camp ( 1965 ) is a feature-length underground film directed by andy warhol in october 1965 at the factory .

the film stars gerard malanga , baby jane holzer , tally brown , mario montez , jack smith , paul swan , dorothy dean , and tosh carillo .

camp ( 1965 film )

die , die my darling ! / fanatic ( 1965 ) . film review ; 2 / 5 for this camp hammer horror .
pathfinders camp for girls was started in 1956 by alexine strover . from 1965 - 83 ali cann was camp leader and
die , die my darling ! / fanatic ( 1965 ) . film review ; 2 / 5 for this camp hammer horror . – cinesocialuk
kleiner , dick . “show beat : swift writes script for camp runamuck film . ”
camp ( 1965 ) , also known as andy warhol ' s camp is a film by andy warhol starring gerard malanga , mario montez and jack smith . it is an answer to susan sontag ' s 1964 essay on the camp sensibility : notes on camp .
although the jonas mekas and stephen koch filmographies list camp as being shot in august or september 1965 , the above photograph of actors on the set of camp was taken on october 30 , 1965 . ( su130 )
hush…hush , sweet charlotte ( 1964 ) . film review ; 3 / 5 for this camp thriller .
. [ bowling green , kentucky ] . newspaper enterprise association . 13 oct . 1965 : 5 .
one badass train picture . frank sinatra stars in this highly underrated action adventure film .
definitely not wanting a hart to hart . a young stefanie powers in die , die my darling ! ( 1965 )
only a handful of these pilots would make the cut and be given a slot on a network’s schedule . “camp runamuck” was one of them . on february 4th 1965 , citing an authoritative source , adams revealed that camp runamuck and another screen gems series , i dream of jeannie , were definite additions to nbc’s 1965 - 1966 schedule . camp runamuck would star dave ketchum , arch johnson and hermione baddeley . david swift created the series [ 3 ] .
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in other episodes the women of camp divine tricked the men of camp runamuck into building them a new dormitory ; wivenhoe declared camp divine off limits ; wivenhoe learns he needs mahala may’s father to help get him into a golf club and orders his counselors to appear in the camp divine pageant .
film review by jason day of die , die my darling ! the hammer horror film about a young woman held captive by the psychotic mother of her deceased fiancee . starring stefanie powers and tallulah bankhead .
free fire ( 2017 ) . film review : 4 / 5 stars for this gun purchase caper .
well made escape film starts out very well drags here and there but is an enjoyable experience overall .
the series would depict the misadventures of a group of male counselors at a boy’s summer camp and their interactions with the female counselors at a new girl’s camp opened nearby . the boy’s camp was called camp runamuck and was operated by “commander” wivenhoe ( played by arch johnson ) . across the lake was eulalia divine’s camp for girls , better known as camp divine , which was by eulalia divine ( played by hermione baddeley ) . mahalia may gruenecker ( played by alice nunn ) oversaw camp divine’s day - to - day operations .
fufu smith ( in cap ) , mario montez , jack smith ( in sunglasses ) and gerard malanga on the set of camp at the factory ( october 30 , 1965 ) ( photo : fred w . mcdarrah )
a summary in tv guide ‘s 1965 fall preview issue called the series a “flapdoodle” and suggested it was “for those who like their comedy low and outside” [ 11 ] . reaction to camp runamuck from television critics was primarily negative .
during the 1960s , 70s and 80s , the adventurers camp leader , dennis webb , took lots of cine film to promote woodlarks and to raise awareness about the abilities of disabled people . it seems that dennis edited together clips and scenes from various eras , continually adding to and improving a core film called ‘conquer through courage’ .
television writer joseph c . cavella ( urltoken ) had this to say about camp runamuck :
critics savaged this 1965 - 1966 nbc sitcom about counselors at a summer camp for boys . arch johnson , dave ketchum , and dave madden starred . clobbered in the ratings by the wild , wild west on cbs , it wasn’t renewed for a second season .
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vinyl by andy warhol - by film & clips ; vinyl is a 1965 american black - and - white experimental film directed by andy warhol at the factory . it is an early adaptation of anthony burgess ' novel a clockwork orange , starring gerard malanga , edie sedgwick , ondine , and tosh carillo dvd : urltoken girato nella factory in un giorno del marzo ( secondo altre fonti a fine aprile - inizio maggio ) 1965 . liberamente ispirato a brani di a clockwork orange di anthony burgess ( 1962 ) restaurato e rimasterizzato digitalmente con la supervisione della andy warhol foundation e di adriano aprà . urltoken urltoken
solid wwii escape drama that concentrates on spectacle rather than suspense more than most . a decent war cum action film on the whole .
of the nine new series that premiered last night , i found only one other worthy of some reflection , nbc - tv’s half - hour comedy “camp runamuck , ” which is about a boys’ summer camp and a girls’ camp — and the reason for this reflection is that i have never seen a piece of television film that seemed so certain of the low intelligence of the mass audience . it was fascinating to view on this basis .
other episodes involved an eager wivenhoe picking up his new car with a klutzy camper in tow ; a plan to elect a boy honorary camp commander not going the way spiffy and wivenhoe had hoped ; spiffy attempting to spice up the camp’s food with fresh beef by purchasing a cow ; the death of camp runamuck’s beloved turtle ; an experimental surfboard with a rocket attached to it ; and parents day at camp runamuck , in which the camp is overrun by parents wanting to check on their beloved children .
premiered on friday , september 17th , 1965 . the first two episodes averaged a dismal 10 . 9 nielsen rating , ranking 89th out of 96 programs . only two nbc shows performed worse :
admittedly , not the most positive feedback for a film i have screened . but at least my friend echoed the feelings of its star tallulah bankhead , the illustrious stage and occasional film actress whose movie swan song it proved to be : “ ( its ) a piece of shit” said tallu .
1 hopper , hedda . “old team spirit at columbia studio . ” hartford courant . 27 nov . 1964 : 30 . 2 adams , val . “76 pilot films contend for tv places . ” new york times . 23 dec . 1964 : 53 . 3 adams , val . “c . b . s . fall slate omits 14 shows . ” new york times . 4 feb . 1965 : 63 . 4 “nbc - tv buys two screen gems shows . ” broadcasting . 15 feb . 1965 : 31 . 5 adams , val . “n . b . c . will boost use of tv color . ” new york times . 9 mar . 1965 : 71 . 6 kleiner , dick . “show beat : why audrey and not julie ? ” florence times . [ florence , alabama ] . newspaper enterprise association . 21 mar . 1965 : 26 . 7 anderson , walt . “tv teletype : hollywood . ” tv guide . 28 may 1965 : 2 . 8 anderson , walt . “tv teletype : hollywood . ” tv guide . 5 jun . 1965 : 28 . 9 perry , jeb h . “screen gems : a history of columbia pictures television from cohn to coke , 1948 - 1983
i would like to get the dvd to camp runamuck . any way someone who has it can email me at
camp runamuck–as an nbc first - run show–never aired in tucson . kvoa - tv elected not to carry it .
at one point , creator david swift was working on a script for a feature film version of camp runamuck that ultimately went nowhere [ 20 ] . the national association for better radio and television , in its 1966 “television for the family — a comprehensive guide to family viewing , ” called camp runamuck “unacceptable for family or children” and referred to its humor as “contrived” and “without creative merit” [ 21 ] .
