my name is mud... give me a drink

some music from
john cassavetes' - the killing of a chinese bookie - 1976

classic drone series
sound, sound design, music in film

my name is mud

heavy

to be one with the lady i love... what is that junk called?

music/sound - bo harwood
sound mixer - robert (buzz) knudson

all of them witches

roman polanski - rosemary's baby - 1968

classic drone series
sound, sound design, music in film

1. rain to komeda
2. new years, delay
3. rosemary disoriented, new york streets
4. phonebooth
5. elevator (some dialogue cut out)
6. rosemary discovers coven
(material not on ost)

(link expired)

also worthy of mention:
dream sequences
exaggerated clock ticking after child birth

music - krzysztof komeda
sound recordist - harold lewis

relevant soundtracks:
- krzysztof komeda - knife in the water - 1962
- krzysztof komeda - the hunger (henning carlsen) - 1966
- krzysztof komeda - cul-de-sac - 1966
- krzysztof komeda - the rearless vampire killers - 1967
- krzysztof komeda - music from the original motion pictures - 8-cd box set

..emphasizing music and sounds as an equal counterpart to images.
manfred eicher on komeda

john cassavetes' husbands distilled into 23 blurs, streaks and abstractions
(discovered while listening to toru takemitsu)

follies (serene velocity)

softness and abstractions in the spirit of john cassavetes
from frederick wiseman's titicut follies - 1967

also surrounded by
samuel fuller, nicolas ray, bela tarr, hieronymus bosch, ernie gehr, robert altman
many others........

found here

some flares, flickers and circles of confusion from the killing of a chinese bookie (long version)

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(flicker, this whole sequence looks like tony conrad shot it)

(looks like cassavetes)

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john cassavetes: the killing of a chinese bookie, 1976 (long version)
cinematography: john cassavetes, al ruban, mitch breit, frederick elmes

these are abstractions from the killing of a chinese bookie, purely from the lens/camera.
i found from doing this entry; to understand a film's visual composition, it helps to watch it silent.
i recommend right-clicking the images to get them big (so the page doesn't have to reload each time). many of the details are to difficult to see small.

(this entry is dedicated to jeremy blake)