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Herzog Coming To Film Forum (NY-Centric)

April 4, 2007 4:08 pm

New York's amazing repertory theater Film Forum is having an amazing (non-fiction) Werner Herzog retrospective starting May 15. There's many an amazing film playing, but highest recommendation goes out to the l...

Quentin Tarantino Apes and Odes With “Death Proof ” Soundtrack

Rodrigo Perez

April 4, 2007 4:56 am

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Ok, odes isn't a verb, but...In typical fashion, Quentin Taratino's "Death Proof" soundtrack (his half of the "Grindhouse" double feature), repurposes music from past movies. Now this isn't a major crime and is...

Killer of Sheep: A Long-Lost Classic Rediscovered

Rodrigo Perez

April 2, 2007 11:37 pm

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Everyone is raving about the film "Killer of Sheep," a film that has been languishing in obscurity for nearly 30 years. Directed in 1977, by then-UCLA film school student Charles Burnett, "Killer of Sheep" is w...

The Soundtrack Series Moves to the Interweb; Noah Baumbach & Quentin Tarantino Playlists

Rodrigo Perez

April 1, 2007 10:04 pm

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No, this isn't an April Fool's joke. I have this little project called the Playlist Soundtrack Series where I create imaginary soundtracks of directors I like. I call them the, "If I Were______ (insert filmmak...

What The Press Is Saying About The Playlist

Rodrigo Perez

March 16, 2007 11:52 pm

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The Playlist is a consortium of royal wes run, written and comptrolled by Rodrigo Perez and Rod Perez and johnypants and P-rez and all the other ridiculous nicknames he's been given over the years.A former film...

Milli Vanilla, The Movie Coming To A Theater Near You

Rodrigo Perez

February 15, 2007 12:20 am

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Universal has announced plans to make a movie based on the rise of and fall of 'late-80s, fraudulent pop stars Milli Vanilli, who won a Grammy in 1990 for Best New Artist. However, their good fortune wouldn't ...

Soundtrack Series Volume 6: Miranda July

Rodrigo Perez

December 5, 2006 7:45 pm

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If I Were Miranda July: Soundtrack Series Vol. 601 - Backyards - Au Revoir Simone02 - Keen Yellow Planet - Stina Nordenstam03 - Behind My Eyelids I Am Dreaming of You - Michael Andrews04 - A Day In The Graveyar...

Soundtrack Series Volume 5: David Gordon Green

Rodrigo Perez

December 5, 2006 5:43 am

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If I Were David Gordon Green: Soundtrack Series Vol. 5 - Disc 101 - Motherless Bastard - The Books02 - Let's Move To The Country - Smog03 - Hold Your Terror Close! - The Go! Team04 - Willie - Cat Power05 - Vict...

Soundtrack Series Volume 2, 3, & 4: Jim Jarmusch, Cameron Crowe, Michel Gondry

Rodrigo Perez

November 3, 2006 5:29 pm

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My next installment of the Playlist Soundtrack Series. Read here to find out what it's about, but essentially it's imaginary soundtracks I made for films that don't exist from filmmakers that I love. For this b...

How To Download & Listen To These Soundtracks

Rodrigo Perez

November 3, 2006 7:09 am

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Instructions to (theoretically) Download and Listen:* save the .zip file to whatever directory you want it to save to (but know where you're saving it to' ideally wherever on your computer you generally store y...