Video: Tron Legacy Official Trailer + New Daft Punk
- story Peter Macia
When the first Tron came out in 1982, Japanese toy manufacturer TOMY released the action figures and Lightcycles to go along with it, the latter coming with a zip cord that if pulled out hard enough could send the cycles hurtling toward dogs and feet with horrifying velocity. The Tron Legacy official HD trailer, which is almost exclusively focused on the cycles, was released late last week and only the corporate overlords at Disney know what the associated licensing extravaganza will bring to kids (dudes over 30) the world over, but we imagine it will be not quite as lo-fi, probably involving some kind of Wii deprivation suit that immerses kids (dudes) fully into the mainframe. Regardless, the trailer has been on the internet in full blur since last year’s Comic-Con, so Disney had to up their game to excite the attendees at this year’s installment, which wrapped up yesterday in San Diego. They did so by funneling anxious people through a Tron-ish tunnel to a room housing a full-size Lightcycle with, presumably, a song from Daft Punk’s soundtrack blasting. It’s hard to tell if the person in the front row starts freaking out because of the bike or the song, but it is pretty entertaining either way.
With much less fanfare and showmanship, a short behind-the-scenes video for Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are appeared this weekend as well and reveals a bit of that movie’s score composed by Karen O.
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posted on Jul 27, 2009 in ART+CULTURE VIDEO tags Daft Punk, electronic/dance, film, Karen O, Spike Jonze, Tron Legacy, Where the Wild Things Are, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
NYC Film: Nina Simone – Great Performances
- story Rosemary Simon
Andy Stroud’s rare-footage documentary, Nina Simone Great Performances: College Concerts and Interviews, opens at The Maysles Institute in New York City tonight. Stroud was Simone’s husband and manager and when we chose to feature her as one of our Icons in FADER 38, he provided great insight into her unique character and misunderstood personality. We also spoke with Stroud and Simone’s daughter—both interviews are republished here in full, heartbreaking glory. If legendary concert footage and timeworn interviews with the high priestess of soul are not enough to get you to travel up above 125th St. tonight, Maysles is also showing the first-ever documentary made about Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music, from 1969. Split your brain like a dolphin and watch both documentaries at once.
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posted on Jul 24, 2009 in ART+CULTURE, ART+CULTURE VIDEO, EVENTS, OTHER tags F38, film, Johnny Cash, Maysles Institute, Nina Simone
“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”: We Become Acoustic
- story THE FADER
Generally we do not like to listen to Django Reinhardt unless he is soundtracking a Woody Allen film. But Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Allen’s latest, had us obsessing over not only our future plans to retire off La Rambla and write books on la playa, but also the acoustic Spanish guitar backing the tale of a wanderlusty woman (ScarJo) and her summer affair with a fly-as-hell, sexually direct artist (Javier Bardem) and his brilliantly bananas ex-wife (Penelope Cruz! Get this woman an Oscar!). It’s a welcome switch from the cheeky little 1930s finger-pickery Allen usually forces us to listen to, which always for some reason reminds us of Bob Vila and This Old House. This is gently sensual, expressive guitar-weeping, boozy hot nights, song structures that mimics the subtle dance of seduction, performed by flamenco masters like Juan Serrano and Paco de Lucia. We are definitely ready for some fall affair. We would like it not to be as insane as the one in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, but what’s a little screaming now and again to fuel the passion. It also turns out Paco de Lucia is a super stony maaahfackha with a rad hairdo, as seen in the above 1976 video performance of “Entre Dos Aguas,” the song in the movie and arguably his biggest hit. Chyeah.
