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Comment on Music video week | Sound and vision: a potted history of an artform by Ashley Clark

Ashley Clark — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:53:38 +0000

Thanks

Comment on Music video week | Sound and vision: a potted history of an artform by helen rogers

helen rogers — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:52:51 +0000

Excellent!

Comment on Does anyone remember when Lenny Henry “whited up” for a film? by Leanne Rochester

Leanne Rochester — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:25:58 +0000

Apparently, while the film was being shot, Lenny went out for the evening still “made-up”. He wanted to know if he would be treated any differently as a white man.

Comment on Visceral delight: Gareth Evans’ The Raid by Some guys made a real-life version of Streets of Rage. It’s amazing. « Permanent Plastic Helmet

Sun, 20 May 2012 11:53:29 +0000

[...] Gareth Evans’ The Raid to my all-time favourite childhood game Streets of Rage 2 in my recent review, I had a bit of a YouTube session devoted to it. Look what I found. The music, the SFX, the little [...]

Comment on Blogalongabond – Licence to Kill: A Song to Die For by Ashley Clark

Ashley Clark — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:21:22 +0000

The first reference to Narada Michael Walden on PPH. It’s taken too long, frankly.

Anyway, great piece Michael, though I have a fair amount of love for Tina Turner’s ‘Goldeneye’, even if it’s not necessarily a classic.

Comment on Blogalongabond – A View To A Kill: Visual & Vinyl Villains by Blogalongabond – Licence to Kill: A Song to Die For « Permanent Plastic Helmet

Sat, 19 May 2012 14:17:38 +0000

[...] Increasingly, the choice of artist recording the Bond theme has become the subject of fevered speculation, competition and controversy, perhaps as much as the choice of actor to play Bond himself. While recent performers have ranged from the hopelessly naff (Madonna, Chris Cornell) to the bizarre (Jack White’s duet with Alicia Keys), it’s interesting to look at the artists who missed out, in the same way as I previously considered the actors who almost played 007. [...]

Comment on Pillow Talk: Roger Vadim’s Love on a Pillow by Scott

Scott — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:14:07 +0000

Unlike Steve (May 3, above) I am NOT adept at spotting allegory – I wouldn’t know my assonance from a hyberbole in the ground – so I watched most of the above clip with my mouth slightly open, a permanent crease in the bridge of my nose, and this slightly unnerving suspicion: clearly I’m not smart enough for anything haute.

Still, it’s been my experience that the brightest people I know never make me feel stupid. Fade in on Mr. McDonagh. His writing always manages to get through to me. It’s consistently clever, creative, and compelling. What a treat, to read his reviews. It doesn’t seem to matter which film he has sunk his wisdom teeth into; he makes me interested in every one of them.

Comment on Screening announcement: Do The Right Thing @ Clapham Picturehouse, Thursday 5 July, 20:45 by Ashley Clark

Ashley Clark — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:18:53 +0000

Mensiversary… what a word! Cheers Darwin.

Comment on Screening announcement: Do The Right Thing @ Clapham Picturehouse, Thursday 5 July, 20:45 by Darwin Franks

Darwin Franks — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:58:37 +0000

Reblogged this on The Mind Worm and commented: Londoners! Do the right thing: Please be so kind as to support my good man Ashley Clark and celebrate the 30th Mensaversary of his blog Permanent Plastic Helmet with a screening of...you guessed it: Spike Lee's classic joint, Do The Right Thing. Afros optional.

Comment on The Bad and the Beautiful by Fintan McDonagh

Fintan McDonagh — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:08:01 +0000

Thanks Cathy for a spot-on analysis of a great film. I think this is one of the very best Hollywood-on-Hollywood movies, up there with its near-contemporary Sunset Boulevard. You’re right: it’s not as cynical as Wilder’s masterwork, but it doesn’t stint in showing the ruthlessness of parts of the industry.
I loved reading producer John Houseman’s reflections on the basis of several of the characters. Two of the figures (more Bad than Beautiful) are based on Alfred Hitchcock and Fritz Lang. Now I want to know who inspired the other characters! Surely enough time has passed for the juicy truth to be told?