I kinda want to see it now....the music sounds great as does the look. And it seems like it has nothing to do with the original, meaning no dogs are skinned.
Saw the movie last year and, I enjoyed it. While you may rightly argue that As a "cultural movement", punk is little more than a decor for this movie, we could go all the Stewart Home way and argue as well that the Sex Pistols were indeed a showcase band for a boutique of two extremely talented creators. The construction(s) made AFTER Anarchy exploded in the UK, may or may not be legit, but this is another stuff (I already over read my 1st edition of "The cultural legacy of Punk", ed by R.Sabin ). Do we may agree that there is a real joke in here?
And if I want to have some "punk" fun, I'll watch again Punk Samurai Slashdown by Gakuryu Ishii. The timing of Anarchy in the Uk is great!
The great thing about punk is it lends itself to all these interpretations...that's why it's the best art movement of the late 20th century IMHO. I just edited a book of essays on it - out sometime, god knows when :( .
Wow, I had no idea that that was what this film was. Disneyfied punk— another mediated experience just like the "Jungle Cruise" viewing of foreign cultures! Weird.
Also, I didn't know (or remember) that you were on KFJC (my favorite of the bay area stations, sorry KALX and KUSF). When me and some of my gang moved from Davis to UCSC, my high school girlfriend became Violet Violence on KZSC. Her roommate was Cinnamon Twist, a choreographer.
Violet Violence and Cinnamon Twist are exactly the type of names I was searching for to use in this piece! Remember when we all had them? I also had a whole passage for this about the concept of hyper reality and Disney - the simulacrum of punk - but honestly it was too long, I find super long substack really hard to process. Got to stay simple sometimes.
Yeah, I love that vision of Disneyland mapping America...in fact I have always wanted to write a book called Against Disneyland - but now I never will, I guess. So many books in my brain will remain unwritten.
I read the original novel (out loud to one child or another), I dare say the original cartoon was an improvement over the source material, but generally I agree Disney versions are generally inferior
Do you think? That book is really one of my favorites from my childhood but re-reading it is kind of flawed...the gay subtext of the nannies is just too twisted, and the class-stuff. I am not that big a fan of the movie 101 dalmatians but it’s better than some. Disney animation actually really irks me, aesthetically, their Winnie the Pooh stuff makes me furious as does almost everything else. ..but I totally get that I am in the minority on that.
I kinda want to see it now....the music sounds great as does the look. And it seems like it has nothing to do with the original, meaning no dogs are skinned.
well no dogs are skinned in the original but they do threaten to! In this there's nothing even remotely like that...Dogs Are Good.
Saw the movie last year and, I enjoyed it. While you may rightly argue that As a "cultural movement", punk is little more than a decor for this movie, we could go all the Stewart Home way and argue as well that the Sex Pistols were indeed a showcase band for a boutique of two extremely talented creators. The construction(s) made AFTER Anarchy exploded in the UK, may or may not be legit, but this is another stuff (I already over read my 1st edition of "The cultural legacy of Punk", ed by R.Sabin ). Do we may agree that there is a real joke in here?
And if I want to have some "punk" fun, I'll watch again Punk Samurai Slashdown by Gakuryu Ishii. The timing of Anarchy in the Uk is great!
The great thing about punk is it lends itself to all these interpretations...that's why it's the best art movement of the late 20th century IMHO. I just edited a book of essays on it - out sometime, god knows when :( .
Fully agree on that, When the book is out, count me in!
Wow, I had no idea that that was what this film was. Disneyfied punk— another mediated experience just like the "Jungle Cruise" viewing of foreign cultures! Weird.
Also, I didn't know (or remember) that you were on KFJC (my favorite of the bay area stations, sorry KALX and KUSF). When me and some of my gang moved from Davis to UCSC, my high school girlfriend became Violet Violence on KZSC. Her roommate was Cinnamon Twist, a choreographer.
Violet Violence and Cinnamon Twist are exactly the type of names I was searching for to use in this piece! Remember when we all had them? I also had a whole passage for this about the concept of hyper reality and Disney - the simulacrum of punk - but honestly it was too long, I find super long substack really hard to process. Got to stay simple sometimes.
it's exactly Baudrillard, his USA is an American's Disneyland microcosm. (I was just Philip Space. Shoulda stuck with that for CVB)
Yeah, I love that vision of Disneyland mapping America...in fact I have always wanted to write a book called Against Disneyland - but now I never will, I guess. So many books in my brain will remain unwritten.
I read the original novel (out loud to one child or another), I dare say the original cartoon was an improvement over the source material, but generally I agree Disney versions are generally inferior
Do you think? That book is really one of my favorites from my childhood but re-reading it is kind of flawed...the gay subtext of the nannies is just too twisted, and the class-stuff. I am not that big a fan of the movie 101 dalmatians but it’s better than some. Disney animation actually really irks me, aesthetically, their Winnie the Pooh stuff makes me furious as does almost everything else. ..but I totally get that I am in the minority on that.
I'm in your subgroup. I think you'd have to drug me to see a Disney, Marvel, or DC movie. Maybe that's the way to go.
this actually makes me want to see it. Thank you!
I think you would like it...the music cues are great.