there were plenty of stories that didn’t involve camp divine , including a two - part episode broadcast in november and december that saw spiffy quit camp runamuck after growing tired of the constant horseplay . he soon got a job in business but couldn’t stop thinking about camp runamuck and eventually rejoined . in another episode the counselors of camp runamuck tried to find a way to fill their new pool with water during a drought . they first attempted rainmaking and later brought in a truck filled with water only to wash away a cabin instead .
in the series premiere wivenhoe and the counselors are shocked to learn that a girl’s camp has opened up across the lake . wivenhoe’s bathtub , the only bathtub in miles and his sole comfort , was stolen by counselors from camp divine . they were tired of only have showers at their disposal . upon discovering the missing tub , wivenhoe assembles his counselors to conduct a night raid on camp divine to get it back .
dell released a single comic book based on the series in the spring of 1966 . episodes of camp runamuck were later rebroadcast on comedy central .
filmed on fire island , this two reel , 70 minute warhol film covers the activities of the
dial a hustler
service , as an older man seeks a young hustler for a companion .
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wivenhoe wasn’t particularly fond of children nor was he thrilled that camp divine’s counselors continually interfered with camp runamuck by distracting his counselors . joining wivenhoe at camp runamuck were senior counselor spiffy ( played by dave ketchum ) , counselor pruett ( played by dave madden ) , camp cook malden ( played by mike wagner ) and doc joslyn ( played by leonard stone ; frank devol played doc joslyn in the pilot episode only ) . spiffy , despite his bumbling nature , seemed to genuinely care about the kids or at least more than wivenhoe did . pruett had a tendency to shake uncontrollably when in close proximity to women .
canadian director narizzano , after a tv career , was the untested hand making his cinematic debut here and who must take most of the blame for the uneven , slow to start and ultimately hysterical feel of the film . a nonsensical set - up , poor pacing and amateur performances from a usually talented and professional case all conspired to keep the film in post - production long after the clapper boards had been hung up .
– for the record , hermione baddeley didn’t appear in any episodes after the pilot . alice nunn as mahala may took over the running of camp divine .
maureen mccormick , who would later play marcia brady in the brady bunch , popped up briefly in the premiere as a camper at camp divine . she was later featured more prominently during a january 1966 episode in which she disguised herself as a boy in order to join camp runamuck , where she could have more fun .
in addition to camp , dancer / artist paul swan also starred in another warhol film , appropriately titled paul swan . swan , who was born in 1883 , was once called
the most beautiful man in the world
by a journalist . in addition to dancing , he also painted as well as acted both on stage and in films . he appeared in cecil b . demille ' s ten commandments in 1923 .
i would really like to get the entire collection of camp runamuck on dvd . please let me know how i can obtain them . i am in windsor ontario canada . thanks .
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in late november 1964 , hedda hopper reported that screen gems had four pilots in the works , including “gidget” with don porter and sally field and “camp runamuck” with hermione baddeley [ 1 ] . val adams reported in a december 23rd , 1964 article for the new york times that the three networks had 76 pilots in contention for the 1965 - 1966 season . he noted that half - hour pilots were far more popular in the current production cycle than in previous years . nbc alone had 24 pilots , 17 of which were half - hour comedies . they included my mother , the car , i dream of jeannie , the willies , mr . roberts , here’s aggie , hank , please don’t eat the daisies and camp runamuck [ 2 ] .
broadcasting reported in its february 15th issue that swift would write 13 episodes for the 1965 - 1966 season and likely direct the same number . he had written , directed and executive produced the pilot for screen gems [ 4 ] . when nbc officially announced its schedule on march 8th the vast majority of its new and returning programs were in color , camp runamuck among them . only i dream of jeannie and convoy were to be filmed in black and white , due to special effects for the former and black and white stock footage for the latter [ 5 ] .
camp runamuck was given the friday 7 : 30 - 8pm time slot , opposite the flintstones on abc and the wild wild west on cbs . construction on two camp sets , one for boys and one for girls , began later that month at the columbia ranch in burbank , california [ 6 ] . on may 28th , tv guide reported that actor and composer frank devol was forced to pull out of camp runamuck due to illness , although he would keep doing the music for the series [ 7 ] . tv guide announced on june 5th that leonard stone had replaced devol [ 8 ] .
– i recall a weekly credit that read sight gags – cal thomas . thomas was a cartoonist / animator who worked at various times for disney and warners , among others . david swift was partial to sight gags , as those who recall the early days of mr . peepers will recall . a few years later , swift produced and directed the film version of how to succeed in business without really trying . for that film , he employed – and gave screen credit to – the surreal cartoonist virgil partch . ( just looking for patterns here … )
her on - set behaviour has passed into legend ; after the film had wrapped , tallu was called back into the studio to re - dub a single line of dialogue . wasted on booze , it took the sound editor eight hours to sober her up and record that one line .
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many cartoony sound effects heard on camp runamuck were reused on a later screen gems sitcom on nbc , the monkees . cr star arch johnson had a guest shot in episode 9 on that series , “the chaperone” , as gen . harley vandenburg .
over at camp divine , mahalia may and eulalia divine worked with the vivacious counselor caprice yeudleman ( played by former las vegas showgirl nina wayne ) , counselor nadine smith ( played by beverly adams ) and counselor ivy ( played by carol anderson ) .
“i built the bridge you’ll see at the end . for h & s reasons i stipulated only one person to be on the bridge at any one time . however , festus wanted to impress the chief scout so he got as many wheelchair users on as possible ? and after 30 years i’ve discovered that it was all caught on film ! ”
i watched this show in primetime when i was 11 and later caught it on tvland in the afternoons during the summer of 1990 . my favorite is when cmdr wivenhoe and his counselors build a cottage for the women at camp divine , and 2nd would be the bathtub heist .
in february 1966 , when nbc’s 1966 - 1967 schedule was beginning to circulate , camp runamuck was not surprisingly nowhere to be found [ 20 ] . the last first - run episode aired in april 1966 , although repeats were shown during the same time period until september 2nd , 1966 .
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ps : while i don’t think the early 1980’s bill murray movie “meetballs” was directly based on this show — maybe a seed of the idea was kicking around and maybe inspired the people who made that film — if only indirectly . this would have been the kind of show the writers / actors of that movie would have been watching when they were younger . a few of those folks might have even seen it .
devol definitely provided music for the pilot episode . hugo montenegro was then brought on to compose music for the series , although whether devol was involved in additional episodes is unknown . according to screen gems : a history of columbia pictures television from cohn to coke , 1948 - 1983 , the original “title song” for camp runamuck was written by frank devol and performed by bobby darin [ 9 ] . al diorio , in his biography of darin , states that darin wrote the theme song for camp runamuck as well as another short - lived sitcom , wendy and me , but makes no mention of him performing it [ 10 ] .
camp was the last warhol film that baby jane holzer appeared in . she left warhol ' s factory soon after edie sedgwick ' s arrival on the scene . in response to an interviewer ' s question about whether she felt comfortable at warhol ' s factory during that period , she responded that
there was a period when i wanted out of there . i mean , it got a little bit sick , it just felt that the movies got a little bit too strange . people showed up at the factory and i got a bad vibration from them .
