Saturday, May 9, 2009
Indeterminacy 76
At the New School once I was substituting
for Henry Cowell, teaching a class
in Oriental music. I had told
him I didn’t know anything about the subject.
He said, “That’s all
right. Just go where the
records are. Take one out.
Play it and then discuss it
with the class.” Well, I took
out the first record. It was
an LP of a Buddhist service.
It began with a short microtonal chant with
sliding tones, then soon settled
into a single loud reiterated percussive beat.
This noise continued
relentlessly for about fifteen minutes
with no perceptible variation.
A lady got up and screamed, and
then yelled, “Take it off.
I can’t bear it any longer.”
I took it off. A man
in the class then said angrily,
“Why’d you take it off?
I was just getting interested.”
- John Cage
Death Machine (1995)
A giant corporation manufacturing deadly weapons loses control over the mad scientist they have hired.
Yeah, it's pulp, but entertainingly over the top and tongue in cheek. Brad Dourif outplays everyone else.
Cube Zero (2004)
Prequel to Cube revealing some mysteries about the terror prison.
The premise still offers enough material to provide for another horrifying tale.
Cutter's Way (1981)
aka
Cutter and Bone
Bone is the witness to a murder, and together with his disabled Vietnam veteran pal Cutter he tries to unmask the murderer.
In a way it's a Philip Marlowe paraphrase, all departments doing their best, especially the wonderful photography, but in the end it doesn't add up to much.
Cutter and Bone
Bone is the witness to a murder, and together with his disabled Vietnam veteran pal Cutter he tries to unmask the murderer.
In a way it's a Philip Marlowe paraphrase, all departments doing their best, especially the wonderful photography, but in the end it doesn't add up to much.
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