From 22 June through 14 September, EYE presents a major exhibition focusing on director David Cronenberg, who acquired cult status with his idiosyncratic films about the relationship between body, mind, technology and mass media. The exhibition explores Cronenberg’s world through the main themes of his films: the physical and psychological transformation of his protagonists.
Highlights of this exhibition include the weird and wonderful special effects items from Cronenberg’s films, together with bizarre props, set photos and original costumes. Cronenberg has worked with famous actors such as Jeff Goldblum, Keira Knightley, Holly Hunter, Jude Law, Jeremy Irons and Robert Pattinson, whom he challenged to push the boundaries of their profession. David Cronenberg – The Exhibition, curated by TIFF’s CEO & Director Piers Handling and former Artistic Director Noah Cowan, is produced for EYE in collaboration with TIFF and is coming to Europe for the first time.
This summer, in the series of exhibitions devoted to great narrative directors such as Kubrick and Fellini, EYE presents David Cronenberg – The Exhibition. Cronenberg (Toronto, 1943) acquired a true cult status as ‘master of horror’ with the movies Shivers (1975) and Rabid (1977). With Videodrome (1983) Cronenberg became one of the first filmmakers to focus on the – devastating – influence of mass media on humanity, and he sets out his vision on the extent to which the body can be affected by technology. Videodrome, re-released by EYE in digital format this summer, is an exploration of the dangers of reality TV and a scathing – and prophetic – critique of our contemporary media culture. His work is still very relevant in the current age of large-scale technological developments, often with unprecedented effects on the human psyche.
Exhibition
David Cronenberg – The Exhibition explores Cronenberg’s world through the key themes of his films: the physical and psychological transformation of his characters. The highlights of the exhibition comprise important objects and attributes from Cronenberg’s films, including photos, audiovisual fragments, artwork, set design and props, such as the helmet from Videodrome (1983), the game consoles from eXistenZ (1999), the surgical instruments from Dead Ringers (1988), the leg braces from Crash (1996), the typewriters from Naked Lunch (1991) and the Telepod from The Fly (1986). But above all, the display includes unique and bizarre special effects attributes, the scientific precision and artistic quality of which make them the jewels of the exhibition. Following the presentation in Toronto, the first port of call for this touring exhibition is Amsterdam, with a completely new exhibition design by Claus Wiersma.
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins... on Blu-ray 7th July 2014 (Arrow Video)
Arrow Video is thrilled to announce the UK Blu-ray release of Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins…, the action-packed 1985 cult classic from renowned Bond director Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun). The movie will make its worldwide Blu-ray debut on 7th July 2014 in a newly restored transfer with a host of brand-new extra features.
Arrow Video’s newly-restored presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by MGM, comes with a bumper crop of special features, including all-new interviews with Joel Grey (who reflects on his role as Chiun), Oscar-nominated make-up expert Carl Fullerton and composer Carl Safan, who talks in some detail about his much-loved score.
The disc will also feature the much-awaited feature-length documentary Remo, Rambo, Reagan and Reds: The Eighties Action Movie Explosion which looks at 80s action cinema and where Remo Williams fits among his peers. The documentary includes new interviews with genre expert Bey Logan, Remo producers Larry Spiegel and Judy Goldstein, celebrated directors Sam Firstenberg (American Ninja) and Mark L. Lester (Commando), producers Don Borchers (Angel) and Garrick Dion (Drive), filmmaker and scholar Howard S. Berger and Professor Susan Jeffords (author of Hard Bodies: Hollywood Masculinity in the Reagan Era)
Alongside this, the Blu-ray disc will also feature the original theatrical trailer, a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by The Red Dress and a sizable collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the origins of Remo Williams by Barry Forshaw and an on-set report from American Cinematographer magazine.
Synopsis
First they faked his death and gave him a new identity. Now a top secret organisation is training a former New York cop to combat corrupt forces operating outside of the law. His mentor, Chiun, is an ageing Korean master of the martial arts who can run on water and dodge speeding bullets.
Born on the pages of Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir’s The Destroyer series of men’s adventure novels, Remo Williams was placed in the capable hands of Bond director Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger, The Man with the Golden Gun) for his big-screen outing. Fred Ward (Tremors) plays the trainee assassin, with Academy Award-winner Joel Grey (Cabaret) occupying the role of Chiun.
With its classic set-piece atop the Statue of Liberty, much-loved score by Craig Safan and a healthy sense of its own silliness, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins… offers up a cracking slice of mid-eighties action.
Special Features
· High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the film from a digital transfer prepared by MGM Studios
· Original uncompressed Stereo 2.0 PCM audio
· Isolated Music and Effects soundtrack
· Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
· Audio commentary with producers Larry Spiegel and Judy Goldstein
· Remo, Rambo, Reagan and Reds: The Eighties Action Movie Explosion – all-new feature-length documentary from High Rising Productions focusing on a decade of cinematic destruction and Remo Williams’s place among the carnage. Includes new interviews with genre expert Bey Logan, Remo producers Larry Spiegel and Judy Goldstein, celebrated directors Sam Firstenberg (American Ninja) and Mark L. Lester (Commando), producers Don Borchers (Angel) and Garrick Dion (Drive), filmmaker and scholar Howard S. Berger and Professor Susan Jeffords (authorof Hard Bodies: Hollywood Masculinity in the Reagan Era)
· When East Met West – Joel Grey reflects on his turn as Chiun
· Changing Faces – make-up expert Carl Fullerton discusses his Oscar-nominated work on Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins…
· Notes for a Nobleman – composer Craig Safan talks about his classic score
· Theatrical Trailer
· Reversible Sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by The Red Dress
· Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the origins of Remo Williams by Barry Forshaw and an on- set report from American Cinematographer magazine
Severe Illusion's fifth album on vinyl, including a free CD copy.
A bit more than two years have now passed since Swedish EBM veterans Severe Illusion mounted a massive comeback with their 2011 album “No More Alive than you Deserve” on CCP. After live shows across two continents and the release of their EP “Psychosurgery”, time has come for the anticipated follow up. The new album “Deliberate Prefrontal Leucotomy” is released.
An eight track 33 rpm LP on 140 gram vinyl including CD in card wallet.
Limited to 200 hand-numberd copies.
Last Night, Dark Poem presented a new video clip on a special event in Antwerp.
Watch this brilliant video down below.
Read a recent interview with the band by clicking here.
After genre-defining releases in the 90's and 80's the band, which the media tried to categorize as Electro, EBM, Industrial, Crossover and even Metal, DIE KRUPPS returns with brand new material. DIE KRUPPS have opened the gates once again to their factory, after some years of running tests and high maintenance. The machinery has been oiled and greased – first works have already been delivered to an expectant fan base: Both 'Risikofaktor' and 'Industrie-Maedchen' reached the pole position in the German Alternative Chart, where they stayed for several weeks. Now it's back to top form, with the first new prototype leaving the assembly line: THE MACHINISTS OF JOY.
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