Acclaimed DJ, author, and all around bright guy DJ Spooky remixed Birth of a Nation by Griffith into something pretty cool. Prior to the show he gave a little history on the movie, some perspective on the period of time in which it was made, the fact that it was the first movie shown at the White House. Finally his reasons for remixing it which was to give a DJ's perspective that maybe you could remix history. It is his art project, and for the show I was grateful.
While I really like DJ Spooky's work...as I sit here in the Brown Theater I must admit...I get it! You can remix a movie into a new type of message, but damn it drags a bit right around hour number two.
I 'm not saying it wasn't interesting but I've seen French cinema with more punch, and less artistic fluff. My only hope at this point is that Spooky runs some Public Enemy tracks over some Tampon commercials.
It was art. Read Spooky's book "rhythm science" and you would get a clearer picture of what he was conveying.
Posted by: | 10/15/2006 at 02:40 PM
Yep yep...
Posted by: a.brain | 10/14/2006 at 11:25 PM
There wasn't enough big beats for me...
Posted by: | 10/14/2006 at 02:23 AM