seattle, wa - january 10th & 12th.
Crispin Hellion Glover was in town this week to promote his new film "It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine!", and I was in attendance. On the 10th he showed his new film and on the 12th, he showed the first film in the "It" trilogy, "What Is It?". Both very different, yet very thought provoking films. I liked both very much and recommend others seeing them, if possible. I preticularly liked "What Is It?" due to the multiple taboos (Blackface, a young nude Shirley Temple in front of a swastika, a full cast of people with Down's Syndrome, etc.) and the influence he took from Warner Herzog and Luis Bunuel. Later he told me that both were in mind when he made the film along with Stanley Kubrick, which I don't think I would have thought of without him telling me.
I took advantage of the opportunity to buy his 3 books he has published (they're virtually impossible to find in Seattle). He also offered to sign them, which i thought was very nice of him.
Oak Mot
Rat Catching
Concrete Inspection
We spoke about how art is accepted so easily in Seattle and Portland. I told him about how I was raised here and he told me how he just bought property in the Czech Republic. From what he tells me, it's an awesome old house from the 16th century. The third film in the "It" trilogy, called "It Is Mine" will be executive produced by David Lynch. Here's the trailers for his two films.
Quite good. xo.
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