A compilation of videos/short films for the legendary "band" Negativland, made by themselves with collaborators. One of a few pioneers of culture jamming - attacking the notions of copyright laws and media conglomerates - Negativland has made incredible new songs from existing audio of songs and voice samples, ranging from U2 and irate wanna-be lawyers to the unforgettable bootlegged tape of Casey Kasem freaking out off-air. Their shorts also display their knack for reworking existing media to great detail, combining world terror with religion and Disney. As political as they are humorous, Negativland is more important than most popular bands with original material. As Other Cinema puts it: "What emerges is a darkly cracked look at 21st century America, juxtaposing paranoia, torture, control, power, weapons, fear, suicide, cola wars, mental illness, and intellectual property issues with the lighter side of dopey advertising, cartoon characters, cleaning products and Jesus."
3 hrs of footage! Their original videos, extras and a music CD -
180 D’Gs To the Future! (covers of Negativland songs done by the Gospel R & B Doo-Wop group, The 180-Gs). The thick extras are "At Home With The Weatherman", The Long Lost “Visit Howland Island”, the KPIX News Ax Murder Hoax Broadcast and Jon Behren’s “Anomalies Of The Unconscious” - that makes one of the better DVD releases of the year by itself.
available now, released by
Other Cinema DVD for $24.95.
# posted by Mike Plante @ 11/18/2007 09:32:00 PM
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