Alice is a 1988 dark fantasy film written and directed by Jan Švankmajer. Its original Czech title is Něco z Alenky, which means "Something from Alice". It is a loose adaptation of Lewis Carroll's first Alice book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), about a girl who follows a white rabbit into a bizarre fantasy land. Alice is played by Kristýna Kohoutová. The film combines live action with stop motion animation, and is distinguished by its dark and uncompromising production design.
For Švankmajer, a prolific director of short films for more than two decades, Alice became his first venture into feature-length filmmaking. The director had been disappointed by other adaptations of Carroll's book, which interpret it as a fairy tale. His aim was instead to make the story play out like an amoral dream. The film won the feature film award at the 1989 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Genesis P-Orridge died on March 14 in New York. Genesis led a life of spectacle, philosophy and professionally challenging the norms of middle class bourgeois culture. The work of Genesis represents an important bridge between the counter culture of the 1960s and the ubiquitous mediation of culture in the present day cyber society. The work of Genesis is almost a road map of the shift from counter culture to resistance, whereby the idea of 'alternative' was swept up by mass consumption and distribution models and made into a form of identity. This formation of identity according to the market is something that Genesis fell into, and seemed to be relying upon in the challenge to conservative definition of gender. The resistance to conservative gender norms shifted Genesis back towards the idea of marginal, counter or revolutionary.
In this film Genesis and his lover, Lady Jaye, express their deep bond by melding their identities through plastic surgery.
Inspired by new sounds, new technologies and the political events of the time, the early 90s sees the emergence of a scene that euphorically celebrates the dawning of a new era.
In Berlin, Frankfurt and many other German cities, activists tinker on a new music and club culture oriented around the coordinates Techno and House.
At Berlin's Love Parade in 1991, different local scenes congregate for the first time. The trend turns into a movement. A German Summer of Love, which changes whole lives overnight and kick-starts careers.
The basic principle of Techno stands for experimenting, crossing borders and DIY. Fans become DJs or party promoters. Labels are founded and record stores open up. The scene grows. An independent microcosm is created. Networks are formed away from established structures. For a moment everything seems possible…
WE CALL IT TECHNO! tells the story of a tempestuous phase in music history, the first time that pop culture was created significantly in Germany.
With exclusive interviews and comprehensive, mostly unreleased film and photo archive material from the years 1988-1994!
Incl. Statements from Ata, Cosmic Baby, Mijk van Dijk, Elsa for Toys, Hell, Mike Ink., Jürgen Laarmann, Mark Reeder, Tanith, Triple R, Upstart, Sven Väth, Wolle XDP and many more
“This music had such power that we left everything behind... We felt like a new age was starting and we were the first to notice.” (Upstart, Munich)
“It was like a dance on a vulcano. Like: technology brings us progress, but it’ll also destroy us. On the other hand: who gives a sh!t, first I’ll just dance.” (Wolle XDP, Berlin)
“We did a lot of space studies at the time. It all tended towards psycho-active stimulation with the aim of going up and it all never coming to an end. Actually, we tried the weirdest stuff. (Elsa For Toys, Berlin)
“1989, after the fall of the Wall, when the Techno movement in Berlin grew from one day to the next, we all felt like we could change the world.” (Cosmic Baby, Berlin)
“The Moment of unity was short, it lasted maybe one summer.” (Ralf Niemczyk, Cologne)
“It’s nice to see that many people in this context made it, that Techno and House isn’t just stupifying music connected to drugs.” (Frank Blümel, Berlin)
The full documentary for the band Can ,( 1h 27' 07'')
Compiled by Rudi Dolezl and Hannes Rossacher
Produced by DoRo Production , Vienna , Austria
Included ''Paperhouse'' ,''I want more'' , ''Dizzy Dizzy '' , ''Below this level '' and more ..