( uw49 ) holzer stayed away from the warhol scene until after he was shot in 1968 . she re - established contact with warhol and continued to socialise with him in the seventies and throughout the eighties .
television magazine , in its third annual survey of critics , compiled a panel of 16 critics from across the country and asked them to rate all new shows as good , bad or indifferent . camp runamuck received two goods , nine bads and five indifferents . the two goods came from del carnes of the denver post and lawrence laurent
whether there was cynicism at work is something the audience will have to decide for itself . admittedly , “camp runamuck” is intended to be slapstick , but it is a show on such an extraordinarily low level that one feels it simply has to be intentional . it just couldn’t be an accident , one muses . you look and you don’t believe it .
– another fascinating glimpse of the efforts that martyn strover and others involved with woodlarks went to in order to provide an evacuation possibility for disabled adults from london . the whole process seems to have begun in jan 1938 … and on 27th august 1939 the adventurers camp was cut short , in order to accept a group of disabled girl evacuees from london .
i watched this camp slice of nonsense with a pal who , like me , shares an appreciation of the wild comments and wilder ways of theatrical grande dame bankead . here , at age 63 and without a hint of movie hair or make - up assistance , she showed no sign of letting up , frequently turning up on set as pissed as a lord .
– the casting of this show always kind of fascinated me . two of the main regulars , arch johnson and leonard stone , were known mainly prior to camp runamuck for playing tough guys ( heavies , really ) on just about every crime / detective / mystery show . indeed , after runamuck ended , johnson and stone went right back to the same typecast .
although here is is obvious he is unable to create even the slightest bit of tension or induce anything even approaching shocks and scares , narizzano has created with his technical team a quite beautiful looking film . the finished result has the crisp , pastel colours of a hannah barbera cartoon , or an episode of the 1960’s series batman , which bankhead starred in as the black widow . as bankhead descends further into madness , ghoulish greens are used when she attacks ( for the umpteenth time ) powers in her basement / shrine .
unfortunately , the commissioner of camps showed up unexpectedly and , in light of what he had seen , announced he’d be revoking wivenhoe’s license . eulalia was able to convince the commissioner that the men were bringing the bathtub to camp divine and saved wivenhoe’s job . thus , the groundwork for the feud between the two camps is laid and many episodes would involve some sort of conflict between the two camps .
terrance o’flaherty of the san francisco chronicle , despite giving the series an indifferent rating , wrote “i found the premiere to be the funniest show of the season in terms of laughing out loud in my own living room” [ 13 ] . broadcasting put together its own survey of tv critics , giving each review a score of excellent , good , fair , poor or bad . camp runamuck was given two goods , two fairs and five poors [ 14 ] .
we must also thank our previous archivists … i’m honoured to have known them all ; hugh ‘gwidge’ gwither , derek travis and jim cooley . gwidge in particular did a monumental job of collecting and organising almost everything here over a 35 year period . deep boots to fill ! what none of my predecessors were really able to do was share all this wonderful history with everyone . the digital age , and particularly the smart phone has changed all that . you’ll be able to watch a 1936 woodlarks film wherever you are , to download and read any or all of the 85 yearbooks , to download pages of interest from the scrapbooks .
for example , in an episode reminiscent of the pilot , pruett is given an air conditioner and caprice uses her feminine wiles to convince him to give it camp divine . wivenhoe then wins it in a card game and places it in his tent , leading pruett , spiffy , doc and malden to hide out there for the night so they can enjoy the cool air . meanwhile , mahala may and caprice try to figure out a way to get the air conditioner back .
“i’ve run this one through twice . from the opening shot the camp leader is clearly stan pain , making the salute as alex pratt pulls up the flag . other people i recognise are harvey miles ( large , in khaki ) , victor griffith in wheelchair , possibly one of the routledge brothers at the sale table , bramble ( hugh morgan ) also in that scene , steb ( michael stebbings ) as a helper in the sports scene . the three leaving the chapel are of course keemo , along with rev eric jennings who was vicar of the bourne , and what looks like harvey miles again
it seems that a lot of nbc affiliates didn’t carry this show , including those where i grew up in schenectady , ny and nashville , tn , though i was just an infant when this was first - run and never would have been able to see it then anyway . i recall that it was rerun both on nick and comedy central in the early 90s , and i remember taping 1 episode off comedy central that had a silly plot about how an exterminator hired by the counselors shrank the camp , and they tried to convince wivenhoe that some beans that the counselors & the kids ate made them all grow to superhuman size . wivenhoe believed them for awhile too .
tosh carillo also appeared in warhol ' s horse and vinyl and worked in a floral shop . he was known for his
educated toes
which he used in horse . he could pick up pencils and write with his toes , as well as unzip the flies of trousers with them . in real life , he was heavily involved in the s & m scene and had his own
gameroom
for his sexual activities . ( sg497 )
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lacking a formal narrative , warhol ' s art house classic follows various residents of the chelsea hotel in 1966 new york city , presented in a split screen with a single audio track in conjunction with one side of screen .
andy warhol ' s infamous lost campy classic charting the adventures of batman two years before adam west donned the caped crusader ' s wings in the classic tv show .
jean harlow look - alike harlot ( mario montez ) , gerard malanga , philip fagan , and carol koshinskie ( with a cat ) sit in a room eating bananas as the off - screen voices of billy name , ronald tavel , and harry fainlight discuss various topics .
viva ( playing herself ) and louis waldon ( playing himself ) spend an idyllic afternoon together in an apartment in new york city .
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andy warhol directs a single 35 - minute shot of a man ' s face to capture his facial expressions as he receives the sexual act depicted in the title .
five lonesome cowboys get all hot & bothered at home en the range after confronting ramona alvarez and her nurse .
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sheherazade is promised to a powerful sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the holy land . when the sultan ' s underling saves her from certain death , she falls madly in love with her hero .
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during a visit to england , young american patricia ( stefanie powers ) pays a visit to the elderly mrs trefoile ( tallulah bankhead ) , the mother of her former fiancee , who died some time before . a religious fundamentalist , mrs trefoile is obsessed with her late son’s memory and sees patricia as the last living link to his memory , a memory that she will do anything to keep good and pure .
part of the fun with die , die my darling ! ( or fanatic as it was known in the states ) is spotting when the editors were unable to cut around this . keep your eyes peeled as tallu totters about and slurs her words more than once .
its the kind of true story that would make a great play . and it did , looped starring the late , great valerie harper , premiered in 2010 . ( if you are wondering what line it is : “and so , patricia , as i was telling you , that deluded rector has in literal effect closed the church to me…” ) . incidentally , powers replaced harper on stage when the latter succumbed to cancer .
bankhead’s famously husky voice spoke better dialogue than the mediocre , random collection of words she has here . rising above her embarrassment , she none the less gives as fun and dementedly spirited turn that the material and director allow her .
its all over - acting though and her embarrassing over the top style is mimicked to varying degrees of success by the rest of the cast .
powers is the most timid young strip of a thing , pathetically clawing at her jailers and showing not a shred of common sense when attempting her escapes that one almost wishes she would expire .
a young donald sutherland slums it as the retarded handy - man . peter vaughan ( game of thrones ) as the lustful husband of housekeeper yootha joyce likewise debases himself .
working with the great but inebriated tallu could be a double - edged blessing .
its not much when recommending a movie but its something and at least bankhead is supremely enjoyable throughout , darlings .
producer : anthony hinds . writer : richard matheson . camera : arthur ibbetson . music : wilfred josephs . sets : peter proud .
tallulah bankhead , stefanie powers , peter vaughan , yootha joyce , donald sutherland , maurice kauffman .
