Xtra Special D.o.S. Screening This Wednesday

Hey folks,

Sorry for the late notice, but I just found out about this myself. This Wednesday (Feb 2/05) at 7:30pm there will be a very special screening at the Den of Sin of "Om Gottes Willen", Nina Hagen's documentary about her spiritual travels through India. There will likely be chanting before or after the screening as well and a special surprise guest (but if you ask really nice I might tell you). Please RSVP so that I know someone is coming. If you can make it I highly recommend it. This will be a night to remember.

~meeko

Need Something To Do Next Monday?

The Return of the D.o.S.

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Words fail me.

Just in Time for... I Don't Know

D.o.S. #22.

Movies I Watched Instead of Writing: Part 3

House of Flying Daggers [2004]-- Still like "Hero" better. And if you didn't like "Hero" because it lacked plot, you will like this even less. Zhang Ziyi is hot though.

A Very Long Engagement [2004]-- Gory, whimsical and romantic. Is political and silly and no one will go see it. A great movie.

Wake Up, Ron Burgandy [2004]-- Pretty much what you'd expect from a film made up of stuff cut out of another movie. Totally worth it if you loved "Anchorman".

Not Sure How To Feel About This...

As some of you know, I am a HUGE Joy Division fan. Seriously, ask me anything. Well, it's been rumored for a while now, but apparently it's finally official, they're making the Ian Curtis movie. Tony Wilson's signed on and everything. It's going to be based on the Deborah Curtis book, which if you're at all interested in JD or Ian is totally worth reading. Her honesty is heartbreaking and offers an interesting perspective that is appropriately summed up by the title, aside from it being a lyric from one of his songs. I'd kinda been hoping that 24 Hour Party People was going to be it for Joy Division movies, especially since it was such a great film and I think the way they handled Ian and his suicide was perfect in that it was very respectful and managed to preserve the mystique. The Tony Wilson novel which accompanies the film is also very good and goes into a bit more detail about Ian's final days, but again from an outsider's perspective, which frankly is much more interesting than straight up speculation from an unauthorized third party. I checked out the director's bio and he seems okay. Haven't really since much of his stuff, but at least he's into music. It definitely has the potential to be a good movie: tortured artist, love, betrayal, great music, infighting. I just hope they don't fuck it up.

Oh, and if you want more info, the BBC site also has a blurb on their biggest hit and a quiz. For the record, it took me less than a minute to complete and I got five out of five.

Better Late Than Never

Here it is folks, D.o.S. # 21.

D.o.S. Update

In case you were wondering, movie nights will be on hiatus for the month of January while we work on the first D.o.S. film, "The Undead".

Stayed tuned for more details...