SAT. 9/11: GRIMONPREZ' DOUBLE TAKE + DIAL H-I-S-T-O-R-Y +
In its Bay Area theatrical premiere, acclaimed Belgian director Johan Grimonprez casts Alfred Hitchcock as a paranoid history professor unwittingly caught up in a "double take" on the Cold War period, targeting the global rise of "fear-as-commodity." Subverting a marvelous array of TV footage, Grimonprez traces Catastrophe Culture's relentless assault on the home, from the inception of televised images to our present-day zapping neurosis. PLUS: Grimonprez' first feature, dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, a Don DeLillo-penned freefall through history in which archival footage of jet hijackings is collaged with surreal '70s ephemera, banal disco riffs, and David Shea's superb remixed soundtrack. *Doors at 7:30 for season-opening champagne reception; showtime is 8pm.

MEDIA MASH-UPS  by various artists

Media Mash-Ups For a limited time only--let's call it the Summer Mash-Up Special--Other Cinema Digital is offering a special boxset of 5 discs for only $75 (plus shipping). These are recent releases that share an energized collage approach. Johan Grimonprez' hijacking piece sets the bar high for compilations of news footage, while TV Sheriff and Animal Charm take the low road with their hilarious cut-ups of TV and corporate video, respectively. Plus Negativland's double-disc set of A/V remixes, and the latest SoCal-cult "collage-narrative" from Craig Baldwin!

Titles include:

- Johan Grimonprez' dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y
- TV Sheriff's Not 4 $ale
- Animal Charm's Golden Digest
- Negativland's Our Favorite Things
- Craig Baldwin's Mock Up On Mu

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New edition #18 of OtherZine is out now!

OTHERZINE 18 features: New Drawing of Mike Kuchar by Maria Forde--see image on right! + Craig Baldwin's Late 90s Interview with the (real/evil, genuine/fake) Bob 'five bodied' Dobbs, seen here for the first time, faithfully transcribed by your editor Montgomery Cantsin! Plus: the unexpected return of the Tent! And: Foxy Cox's Dr. Yes! But wait there's more: Gerry Fialka's Two Cents (Unabridged!) Also: Stevenson and Magrini (From The Archives), Hankwitz on Caspar's Acker, and, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mister Ken Hollings!

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