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Ken Jacobs’ Handout for the 04.24.03 Interview
Von Stroheim’s Greed Never a truer, more iconic image has been put on film than the end of Von Stroheim’s Greed, 1925. Two men, former friends but now bitter enemies, in Death Valley with no water, a dead mule and a dead horse and no chance of rescue; the sun like the blazing eye of […]
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An Interview with Ken Jacobs
This interview was conducted by Brian Price & Michelle Dent on March 24, 2003 at Cantor Film Center, NYU. It has been edited for purposes of integrity & continuity. On the night following the 75th Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, where Michael Moore denounced George W. Bush for starting an unjust war in Iraq, and […]
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A Brief Interview with David Grubbs
David Grubbs has had an astonishingly wide-ranging career: Squirrel Bait, Bastro, Bitch Magnet (fleetingly), the Red Krayola, Gastr del Sol, Palace, Boxhead Ensemble, & a series of solo recordings & collaborations. The common aspect among these performances is contigent on itself, as it is primarily identified by Grubbs’ own commitment & growth as both instrumentalist […]
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A Brief Interview with the World-Famous Pontani Sisters
The Pontani Sisters are a dance group composed of Angie, Helen, & Tara. I have seen them perform several times at Marion’s Continental (354 Bowery) & can only describe the show as a must-see. Drawing on influences ranging from go-go to musical theater (Bob Fosse & Jack Cole come specifically to mind) to more conventional […]