Apr 27 2009
Video Feature: Classical Barbie Girl
The pre-millennial bubblegum techno hit is revamped for a more “cultured” audience.
Watch Classical Barbie Girl on CollegeHumor
Pop, rock and roll from the Outskirts!
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Apr 25 2009
Saturday Night Funky Flicks:Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
George Orwell’s dystopian classic novel about a totalitarian, oppressive society where history is fairytale and free thought is a mortal sin is brought to the small screen in this 1954 BBC television adaptation.
Directed and produced by Rudolph Cartier
Starring Peter Cushing as Winston Smith
(Watch the film).
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Apr 23 2009
Funky Flicks Short Feature: “Still Life” (2006)
This title implies what it says to a horribly accurate measure as a young man finds himself in a hit and run with police in a world that appears to be inhabited by still, lifeless and seemingly quite ghostly manikins.
“Still Life”
Directed by Jon Knauts and starring Trevor Matthews
Screenplay by Charles Johnston
Uploaded by YouTube member k0214315
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Apr 20 2009
Funky Flicks Special Monday Edition: “A Tale of Rock” (2007)
Produced at the University of Hertfordshire by John Godwin and Stephen Payne, This computer animated digital short is a prehistoric prelude to the rock of ages! Enjoy “A Tale of Rock.”
Funky Flicks returns to Saturday next week.
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Apr 12 2009
Special Two-day Funky Flicks Presentation: The Ten Commandments (1956) Part Two
Part Two
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Apr 11 2009
Special Two-day Funky Flicks Presentation: The Ten Commandments (1956) Part One
A holiday classic comes two the Outskirts! The Ten Commandments is the story of the Jewish Exodus as told by director Cecil B. Demille and stars Charlton Heston Heston as Moses.
The Ten Commandments Part One
Stay tuned for Part Two tomorrow.
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Apr 10 2009
Songs for the Passover/Easter Season
Also Featured at Waxing Poetically.
Today marks Both the Christian Good Friday celebration and the second day of the Jewish Passover. In honor of this occasion, this week’s Articles of Faith segment Waxing Poetically will acknowledge both faiths in song. Some of the following may be considered to be a bit on the liberal side of things, but it is in no way meant to diminish the sacredness of the season. Well wishes are extended to all who celebrate!
Matisyahu - “Jerusalem”
Uploaded by YouTube member fastmotionforme
The Divine Chaplet of Mercy in Song 2008 Version
Uploaded by YouTube member pcbuyer123
May all who celebrate have a happy, happy season!
Wax festively from the Outskirts!
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Apr 09 2009
Slam Poetry Feature: 4 Walls (2007)
Featured at both Waxing Poetically and Art from the Outskirts
Enter the wham bam world of slam poetry! From the beaten path of the “beat” generation of the 1960s and Alan Ginsberg to the soulful cries of James Brown in the 70’s, Public Enemy in the 80s and the coffeehouse wordplay of folk-influenced artists of the 90s such as Jewel ans Arrested Development, Spoken word or “slam poetry” has arguablyed snatch the new millennium by the proverbial throat and thrust itself into the semi-mainstream consciousness with prolific voices like Saul Williams, Beau Sia and Ishle Park crooning and spittooning their words like arrows from slings into both the willing and reluctant hearts of their listeners, it may have much more art to impart before quite poetically speaking, all is said and done.
The following piece is from a documentary of the slam poetry movement entitled 4 Walls
featuring Carlton “S.T.A.R.R.” Releford, a slam poetry artist from Knoxville, Tennessee.
Produced and directed by George Washington Rogers, IV. Executive Producers: Wash Rogers, Brian Greer, Kenneth Stephens. Editor: Brian Greer. Copyright 2007 Brass Knuckles Productions. For more information, please visit www.4wallsfilm.com.
Slam on!
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Apr 04 2009
Saturday Night Funky Flicks: Nosferatu (1922)
Tonight, the Outskirts presents an especially chilling tale: F.W. Murnau’s silent classic Nosferatu!
From Google Video:Nosferatu (1922) Originally released in 1922 as Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens, director F.W. Munarau’s chilling and eerie adaption of Stoker’s Dracula is a silent masterpiece of terror which to this day is the most striking and frightening portrayal of the legend.
Nosferatu
Starring Max Schreck
Directed by F.W. Murnau
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Mar 28 2009
Saturday Night Funky Flicks: The Screaming Skull (1958)
In this horrorfest about a mysterious barrage of screaming skulls appearing in a newly-wedded couple’s home, the protagonists are left to wonder if the culprit is a real ghost or is some just playing a cruel joke.
Watch for a chillingly hilarious voice-over wherein the films producers actually (jokingly) promise to pay for mortuary services should any viewer die of fright.
Directed by Alex Nicol
Starring John Hudson, Peggy Webber and Russ Conway
Enjoy The Screaming Skull (1958) Presented by RetroVision Theater
(Watch on a full screen).
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