STUNT ROCK - 32 YEARS ON - STILL MAKES THEM LAUGH AND GASP…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A good crowd showed up for the Midnight show, a few more than the July screening. Show of hands indicated about 75% of the audience had not seen it before, and came because of the recommendation of friends or internet reviewers. They got all the jokes, they gasped at the stunts (catapult, high wire, human torch, leopard smack - in particular), and I saw toes tapping to Sorcery’s driving rhythms. The majority were kind enough to stay for the Q&A, with myself and Dick Blackburn (the oily agent), moderated by Grindhouse Releasing’s Brian Quinn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was great to watch today’s audience revel in the gear-grinding segues and the in-your-face juxtapositions, and put a post modern eye on a late seventies/foreign indie/Hollywood time capsule/death defying Acts/rockumentary/mockumentary … ( I was once asked for a short definition of STUNT ROCK’s continuing appeal. That was the best I could do).

Among the audience were director Kurando Mitsutake and producer Chiaki Yanagimoto, whose SAMURAI AVENGER, THE BLIND WOLF is a festival hit and selling well across the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To those who have bought DVDs, I recommend STUNT ROCK as a group experience. Get a bunch of friends together for a STUNT ROCK PARTY. Serve Chinese take-out, Sorcery’s after-show meal. (Peking Duck, perhaps?) Encourage hot chicks to dance during the concert sequences. A good night will be had by all…

Click here for the Sorcery website. I’d like to turn STUNT ROCK into a Vegas show. Any deep pockets out there?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For fans of Grant Page, I recommend all Stunt Rockers, particularly those in Australia, pick up a copy of Grant’s memoirs MAN ON FIRE, A Stunt Of A Life, published this holiday season. Full of photographs and amusing anecdotes - I wrote the foreword - it’s a great read. Grant’s recollections also capture the spirit that fueled the pioneering days of the Australian film industry renaissance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My message to Mankind this holiday season: If you’ve only seen INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS once, catch it again while it is still on the big screen. It’s richer the second time round, particularly the oscar worthy performance of Christoph Waltz as the evil Landa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I anticipate nominations for original screenplay, best actor, best cinematography, best director. There should be a special category for best World War Two Ending Ever.

 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS & BEST WISHES FOR 2010!!