There's something about this era (early to mid eighties) that I'm finding totally fascinating, inspiring and immersive right now. Maybe its the boldness, synthesizers, "excitement of new technology"; or maybe as Emma suggests, it's the combination of this and a sort of half remembered familiarity - after all, I was one when this film was broadcast, by satellite, all round the world on new year's day.
I think its also to do with how the era was able to be preserved - on (now) warped, scrambled VHS tapes, made even weirder by digitisation - all adds to this dream-like feel. Very influential!
If anyone has access to the entire film, please let me know.
*EDIT* - edited version available on
UBUWEB, thanks Robert!
3 comments:
good post... i really must remember to comment on yr hactual blog rather than the Facebook pull-through.
interesting-looking film there. will no doubt peruse that later. is the guy in the bottom two pictures a GvsY style magus, by any chance?
t.x
its ryuichi sakamoto, of yellow magic orchestra fame, my hero.
ha! i'm too good at this game.
don't know lots of his stuff but i lamely offer a fondness for "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence".
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