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larry wolters of the chicago tribune suggested that the show “makes the beverly hillbillies look like intellectuals and soupy sales like an egghead ; ” hal humphrey of the los angeles times referred to the premiere as a “slickly produced abomination ; ” and barbara tiritilli of chicago’s american called it “pointless drivel” [ 15 ] . the blade ‘s ray oviatt wrote that the premiere was “a straining comedy” [ 16 ] .
you begin to think that perhaps it took its clue from the success of the moronic level of “gilligan’s island . ” i am an optimist , though , and i like to think that human beings are capable of such clear - sighted commercialism . it is like looking at afternoon cartoons , only with people . is it “pop tv ? ” is it so far out that it’s in ? will it be a hit ? i wouldn’t dare bet against it . [ 17 ]
for the record , the other show du brow considered worthy of reflection was hogan’s heroes .
just wanted to say that around 1990 - 1991 , nickelodeon used to rerun the show during the summer in the late afternoon - early evening . i remember my friends thinking it was a new show and me trying to convince them that it wasn’t . it wasn’t until maureen mccormick guest starred in one episode that my friends finally realized . ” lenny
ranked 94th out of 99 programs with a 9 . 9 rating , ahead of such shows as
early in the production year , i wrote a segment for this show and was subsequently hired as line producer . at the time i was signed to write 10 dick van dyke shows . carl reiner graciously let me out of my contract .
before i accepted the runamuck assignment , i asked david if he would let me rewrite his 12 scripts . he agreed and i signed on . i rewrote the scripts , but as principle photography commenced i was surprised to find that my rewrites reverted back to david’s original version . and my original script vanished . i never learned how that happened .
about 5 weeks into my tenure , i met with david and told him i was not helping the show and would move on . david paid off my contract and i left . i regret the i did not get the opportunity to punch up the show . i think i could have made it work . tv works in mysterious ways .
. metuchen , nj : scarecrow press , 1991 . pages 47 - 48 .
du brow , rick . “television in review : wait until next year . ”
“the season in three parts : how it turned out vs . how gray called it . ”
this is for jim july 29th… can you get in contact with me ? thru this site .
if ml maicey can also contact me thru this site as well thanks to both of you .
i have the complete run of the show on dvd . if interested , please contact me for info on how to obtain the series .
please post if you get the dvds and its not a scam . for shane robert etc im interested
hi i have never seen meatballs so i wouldn’t know . mb was done in the 80’s so maybe not as i think no one would remember cr .
i was a small child in the mid 1960’s — and while i don’t think i ever saw this show when it first ran on tv — this does seem like the kind of silly - low brow stuff that was being shown back in those days — not really any worst that tojer short - run “bad sitcom” of the period . i noticed that it featured some actors that appeared in qyiur often in other shows in the late 1960 - early 1970’s . guess there is nothing wrong with being a “working actor” — no matter the material . it soes bring back memories of being a litle kid — would like to see .
were the closing credits on this site from an unaired pilot ? i don’t remember this closing theme on any of the runamuck episodes . nor do i remember seeing bobby darin in the closing credits in any of the shows .
the closing credits here are from the pilot episode as rebroadcast on comedy central at some point in the early 1990s . i had not noticed that bobby darin was listed as writing the theme song . i guess it is possible that he did provide the theme song for the pilot only for it to be replaced for the remainder of the series . and because this copy was a syndicated repeat his theme was replaced but the closing credits remained .
– tv guide noted in its teletype feature that the big names on the series were behind the cameras ; several episodes each were directed by hal march and howard duff .
– one other cast note : nina wayne ( caprice ) was the older sister of carol wayne , aka johnny carson’s matinee lady . post - runamuck , nina wayne moved to new york . for a time , whenever johnny carson took tonight back to nyc for a week , nina would take carol’s matinee lady role to johnny’s art fern .
if i conuemicatmd i could thank you enough for this , i’d be lying .
“arsenio was a big hit way back when , he exited prematurely , and aren’t we all just plain tired with jay leno and letterman .
after you do all this , you are ready to start performing in front of people for money .
by now , most people know that frank de vol wrote the theme to “the brady bunch” in collaboration with “brady” creator sherwood schwartz . maureen mc cormick also made guest appearances on screen gems hits “bewitched” ( as young endora ) and “i dream of jeannie” before attaining sitcom immortality as beautiful marcia brady .
frank devol did the music for an episode of this show called bunnies of the world unite .
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welcome to the digital archive of woodlarks campsite . below you’ll find a growing list of links that will turn you into a time traveller !
the physical archive consists of documents , photos , old cine films , annual reports , newsletters , scrapbooks , newspaper cuttings … you get the idea . some materials date back to the 1930s and are now very delicate , so we’re delighted to be able to share them with you digitally .
of course , not every page of every newsletter over the last 85 years is available , but we hope that there’s a good selection .
the starting point if you’re just browsing should be the three scrapbooks covering the first 60 years ! we must thank the the founders of woodlarks for these wonderful books .
you might then want to look at one or two of the old cine films .
right … there’s more for me to do , so i’ll leave you browsing ! please come back to the page occasionally to see what other gems have been added .
– fascinating accounts of starting up again after the war , and preparing to build a swimming pool , the cook house , and to start a residential workshop .
. the photos are numbered and a listing of dates and names for each photo can be found at the end of the album .
films are in chronological order where the dates are known . undated films are at the bottom of the list .
, primarily shot in the mid 1970s . a number of us remember these camps well , and recognise some of the boys featured .
in september 2009 we were awarded the queens award for voluntary service in recognition of all woodlarks volunteers .
movies and tv shows are certified fresh with a steady tomatometer of 75 % or higher after a set amount of reviews ( 80 for wide - release movies , 40 for limited - release movies , 20 for tv shows ) , including 5 reviews from top critics .
mark robson has made realistic use of the actual italian setting of the david westheimer novel in garmenting his action in hard - hitting direction and sharply - drawn performances .
sinatra ' s character is unusually uncompromising , even for him , and the star delivers one of his best performances .
the cinematography and the scenery both add greatly to the movie . it makes it seem so much more realistic .
a far - fetched but thrilling world war ii adventure . watch it as part of a double feature with john frankenheimer ' s the train .
an action packed prisoner of war thriller and ole blue eyes doesn ' t even sing a note .
great tale of escape - underrated and not given enuff credit - sinatra acts as good as he sings .


adam green 's aladdin is an independent film written , directed by , and starring adam green that presents a modern take on the arabian nights classic tale .

the film stars alia shawkat , natasha lyonne , jack dishel , macaulay culkin , and nicole laliberte .

the film was partially funded through the crowdfunding website kickstarter , and filmed over the summer of 2014 .

the film was released on april 15 , 2016 , through video on demand .

