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Vincent Moon Movie du Jour
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Vincent Moon Movie du Jour
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If only because attendance at the Northwest Film Forum's Vincent Moon retrospective has been appallingly far from sold out, here's another reminder that it continues tonight through Thursday and your life will be incomplete and wasted without making at least one viewing. The clip above, filmed with David Moore this winter in New York, is slightly "more cinematic" than many of Moon's early films while still capturing the joy of musicmaking and the wonder of spectating.

It's not incredibly related to this evening's Mogwai-related double feature of Burning and Adelia I Want To Love, but it is awfully pretty. As much as I love the Paris-based takeaway shows, his recent travelogue work is somehow even more lyrical and enchanting.... (more)

Permalink | Comments (0) | Posted August 23, 2010 | more Film & TV
Vincent Moon Movie du Jour
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#87.1 - YEASAYER - No need to worry / Redcave

Because it's the weekend, and lazy overcast weekends are an ideal for overdosing on web video, how about another reminder that the Vincent Moon retrospective continues tonight at the Northwest Film Forum? Above and below the jump, a takeaway show with Yeasayer that's particularly great for the way that it begins with a very skeptical band in the streets of Paris and (SPOILER ALERT) concludes joyfully in an apartment across the city after a rousing impromptu concert on the Metro. I think that this video was my first exposure to the band; so their initial reluctance to shoot it is all the more entertaining in hindsight.

Tonight's program at NWFF includes a collection of these short films, including many that have not yet appeared online. The director will be present to help guide the musical travelogue and answer questions. I dropped in on his workshop yesterday afternoon and was thoroughly charmed; I'm hoping that tonight's presentation leaves plenty of time for conversation, too.

 

  • TAKE AWAY SHOWS: EXPANDED CINEMA. 8:00 pm, $6-9. (NWFF)
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Permalink | Comments (2) | Posted August 22, 2010 | more Film & TV
Vincent Moon Movie du Jour
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#41 - Arcade Fire - Neon Bible & Wake Up
Uploaded by lablogotheque. 

As you might recall, the Northwest Film Forum is hosting a Vincent Moon retrospective. Let's hope that tonight's screening of Mirror Noir, which documents Arcade Fire's Neon Bible tour, goes a little more smoothly than last night's opening selection. A delayed flight from Iceland meant that the director (and the cinema's only copy of Cheap Magic Inside) arrived very jetlagged and about a half and hour late. Even then, the enchanting film seemed a bit too much for the theater's Mac, skipping and stuttering reliably throughout the running time.

Perhaps by tonight they'll have sorted out the technical difficulties. If the Takeaway Show above is any indication, the full documentary should be stunning. It's a nice teaser for what Arcade Fire might bring to the overlarge Key Arena when they pay a visit to Seattle late next month.

  • Mirror Noir screens at 8:30 pm, $6-9, (NWFF).
  • Arcade Fire play Key Arena on 29 September. $40+ (STG)
Permalink | Comments (2) | Posted August 21, 2010 | more A&E
Vincent Moon Comes to NWFF Starting Tomorrow
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#64.2 - Beirut - The Penalty
One of my most favorite takeaway shows.

Those familiar with the name Vincent Moon most likely recognize it from the exceptional website La Blogotheque, which has played host to hundreds of Takeaway Shows (or, for the francophiles, les concerts à emporter) since 2006. In collaboration with the site's founder, Moon has filmed bands of all stripes playing brief acoustic performances, usually in unconventional settings for often unsuspecting audiences in single hand-held takes. The films are generally set in Paris, where Moon lives, and depict bands playing impromptu shows on tour buses, on sidewalks, in cafes, or in old buildings. The concerts appear to materialize suddenly and dissipate almost immediately upon completion. This transience, combined with the near total absence of reaction from passersby too accustomed to street music to notice or patrons too cool to show their delight only adds to the thrilling magic of the project.  

To fans of emerging bands, particularly of artists whose skyrocketing careers mean that each subsequent tour is likely to take place in a venue less intimate than the one before, the immediacy of these films is a revelation that inspires held breath and exploding hearts. With their distillation of musical experiences to their most pure and creative, they are consistently among the best things on the internet.

Starting Friday evening, the Northwest Film Forum dedicates an entire week to the work of Vincent Moon (real name, Mathieu Saura), bringing the director to town to talk about his movies, conduct a workshop on music filmmaking, and to film some Seattle bands in takeaway shows of their own. As someone known to breathlessly await the arrival of the next installation from La Blogotheque, I have similarly been eagerly anticipating this series since it was first announced.... (more)

Permalink | Comments (0) | Posted August 19, 2010 | more Film & TV
This is Not a Show: R.E.M. at NWFF This Weekend
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A couple years ago, way back in 2007, R.E.M.--the seminal Athens, Georgia-based band that's as old as I am--was working on their upcoming album.  A key part of their process this time around was five nights of trial-by-fire live performances of the new material ("working rehearsals") in front of sold-out audiences of fans, friends, and family members.  Way to use the method, guys, even if it was an "experiment in terror."

The result was their acclaimed 2008 return-to-form release Accelerate, as well as the double album R.E.M.: Live at the Olympia, and now the documentary This is Not a Show. The film features concert and backstage footage from noted live music director Vincent Moon.  If you know his work with La Blogotheque, you know that he captures great, spontaneous performances from unknown indie bands and living legends alike.  Check the trailer above for just a taste.

 

  • This is Not a Show plays at the Northwest Film Forum October 23-25, daily at 8pm. Tickets are $6 NWFF members, $9 non-members.
Permalink | Comments (0) | Posted October 21, 2009 | more Film & TV