Re: Modulations

["Collins" <collinsclan@sprintmail.com>]

I've been checking out some of the posts about this film and if it had not
been for Laurie, i would have paid it no attention at all. She caught my 
eye
with the mention of Stockhausen, and i had to check the site out. I just
wish i lived around one of the few places that it is being played. Well
there's Cleveland...but i don't feel like driving two hours to see an hour
and thirty minute film. Does anyone know if perhaps it may come out on 
video
for the rest of us?
Keep experimenting!
Jeff Collins
collinsclan@sprintmail.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Laurie Hatch <lahatch@dnai.com>
To: 'Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com' <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Date: Saturday, September 05, 1998 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: Modulations


>From: David Myers [SMTP:dmgraph@earthlink.net]
>>Sent: Saturday, September 05, 1998 5:01 PM
>>To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
>>Subject: Re: Modulations
>>
>>Anybody else see this?  The reviews have been good, and have considered
>>taking it in-but the previous film (from this director, I believe),
>>"Synthetic Pleasures", was a true embarrassment, some of the most empty
>>godawful crap I've ever endured on film....
>
>Guess ya didn't care for that one much, huh David?  %^)  I didn't see it,
but
>for what it's worth, a couple of the comparative reviews I've come across
do
>describe S.P. less charitably than Modulations.  As in "too scattered", 
>and
>"without a clear focus" (Metro, San Jose).  Sounds like that reviewer
wasn't
>quite as disgusted as you were!
>
>Even if Lee's fundamental style and vision simply aren't one's piece of
cake, I
>would still recommend Modulations if for no other reason than to catch
talking
>head interviews with some of the pioneering greats - Stockhausen, Moog, 
>and
>Macero come immediately to mind.  For instance, Macero describes the tape
slice
>n' splice he did with some of Miles' stuff (i.e. Live Evil) which I found
quite
>interesting.  Those are just a few of many segments in which musicians,
>composers, and inventors on the cutting edge of their craft, both past and
>present, discuss/demonstrate a gamut of topics: their approach, style,
>techniques, philosophy, influences.  Hey, there's even a little bit of 
>gear
>talk! -- albeit not much... (Not to mention a few mid-rave shots of knobs
>getting ~~twisted~~, you reading this, Lambrecht?  %^)
>
>A linear, fully comprehensive, meaty history and analysis of the 
>electronic
>music scene this is not, nor is it intended to be.  It's an art film, one
might
>say reflective of the culture which fuels its subject.  However, I do
believe
>that one could separate substance from aesthetic (or perceived lack
thereof)
>and still come away with a meaningful experience.
>
>laurie
>
>http://www.modulations.com/Film/modulations/modcontents.html
>
>