adam green ' s aladdin

here’s the first look at adam green’s aladdin , the second feature film from musician , artist and filmmaker adam green .
there are no featured reviews for adam green ' s aladdin at this time .
an exclusive bank holiday monday cult cinema screening of adam green’s aladdin , with in person q & a after the film with director and star adam green .
there are no critic reviews yet for adam green ' s aladdin . keep checking rotten tomatoes for updates !
12 . 30pm doors 1 . 00pm adam green ' s aladdin 2 . 30pm q & a with director adam green later in the day adam green plays live at fruit . 7 . 30pm doors . for full info and tickets
adam green’s aladdin will debut in us and canada on april 15 and will be released worldwide on may 12 .
musician and filmmaker adam green’s newest film project , adam green’s aladdin , features the home alone star ( who also appeared in green’s film the wrong ferrari ) , along with a host of other familiar faces in a new take on the classic arabian nights tale .
learn more about adam green ' s aladdin on the movie ' s official website , where you can also to see when the stoner adventure epic / romance / sci - fi / fantasy / legend movie arrives at an art cinema near you . check out more of adam green ' s film , music , and artwork here .
from the director of the ketamine inspired surrealist gonzo feature “the wrong ferarri” comes adam green’s aladdin , a hypersensory , poetic , and humorously modern take on the arabian nights classic tale .
don’t expect any groucho marx and jack nicholson impressions in this version : adam green’s aladdin looks like a psychedelic pastiche of the old fairytale , oingo boingo’s forbidden zone , a dash of pee wee’s playhouse , and some modern cultural commentary . the synopsis states :
worldwide aladdin tour concurrent with the film and album ' s release in spring 2016 .
adam green’s aladdin , a hyper - sensory , poetic and humorously subversive take on the classic arabian nights tale , written and directed by green . the feature film will further explore the recesses of adam’s symbolic imagination , playing like an alejandro jodorowsky version of aladdin on handmade sets à la “the science of sleep” ; with frenetic dialogue at the pace of xavier renegade angel or south park .
aladdin , green’s second feature film will further explore the recesses of green’s symbolic imagination , playing like an alejandro jodorowsky version of aladdin on handmade sets à la the science of sleep ; with frenetic dialogue at the pace of xavier renegade angel or south park .
taking horror back to the old school for a lesson in how to maximise blood loss and minimise survivors , adam greens hatchet eschews everyth . . .
soul mate - adam ' s soul mate gets the actual brass lamp used in the film + everything parents get .
set in the modern day world , adam’s hyper - sensory , poetic and humorously subversive take on the classic arabian nights tale stars adam as aladdin living with his dysfunctional family in a “regular” american town ruled by a corrupt sultan with a decadent socialite daughter .
like some kind of michel gondry orgy taking place in pee - wee’s playhouse , the trailer for adam green’s aladdin leaves the viewer asking , “hrm ? ” the fantasy film features some of hollywood’s hippest crowd : natasha lyonne , macaulay culkin , alia shawkat , zoë kravitz , and more . the official synopsis states :
“i’ve been trying to really take a step back from the traditional rock musician thing , ” said adam green . the musician ' s tour this fall , one of dozens since making a name for himself in the new york indie scene in the 90 ' s , is definitely untraditional : each concert starts with a screening of his film adam green’s aladdin , after which green will take to his set - designed stage in the bell - bottomed costume from the film , bringing the soundtrack alive .
later in the day adam green plays live at fruit . 7 . 30pm doors . for full info and tickets click here .
the film is the second feature from musician , artist , and filmmaker adam green ( one half of the moldy peaches ) . it’s weird , it’s sexy , it’s colorful , and it’s probably too cool for you . but it has a chair made of asparagus . so , you be the judge .
in this way , green gives the human indulgences and imperfections normally airbrushed out of hollywood productions a chance to thrive in the characters of aladdin . this thread links together all the seemingly non - sensical characters in green ' s arabia , whether it ' s dishel ' s dual roles , or culkin as ralph . arrested development star alia shawkat as aladdin ' s sister emily , emmy - winner natasha lyonne as aladdin ' s voluptuous mom , internet curiosity bip ling as the kardashian - esque princess barbara , zoë kravitz as an asparagus - loving miner , and neo - expressionist painter francesco clemente ' s portrayal as the genie each tackle adam ' s lyrical voice in their own way .
indie - folk artist adam green has released the full - length trailer for his feature film and soundtrack album . ‘aladdin’ is the second feature from the musician , artist , filmmaker and moldy peaches member .
( shot entirely on an iphone ) , former moldy peach adam green returns with one of the most bizarre films i have ever seen .
green financed the film via a kickstarter campaign that launched two years ago . a singer best known for his work as half of the moldy peaches , green recorded songs for the soundtrack , which will release alongside the film and be part of green’s aladdin tour starting this spring .
the movie features a brand new soundtrack album composed and recorded by green , who will be kicking off a worldwide ‘aladdin tour’ concurrent with the film and album’s release in may 2016 .
green stars as aladdin in a modern version of the story , bringing aladdin to an american town lorded over by a corrupt sultan . the film’s first trailer offers a look at what green , who also wrote and directed it , has in store for his unique spin , which he describes as a “hyper - sensory , poetic , and humorously subversive” version of aladdin’s story . alia shawkat , natasha lyonne , and zoe kravitz are also among the cast .
last year , adam green almost derailed his career by releasing an uncomfortable album of what sounded like kids songs . it wasnt a kids album . . .
yasmín green produced the film while pregnant with adam ' s child and working at google .
she ' s the smartest person i know ,
says adam . her influence was a pivotal factor in the growth you can see between the wrong ferarri and aladdin . they met shortly after he finished his cinematic debut , tripping and falling headfirst into romance and then marriage . their daughter is now 18 months old . more than just his wife ' s producing abilities , the relationship itself is what drew green to aladdin in the first place .
i like it because it ' s a love story , and i spent the last few years finding love in my life ,
green says .
i was really relating to it because it ' s about love trumping material things .
man adam green is best known as a charmingly scuzzy singer - songwriter with a curiously large following in germany . but his latest labour of love is a warped , feature - length version of aladdin , made on the cheap in a brooklyn warehouse , and starring macaulay culkin and arrested development’s
since his early days as one half of the moldy peaches , adam green has walked a perilously fine line between sly singer - songwriter homage and . . .
if one of your three wishes from a genie included seeing macaulay culkin appear in a new film , then you’ve never had a friend quite like adam green .
a three - minute clip of green’s take on the arabian classic that proves film is what he should be doing .
adam green is best known as one half of anti - folk duo the moldy peaches , but he ' s also a filmmaker and an artist , creating bright , cartoonish paintings as well as collages and papier - mâché sculptures . the trailer for his upcoming film , adam green ' s aladdin , manages to mix all these elements as it retells the classic tale , sprinkling in a cohort of guest stars , from macaulay culkin to alia shawkat of arrested development fame . ( green has previously worked with culkin on the wrong ferarri , a feature film shot entirely on an iphone . )
speaking to twin , green says he wants the film to reinterpret the story of aladdin through modern eyes .
in my version the lamp is a 3d printer that prints out an analogue version of the internet . and the princess is sort of like a kardashian who’s on the sultan’s reality show ,
says green , adding that he used papier - mâché for the set and costumes in the hope that it would feel like the actors were
inside a real life cartoon .
