Clip Art: Jubilee

Jubilee (1977)
dir. Derek Jarman


This is a great scene from a very interesting cult movie. It may not be 100% successful, but a fascinating film with an original voice and point of view.

Jubilee was Jarman's second feature film and was received with mixed reaction. Even members of the punk community felt they were betrayed by this film.

But everyone agrees this is a great moment. It features Orlando as Borgia Ginz who delivers a rant that sounds like something Rupert Murdoch would jerk off to. Punk icon Jordan plays Amyl Nitrate, the lip sinking songstress. The song is actually sung by Suzi Pinns. Jordan played a key role in England's punk movement and was one of the performers at the famous SEX (boutique). According to Wikipedia she is now a veterinary nurse and breeds Burmese cats. You can't punk forever, I guess.

POV: Lovin' The Arclight

For those who are not from Los Angeles or have never ventured here, we have a great theater called The Arclight. They are the home of the Cinerama Dome and deliver some of the best visual and sound quality around. They also have selective seating which is great when you buy tickets on line. Choose your seat and show up just before the film starts. It's brilliant and a great time saver.

They also have amazing screenings of older films all the time, usually in conjunction with the AFI. But last night the screened what I consider to be the oddest choice of all.


Yep, the direct to video piece of trash brought to us by the always trashy Asylum, Mega-Shark Vs. Giant Octopus(2009). What makes it even better is having Lamas show up to do a Q&A. I have no idea what this guy could talk about, unless the answer is, "I need a paycheck and no one else will hire me."

Now, admittedly I would have gone had I not already seen the movie, but to watch Lamas stumble through a Q&A just wasn't enough to validate the ticket price. That being said, I have several friends who are jealous that I even had the opportunity to witness this train wreck.

R.I.P. John Hughes

John Hughes (1950-2009)

The Loss of writer Bud Schulberg is sad but not at all shocking, the guy was 95 after all and he left behind some of cinemas greatest work.

The loss of John Hughes is quite shocking and very sad to me, a child of the 80's. One of my first major crushes was on a girl who resembled Molly Ringwald and it was at the time that Hughes was at his peak. I had seen Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985) and Pretty In Pink (1986) hundreds of times at that age. To not own one soundtrack from his films would be considered sacrilegious. Mr. Hughes passing is like a nail in the coffin of my youth.

As I look back at the films he wrote, directed, or produced it makes up a large portion of my childhood. Mr. Mom (1983), Vacation (1983) and even Nate & Hayes (1983)! I didn't know he wrote that, crazy! I also can't forget the classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) and my personal favorite Some Kind Of Wonderful (1987).

He had retired from the biz as a director, but continued to produce and write under the psudonym Edmond Dantes, the name of the main character from Alexandre Dumas' novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

He has left behind a body of work that defined a generation and will be missed.