Six years in the making.*
46 Films and Videos.
On two DVDs.
Lasting over five hours.
The most arduous viewing experience since Warhol's Empire movie (or Dylan's Renaldo & Clara).
*with a four-year gap for financial, technical and purely apathetic reasons.
Definition:
Homeless Movies [hohm-lis moo-vees]
1. Films without a home; rootless; unwanted.
2. Less or worse quality than home movies.
Yes, the Homeless Movies DVD is finally out – j
The films are handily divided into six self-explanatory chronological sections: Putney Movies, College Movies, Foreign Movies, Other Movies, Home Movies and Bonus Bits N Bobs – some never seen before!
Featuring:
• All the classics including Red Lipstick, Darker Than Night, Blood & Rain, Face to Face, The Woman with the Hundred Hairless Heads, The Red Whine, Desire, Hope & Bourbon, Warminster Carnival… and many more!
• Music by Rumpelstiltskin, Bob Dylan, Leonar
• 12-page booklet, 'A Cinema of Disappointment'
• Five exclusive movie poster postcard
If you worked on any of the films or videos in any capacity, you will get the DVD free of charge (if you want one), posted to you or given to you in person; if you know me (but didn't work on one), and buy me a beer or two, you'll probably get one free of charge (if you want one); if you don't know me at all and want one (highly improbable but you never know), you'll have to pay for it: email me at barnflakes@gmail.com for details. It'll probably be £15 including p&p, payable via PayPal (think that's expensive? Listen, it cost over £20 a copy just to get it produced).
For best results: watch the DVD on an old analogue 4:3 CTR TV
For worst results: watch the DVD on your brand new 40" widescreen digital TV or computer
The DVD goes really well with: Gullible Travels, the book I'm still plugging. You can match the faces (in the videos) to the names (in the book).
Got the book and the DVD? Congratulations: you know everything there is to know about me.
Special thanks to: JMS Attwell; Pink Pigeon for doing a great job on the authoring.
16 comments :
I can personally attest to the beauty and quality of this product, but get it for the postcards and cover if nothing else. A true design classic, with literally HOURS of entertainment thrown in too! What more can I say?
**** Yes, that's a four-star rating.
I can also attest to the fact that if all the time spent on this project had been directed toward finding gainful employment then things would now be different.
Nevertheless, very amusing, a good archive and well
slung together!
Jude
Nice one Jude!
Who's the guy in the trailer? He has a nice ass.
You should see his beard.
One can truely say:
'An absolute classic'
Great cinematography; fine acting; atmospheric lighting; wonderful umbrella holding skills; marvellous soundtracks and effects; unique layout and design of the titles, postcards and posters for the DVD....what more can one say.
Buy it before its too late.
Thanks, bro. All you say is true.
After our civilisation has long since crumbled, many years from this current high point, it is more than possible that these splendid discs will be uncovered from sites around the world by beings who, using unrecognisable DVD technology, proclaim the artistic voice behind them as eternally significant. And while one should be cautious about predicting the future, presumably there is every chance that these beings may even go as far as to set up blogs on the subject.
It's unlikely, but a lovely thought nonetheless.
After all the enthusiastic ratings I can barely contain my excitement and look forward to receiving aforementioned design classic featuring someone with a nice ass. I will be checking my postbox daily in anticipation ...
For the benefit of other readers please note that the extreme rarity and cult value of this product has reached the antipodes, where we await deliveries!
Thanks Raven. The DVD has indeed gone global, with equally eagerly awaited copies being dispatched to such far-flung locations as Budapest, New Orleans, Texas and, er, Bromley.
It's like Taryn played Edie Sedgwick to your Andy Warhol. And that's not overstating it.
I love that analogy, William. Obviously I take it as a compliment.
A great little collection of films with wonderful packaging to boot. It's great to finally have a copy of your New Orleans documentary which I still hold as your best. When's the sequel, Barn? When's the sequel?
Thanks Rob. A post-Katrina sequel is a great idea. Couldn't really say when; most probably never.
amazing, but brutal. watching some of these made me feel like something inside of me died. like i had to sell everything i own. like i froze up inside.
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