judging by this trailer , it worked . adam green ' s aladdin will debut in canada and the us on april 15th , and released worldwide on may 12th .
you could watch this trailer 20 times and still find something you didn’t see before , which just goes to show how heavily green’s approach relies on chaos and distraction . but that’s precisely what we all want from a perverse , raunchy stoner comedy like this one . with enough papier - mâché boobs and guest stars to make your head explode , the trailer for adam green’s aladdin proves that this movie will is a welcome follow - up to the wrong ferrari we weren’t necessarily waiting for , but will welcome with open arms and stoned spirits .
the film is a modern day version of aladdin , with green starring as the titular character , and explores the recesses of green’s symbolic imagination wherein the lamp is a 3 - d printer , the princess is a decadent socialite , the planet gets a sex - change and its population prints out an analogue version of the internet .
in a way , aladdin is a follow - up to ferrari — an anti - technology meditation on “feeling like your soul is sort of being ripped out of your body by machines that are possessing your soul , ” green explained . this time , the storyline came with a rebel leader ( played by culkin ) and a bitcoin - like currency . lyonne plays green’s mother ; shawkat , his sister ; and the artist francesco clemente , a childhood hero of green ' s , the genie . the film ' s scenes are entirely dream - like , though not all of it is made up : like his character , green was dropped from his long - time label in real life , and did meet the woman who became his wife in the process ( yasmin green is also of the film ' s producers ) .
aside from starring in and writing the production’s entire soundtrack – which he’ll also tour – green has even made all the props , from tables to the camel .
say it with me “future cult classic” . okay cool . this is the most unique film i’ve seen come out of the past few years . it’s a surrealist nihilistic version of aladdin with sets that look like a child with a box of crayons drew them , and props made of papier mache . this movie is fucking crazy and it is a unique trip into the mind of adam green . it’s absolutely ridiculous , and kind of fucking stupid , but it’s enjoyable and had me and my friends losing our minds . it’s absurdity at its best , and i agree with father john misty in saying that this film reminds me of jodorowsky .
adam green funded aladdin through kickstarter , rented a warehouse in red hook a few blocks from pioneer works , and wound up using many of the artists doing residencies there as extras and minor characters . written in the lyrical style of an album of songs , it ' s impossible to grasp every single line , but relaxing and letting sentences unpack themselves helps the film makes sense on it ' s own terms .
it ' s like a cartoon where you feel what ' s happening in the movie ,
green explains to the creators project .
a kid could watch the movie and follow it—well , not a kid becayse it ' s not really a kids movie . but somebody could watch the movie and zone out and feel like they ' d watched the movie aladdin . or they could analyse every line , because every line is its own nugget of something i thought to include in the movie .
green funded the film via a successful kickstarter campaign , and enlisted the help of a who ' s who of new york art , music and film scenesters , with macaulay culkin , natasha lyonne , alia shawkat , zoe kravitz and har mar superstar amongst the film ' s high profile cast members . green casts himself as aladdin , and turns in a stilted and goofy , yet oddly winning performance . though purportedly a re - imagining of the classic tale
a friend recommended i check this out on youtube and i was absolutely blown away . this is one of the strangest , funniest and most creative surrealist movies since the holy mountain . actually i would liken adam green’s style to jodorowsky if he made his movies in his basement . the entire aesthetic may be something you’re familiar with if you’ve seen the music video for father john misty’s “total entertainment forever” . adam green creates a playground world out of cardboard walls and cartoon drawings . his props and sets are all hand made and the characters effortlessly fit into this do it yourself metropolis . it’s raunchy , dirty , nonsensical , and everything that a surrealist movie should be . i adore this movie , and i…
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aladdin ' s colorful set is populated by green ' s fiercely loyal friends , who also happen to be film and fashion celebrities or art world around - towners . the film is uncompromisingly green , which somehow also means that each actor ' s individual personality and humanness is made to shine through .
[ actor ] jack dishel would do these voices in the [ moldy peaches ] tour van ,
green tells us , explaining that aladdin ' s characters are as much a product of the actors as the script . dishel is the creator of uber - bashing web series : dryvrs , and a talented impressionist and character actor . in aladdin , he takes on two separate main charaters , aladdin ' s wholesome - ish uncle gary and a villainous technophile sultan .
he ' d do this old man character and this pan - european character . one time some guy came on the bus , very drunk and very foreign , and just felt entitled to everything , and i was just watching , thinking , ' who the fuck is this guy ? ' later , jack did an impression of him , and that , partially , became the sultan .
adam has begun recording a full - album which will be used as the soundtrack to the film . produced by green ' s long - term collaborator noah georgeson , the soundtrack features playing by stella mozgawa ( warpaint ) , rodrigo amarante ( of little joy ) , and josiah steinbrick ( devendra banhart ) , and binki shapiro .
revolving around aladdin’s dysfunctional family , who live in an “average” american city ruled by a corrupt sultan with a decadent socialite daughter , the film explores themes of technology , government repression , greed , and true love . green , who notably co - wrote the theme song to the grammy - winning juno soundtrack as well as eight solo albums , will record an aladdin soundtrack which will be used to score the film and released concurrently .
the film is an epic surrealist drug - odyssey which focuses on adam’s psychological outlook on love , work , and turning 30 . obsessed with the pet - medicine ketamine , the characters in the film turn into pets themselves only to find that the “k - hole” is bottomless and that they must overtake their masters . with its dialogue - driven approach , “the wrong ferarri” allows green’s poetic and lyrical writing style to come alive .
the trailer , which you can watch above , hints of an inscrutable romp through green ' s subconscious , but the film is actually fairly linear and straightforward , thanks to the influence of green ' s wife , yasmín , and the collective efforts of green ' s sprawling network of friends and acolytes in the new york scene . the plot is driven by a lamp that , rather than relying on pure magic , takes the form of a 3d printer , opening all the doors to sex , power , and antics that modern technology promises in our own world .
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to construct his aladdin universe , he used “cubic reductions” of garfield , elmo , and super mario brothers as building blocks , though they’re abstracted mostly beyond recognition , defined by black lines that mirror one of green’s inspirations , an installation by the french artist jean dubuffet that green saw at the centre pompidou in paris . “i’m making a world out of shapes that i’m familiar with , and i’m using those things as hooks to climb a mountain , ” he said .
ost people know adam green for the purposely stale anti - folk songs he penned alongside kimya dawson in the moldy peaches — or for his extensive solo music catalog — but his career has more dimension than just music . more recently , green has tried his hand at filmmaking , which seems to be an apt opportunity for him to express his whimsical , ironic sense of humor . his first film ,
also featuring pete doherty , devendra banhart , and sky ferreira , the wrong ferrari was shot entirely on green’s iphone , partly to drive home his thesis that life is a video game , and partly because it was “the only camera i knew how to use , ” green said . his character meanders through prague and venice , and ultimately signs to a label called nintendo records — the same made - up label that his titular character in aladdin signs to , too .
your friendly neighborhood visionary art , film , and song maker adam green has put the better part of the last four years into a new adaptation of the classic arabian nights tale , aladdin . the film , which premiered at pioneer works on tuesday night , is a very different beast from the
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songwriter ' s first feature , the wrong ferrari , which was shot on an iphone and rests conceptually on a foundation of ketamine . vibrant , and dripping with a meticulous craft aesthetic best described as ,
cartoons made flesh ,
aladdin is a testament to the power of a good love story .
