With Guests Tom DiCillo and Virginie Sélavy.
Special guests include New York `No Wave` director Tom DiCillo (Johnny Suede, Living in Oblivion, The Real Blonde, A Box Of Moon Light) and we discuss his films, and in particular his latest effort WHEN YOU`RE STRANGE, a new documentary about THE DOORS, using all archived footage, most of which has never been seen before. Also with us will be Virginie Sélavy, founder and editor of ELECTRIC SHEEP magazine which promises `a deviant view of cinema`. Virginie talks with us about exploitation cinema, film magazine publishing, and the new book ELECTRIC SHEEP publishing is putting out an new book in November, called THE END with essays on David Lynch, Nollywood, The Night of the Living Dead, Koji Wakamatsu, Clouzot`s Inferno, 70s Spanish horror films, etc. We also, discuss the recent announcement that the UK Film Council is to be axed.
Today is Boring
In November 2008, TODAY IS BORING moved from Shoreditch up the road to Dalston. Since then, we have taken on a new direction, leaving behind all the pretenses of a high street video shop. Our involvement in various aspects of the film industry and various creative communities revolving around the use of the moving image, has naturally pushed us in other directions. Now, TODAY IS BORING finds us involved in film consultancy, film events promotion, film production, and of course the continuing development of our film archive. The curation of this archive now centres around research and reference for organisations and individuals, rather than the ad campaign-driven mass entertainment of the day.
Some of the people and organisations we have worked with through film screenings, productions and collaborations include:
BFI (British Film Institute), Burke Roberts (LA based Director and creator of the Bizzurke Army film collective), Castle Pink Frankenstein (Paris based underground film distributor), Charles of London (Fashion Designer), Christian Marclay (American visual artist and composer), Daniel Gordon (Very Much So Productions, film Director), Disasters Emergency Committee (2004 Tsunami Fundraiser), Douglas Hart (HSI London, Director), The Fabulous Penetrators (London based band), Hackney Spice Festival, ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), Jimmy Henderson (London based Director), M+R Place to Fill Gallery (Shoreditch, London), Pam Hogg (Fashion Designer, Musician), Peter Stuart (LA based Director, of 'Another State of Mind' 1982 US punk documentary), Pix Magazine, Plexifilm (International DVD Label), Rio Cinema (Dalston, London), Shooting People (.org), Sibling Rivalry Productions (London based filmmakers), Tartan Video and Tartan Cinema, Third Window Films (London based DVD label), Tim Noble and Sue Webster (London based artists), White Cube (Shoreditch, London).
Upon visiting our archive you can expect to find film titles belonging to the following genres, subgenres, categories and hydrid genres based on setting, theme, mood, format and target audience:
80s Slasher, 90s Arthouse, Action, Actuality Film, Adventure, Amateur, American Field Trip, American New Wave, Anarchic Comedy, Animation, Anime, Anthology Film, Art Film, Arthouse, Avante Garde, B-Movie, Based on True Events, Beach Party Movie, Bildungsroman, Biography, Black Meets White, Blaxploitation, Blockbuster, Boca do Lixo, Body Horror, Bond, British New Wave, Buddy Cop Film, Caper, Chick Flick, Children's Cinema, Cinéma Vérité, Classic, Comedy, Coming of Age, Courtroom Drama, Creature Feature, Crime, Cult, Czech New Wave, Dance, Dark Comedy, Deadpan/Dry Humour, Detective, Dick Flick, Direct Cinema, Disaster, Documentary, Dogme 95, Drama, Eastern (Western), Epic, Erotica, Eurospy, Existential, Experimental, Exploitation, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Feminist Interest, Film Noir, French New Wave, Gangster, Gay Interest, German Expressionist, Giallo, Girls with Guns, Gore, Hagsploitation, History, Hood Film, Horror, Hyperlink Cinema, Independent, Iranian New Wave, Japanese New Wave, J-Horror, Jidaigeki, Kitchen Sink Drama, Live Action, Lucha Film, Martial Arts, Meta Film, Metaphysical, Mexploitation, Mockumentary, Mondo Film, Monster Movie, Mumblecore, Music, Musical, Mystery, Nature-Gone-Wrong, Nazi Exploitation, New Hollywood, New Queer Cinema, Occult Interest, Outlaw Biker Film, Period Film, Political, Poliziotteschi, Postmodernist, Private Eye, Propaganda, Psycho Biddy, Psychological, Race Film, Road Movie, Romance, Rubble Film, Satire, Scare Films, Sci-Fi, Serial, Sexploitation, Silent, Slapstick, Slasher, Social Realism, Soft Porn, Spaghetti Western, Spies and Private Eyes, Splatter, Splatstick, Sport, Stoner, Supernatural, Surrealism, Swashbuckler, Sword and Sandal, Teen Exploitation, Television Series, Thriller, Toe Curlers, Trash, Turksploitation, Underground, War, Weeper, Western, World Cinema, and Zombie.
