[NewMusic] beech blanket necronomicon

[Phillip Greenlief]

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On Behalf Of Matthew Goodheart
Subject: Re: [NewMusic] beech blanket necronomicon

After being obsessed with Stalker a couple weeks ago (watched it 3  
times in one week), I got interested in hunting down Artemiev's "12  
Looks at the World of Sound," and found it on an interesting  
compilation of ANS synthesizer works from Soviet Union, 1964-197. I'm  
sure a bunch of folks here know this CD- also includes pieces by  
Gubaidulina and Schnittke. Anyway, historically interesting at least.

PG:
HUGE fan of Stalker, don't know the recordings you're talking about.
I'll look for them. AND, I have to remember to bring Natasha Synessios'
essay on The Mirror for you next time I go to EBCFPA...it's really good.

MG:
On the film side- just finished watching Svankmajer's 2005 film  
"Lunacy." Worth watching, as all his films are, but wondering if, in  
the end, it's just a bit simplistic. On the other hand, maybe that's  
his point, as he says at the beginning of the film: "Today, art is all  
but dead anyway," and that all that is left is "a kind of trailer for  
the reflection of the face of Narcissus."
Hmmm.

PG:
Interesting sentiment...

Where did you find that? I remember seeing posters for it at the
Piedmont theater a few years ago, but then I never saw it arrive in the
theaters. Is it out now on DVD? I'm a fan of his work - especially
"Alice" and "Faust". The short films are cool too - totally innovative
and unique - but I like to see him work out on a longer narrative, which
is why I was so excited about Lunacy...