once half of indie oddballs the moldy peaches , green has made the year’s craziest film , a lysergic take on the folk tale starring macaulay culkin . we cadge a few film - making pointers from a diy auteur
the cast includes acclaimed actors macaulay culkin , alia shawkat ( arrested development ) and natasha lyonne ( orange is the new black ) , celebrated ny musicians , adam green , dev hynes , devendra banhart , har mar superstar , andrew vanwyngarden ( mgmt ) , as well as renowned artist francesco clemente .
green spent years dreaming up aladdin , and constructed its set entirely by hand . the papier mâché sculptures and forms were so detailed and imaginative that they got their own exhibition at the hole gallery in new york ; for visitors , it was like walking into “a real - life cartoon . ” although green openly says he “really committed to the ketamine trip” with the wrong ferrari , to the point that he even took the drug at the film’s screenings , the creative process was different for aladdin : he didn’t take any “major” hallucinogens , he said , and is growing somewhat resentful of the skeptical reception his openness about his drug use has earned him .
green summarises his approach in aladdin as a reaction to the dogme 95 movement started by lars von trier and thomas vinterberg , and championed by harmony korine .
i loved lars von trier and harmony korine growing up , with their whole set of rules : you won ' t have any pros , your actors will come to the location , location will not be changed at all , there ' s no music that isn ' t played at the time of shooting ,
green explains .
my movie is the opposite . it ' s completely hand - made , and the rule is that nothing can be real in the movie . which is funny because it ' s actually abut a real life experience .
in an exclusive behind - the - scenes documentary , premiering today on the creators project , actor macaulay culkin , one of green ' s longtime friends , and the character who plays ralph , the leader of anti - government revolutionary group called the magical americans , affectionately says ,
i said yes to the script before [ green ] had even written it ,
effectively summarising the way everyone on set seems to feel about working with green . watch that below :
alia shawkat is constantly making me feel overwhelmed . the . guy . from . little . joy . is . in . this . and just after that scene adam says ' i ' m just a cool cat in a small town . ' could you p o s s i b l y pander to me more ? ? i haven ' t listened to him for years but this album is pretty good .
green was propelled into fame somewhat belatedly , when the 2007 film juno featured music by the moldy peaches , his anti - folk group with kimya dawson , years after they’d disbanded and both gone on to their own solo careers . but growing up in new york , he was always surrounded by talented , recognizable faces — culkin is one of his best friends and primary collaborators . the two have an art collective with the musician toby goodshank , and culkin also starred in green’s first film , 2011’s the wrong ferrari .
in this retelling of the classic tale , aladdin is an out of work indie - rock singer living in a video - game - world ruled by a perverted technology - obsessed sultan . with the help of a magical genie named mustafa and his 3d printer lamp , aladdin gets lost and found again in a story about spiritual redemption in the internet age .
still , he admits it’s “completely true” that drugs are an inspiration . “to me , if i get really stoned and write 10 pages of text and it’s really cool , that’s just tradition — people have always done that , you know ? ” he said . “but at the same time , i’ve written tons of things with no drugs , and the thing is if i’ve ever written things on drugs i’ve always edited it in a very clear state . ” aladdin , he insisted , is not “the work of a drugged - out lunatic . ”
along for the ride with the renowned singer / songwriter are macaulay culkin , alia shawkat , natasha lyonne , zoë kravitz , and many more , all adding to green’s surreal vision of a modern fable filtered through h . r . pufnstuf aesthetics . in addition to writing , directing , and starring in the film , green will be releasing its soundtrack and going on tour to promote this unique cinematic experience .
“obviously there were no contracts . people would oversleep and not show up . one key actor pulled out at the last minute , so there was some radical recasting the day before the shoot . i didn’t even really want to be aladdin ! i asked a bunch of other people but ultimately i ended up being the most famous person i could find to be aladdin . ”
in this retelling of the classic tale , aladdin is an out of work indie - rock singer living in a video - game - world ruled by a perverted technology - obsessed sultan .
“i want to tell the truth . that’s where my storytelling comes from . my feminism comes from somewhere else : acute dissatisfaction . ”
an exclusive look at how a group of friends and lovers , including macaulay culkin , alia shawkat , zoe kravitz , and natasha lyonne , made the version of ' aladdin ' you never knew you needed .
“what i’m most proud of about aladdin is that it was a very unique vision that i got to execute how i wanted . that’s how it should be as an artist : you have something inside of you that you push out through your skin . i’m writing another movie about the afterlife and it’s kind of a war movie . i always wanted to tell the story of hanukkah , like a biblical epic . imagine making noah’s ark out of papier - mache , that would be fun . and somehow it feels like life would not be complete unless i got to design a videogame or an amusement park or something . it would be an adult amusement park – educational too ! ”
on this week’s good one podcast , vanessa bayer tells the full story of her most beloved character , from her own bat mitzvah to her final snl .
horror fans have had a tough time trusting their genre in the 00s . its at the point where just about every theatrical release is a remake , . . .
in short , it’s a real - life execution of a movie - turned - art - show - turned - album , which green refers to as “a community project , because everyone did things for free . ” the idea — a film starring himself and a genie lamp that doubles as a 3d printer in one of his favorite childhood stories — started at a dinner with natasha lyonne in new york , and was further improved during a downtown shopping trip where he bought a lamp with alia shawkat . over the next few years , he wrote the screenplay on planes and in hotel rooms while on tour , eventually turning to kickstarter for funds and friends for his cast . in green’s case , those friends happened to be lyonne , shawkat , and macaulay culkin .
“i have a tendency to be pretty abstract in my thinking , so to be anchored by a myth was helpful . i could look at the aladdin story and think : ‘what would a modern - day princess look like ? ’ the answer was : like a kardashian . then the lamp could be a 3d printer and the genie could be like siri . aladdin is based on me , so i made him an indie rock singer whose label is dissatisfied with him , which isn’t dissimilar to my story with rough trade , who told me to cut half the songs on my seventh album . the script is based on a lot of my own real - life experiences , and certainly the feelings and the journey of the character is real . but everything else around aladdin is totally insane . ”
, which was shot on iphone and written on ketamine . suffice to say that green has his own hallucinogenic take on the aladdin fable in which the princess is a reality tv star , the sultan is a pot - bellied pervert and the lamp is a 3d printer that upsets the karmic balance of the universe by printing out an analogue version of the internet . how does a film as whacked - out as this get from drug - addled fever dream to the arthouse cinema screen ? let the man himself explain .
“the wrong ferarri” is a feature - film written and directed by adam in 2010 / 2011 – it stars a diverse cast of actors and musicians including macaulay culkin , jack dishel , alia shawkat , devendra banhart , and pete doherty . essentially a screwball - tragedy , the ketamine inspired movie was the first feature - film to be shot entirely on an iphone .
i asked if the film shows what’s really inside his mind , and he misheard me , maybe fortuitously : “is there a reality show inside my mind ?
he said .
yeah , i think so .
