK film, breaking new ground along 
with Mike Figgis, Tony and Ridley Scott and Lynne Ramsey. The DVD 
series marks seven years of innovation from onedotzero, confirming its 
position as the authoritative organisation championing the work of the 
next generation of directors. 

$30.00 ORDER THIS DVD
http://www.microcinema.com/programResult.php?program_id=206

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Other Recent Releases

Free Speech Zone by Kasumi
30 Second Bush Extended Play
Maxi (November 2004) Single

C-SPAN and the congressional 9/11 hearings find you screaming at the 
telly? Well this is for you.

What began as a 30 second project for move-on.org has become an 18 
minute un-abridged monumental catharsis. A fusion of multi-layered 
polyphonic sampling, heavy, relentless beats, and scorching satire, 
The Free Speech Zone, a psychedelic Dada/techno opera, is a scathing 
condemnation of the American government’s quest for world domination. 
And if you are a fan of George Bush well you gotta admit that this 
piece has some seriously amazing montage effects that only kasumi can 
deliver - a must see regardless of your politics!

ORDER THIS DVD
http://www.microcinema.com/programResult.php?program_id=188

The Blackchair Collection is also please to announce that we are now 
selling London's ADDICTIVE TV DVDs from the MOONSHINE LABEL.