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— which green filmed under the influence of ketamine on his european tour in 2010 — features dadaist dialogue , random celebrities like macauley culkin and sky ferreira , and a non - linear plot line . now you can watch the official trailer for his next feature film ,
berlin bff - berlin bff ' s get to attend the berlin premiere of the movie with a + 1 ! ( you will have to sort out your own travel arrangements ) + a pdf of my original screenplay + everything a peer gets .
big apple bff - big apple bff ' s get to attend the nyc premiere of the movie with a + 1 ! ( you will have to sort out your own travel arrangements ) + a pdf of my original screenplay + everything a peer gets .
right now , we need to raise funds to pay for the making of the movie , hiring cast , key crew ( director of photography , production designer , costume designer ) , line producer , lighting equipment and warehouse space and promotion . this kickstarter campaign is my way of asking for people who like my music or my art to be a part of making aladdin .
if you want to become a backer , just click on the big green button to the right of our video . kickstarter will ask you for your pledge , which reward you want , and how you want to sign up . signing up is easy ; you can even do it through facebook .
aladdin is the most creatively ambitious project i ' ve taken on , and i ' ve been obsessed with making it for the past two years . i loved writing the script and i can ' t wait to work on the sets and start directing . i also want to build a community of people that are passionate about this too , and who can experience the making of the movie with me !
“a lot of the dialogue for the wrong ferrari was written under the influence of ketamine . i’d put all these things on scraps of paper and give them to the cast on the day of the shoot . each scene was basically last night’s trip . i was making up the movie from day to day . aladdin was a lot more organised , but sometimes i’d get stoned and write a bit . the way i write is very free - associative . i’d type for two hours and give myself permission to write anything that i wanted . as it progressed , i started to assign the lines to the princess or the sultan or the genie . but they’re all part of my subconcious . ”
but if it does earn him the reputation of being a little crazy , that seems fine with green , too . “i mean , i am crazy , but maybe not in the way people think . i try to understand what subconscious imagery comes to me , and i try to document it , ” he said .
this movie is strange , it’s non - tradional and doesn’t play by the rules of what most films do . those who aren’t interested in art and quirkiness , look elsewhere . also , this isn’t for kids . that all being said , there is plenty to like about this . the plot is basic , but serves as a structure for the poetic mind bending that green wove into the script . i often found myself confused as to what a character was saying , but then stopped and really thought about the line and genuinely smiled . as a whole , this movie doesn’t speak as a giant message , but rather acts as a vessel of obscure brilliances . there are some seriously memorable characters here , most notably the sultan . the music is also great . but that’s expected , right ? support this great little film . amongst the right crowd , it will be greatly appreciated . spread the word , this film is actually noteworthy !
there is a wedding at the end of the movie , culminating in a set of heart - lifting set of vows that green reveals are identical to the ones from his own wedding .
we made the movie together , it was our project . and i think all my projects in the future will be ones i do with her .
“i think everybody grows up with a fantasy of making a movie . in my case , i just did it . not knowing any of the rules kind of helped . i approached aladdin like a community project , inviting people to help me create this papier - mache world inside of a warehouse with a bunch of actors and musicians . the film was just a container for a fun experience , a crazy way to spend the summer in new york city . ”
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dex ' s scavenger hunt 26 challenge task 21 : you think the journey of life is a straight way , but there are people who from this road stray ( watch a film with a person or several who ages differently , e . g . are immortal , ages faster than normal or something similar )
visually , the film is a diy marvel , featuring psychedelic handmade papier - mâché sets and props . there are a few driving sequences that are so weird and jarring that they take on an off - putting beauty , and particularly memorable is the
magic rug ride
sequence ( again , better seen than described ) . soundtracked by original green compositions , the film has a ramshackle charm and daffy energy that carries it beyond the limitations of its threadbare story .
plot - wise , things get weird . yes , there is a magic lamp , and a genie , but this lamp is a 3 - d printer , and the genie is italian artist francesco clemente . the rest is better experienced than recapped . the film plays with some big ideas about technology , political activism , sex and love , but as with any fever dreams , there ' s a sense of relief when it is all over .
“on the first day of filming , i thought i’d loosen up by having a beer like i do before a concert . man , it was a total mistake . i forgot my lines and everyone was looking at me . being an actor - director was a lot of pressure , so i had to stay sober . i’d walk home for two hours every night just to unwind . i told myself that even if it all fell apart , it could be this great ill - fated movie , like jodorowsky’s dune . ”
speaking to noisey about the project earlier this year , green said : “the movie is set entirely inside a papier - mâché world . filmed in a massive brooklyn warehouse , we constructed a papier - mâché painted universe where real actors could act as if they were inside a real - life cartoon . the goal was to make a sort of wizard of oz out of cardboard . we constructed 500 props and 30 rooms all out of phone books , newspapers , glue , and house - paint . in a way it felt like we were constructing an analogue version of the internet . ”
so far the committed cast includes natasha lyonne , macaulay culkin , and alia shawkat as well as roles from indie - musicians and friends .
after being completed the movie was immediately released online as a free download . on april 4th 2011 , the film premiered at anthology film archives in nyc . in the weeks that followed it showed at the downtown independent theater in los angeles and at the mexico theater in milan . “the wrong ferarri” has been downloaded in its entirety over 300 , 000 times . rolling stone magazine described it as “fellini on ketamine . ”
writing and directing a movie , composing a full - album soundtrack for it , and designing & constructing 20 film - sets myself is the most ambitious project i ' ve ever undertaken . i dread to think about all the things that could go wrong , from logistical problems , communication problems , to artistic problems . i ' ll have to draw from my years of experience as a bandleader and an intuitive artist to shape each problem into something that gives the film character . one thing that will certainly help is having a completed script before we shoot with full storyboards for each scene . another is having a pre - recorded soundtrack so that the music informs each scene of the film as i shoot . and of course i plan to work as a community with friends , so their involvement will be personal and that may help me in a tough situation .
little homies - little homies get a limited edition 18
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homies - homies get a 20 minute skype chat with me + everything little homies get .
pilgrims - pilgrims get to visit the nyc warehouse where we ' ll be constructing all the sets and shooting the film , during its production + a guest list spot to the nyc premiere + everything little homies get .
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“the warehouse was 25 minutes from the train , so once you were there you couldn’t leave , you had to hang out ! we did everything we could to make it not feel like work . i made everyone in the movie wear bell - bottoms . i honestly feel that if everyone wore bell - bottoms , the world would be maybe 10 or 15 % better and more groovy . ”
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is a triumph . this is not a film i ' d recommend to everyone , but rest assured , your mescaline dealer is going to love it .
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i feel like i could fight macaulay culkin if i really wanted to , i ' m not that strong but i could take him .
a set made of paper , a bizarre script and cast and a fantastic soundtrack .
this movie has the best sets and costumes and is also the best movie to like have a new take on an old story . . . . . . i love it sm
rewatched to write down some of those quotes and add them on imdb . very quotable film !
not really . in fact whilst it was wild and percuilar , it is just let down by the completely unnatural acting of the rather plain and unrestrictive plot . unrestricted , meaning that the
three wishes
are binned off for unlimited wishes , which doesn ' t give that much excitement , or a proper genie . even though i was ok with the unnatural but fun and committed…
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the full film and soundtrack album will be released on may 12th worldwide . you can watch the trailer below .