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We\u2019re back with a second sampling of cinematic imagery pulled from our electronic archives that has never before appeared on C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> or in C-U Confidential<\/strong>! This round kicks off with an outdoor scene from TOO MUCH FLESH<\/strong>, starring Jean-Marc Barr<\/strong> and \u00c9lodie Bouchez<\/strong> as accidental lovers making life miserable for housewife Rosanna Arquette<\/strong> in the conservative American heartland. Directed by French filmmaker Pascal Arnold<\/strong> and filmed in nearby Rankin, IL, FLESH<\/strong> is the second of three \u201cFreeTrilogy\u201d dramas produced by Arnold and Barr<\/a>, none of which have been distributed in the United States<\/strong> despite international festival play and home video release<\/a>. LOVERS <\/strong>(1999) and BEING LIGHT<\/strong> (2001) are the two other features in this trilogy.<\/p>\n \n The above image appears in the filmed portion of Salvatore Martirano, Michael Holloway<\/strong>, and Ronald Nameth<\/strong>\u2019s late Sixties multimedia collaboration L\u2019s G.A.<\/strong><\/span>, which we first wrote about a few years ago<\/a> when Martirano\u2019s colleagues revived the piece during the annual experimental music concert held at the University of Illinois School of Music<\/strong><\/a> in the late composer\u2019s honor. Eventually re-edited and released separately, the film component of L\u2019s G.A.<\/strong><\/span> is trippy montage set to Martirano\u2019s electronic notations and a creepy recitation of Abraham Lincoln<\/strong>\u2019s Gettysburg Address<\/strong> by Holloway. Not surprisingly, it is rarely seen or performed although pricey copies of the original Polydor <\/strong>LP soundtrack appear regularly on eBay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n Ten years ago, Robin Christian<\/strong> of Dreamscape Cinema<\/strong> in Champaign <\/strong>moved forward with his dream to make low-budget commercial features by producing, writing, directing, and playing the title role in LINK<\/strong>, an adventure wherein a military vet seeks revenge on a local drug lord. In this behind-the-scenes shot, director of photography Jason Cox<\/strong> patiently waits as Christian goes over a chase scene with his actors including Amy Armstrong<\/strong>, who plays Link\u2019s shady lady \u201cJamie.\u201d More or less expunged from the official Dreamscape canon in the wake of higher profile follow-ups SHEEBA, DISCONNECT<\/strong>, and ACT YOUR AGE, LINK <\/strong>is available as a self-distributed DVD through this Web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n Chicago <\/strong>playwright and independent filmmaker Joshua Aaron Weinstein<\/strong> lived in Urbana <\/strong>briefly before hightailing it to the Windy City, but returned to shoot the expressionistic short URBANA <\/strong>for his group Wet City Productions<\/strong>. The above screen grab features the main character, Jeff (Clayton A. Rogers<\/strong>), who performs at open mike nights and falls for fellow singer-songwriter Joslin (Tonya Andrews<\/strong>) with all the bumps in the road that scenario implies. Weinstein told CUBlog <\/strong>in an interview conducted last year that a convergence of friends and family members traveling from several states made the film possible. Streaming video as well as further information can be found on this page<\/a>; look for our story about the project to post later in the summer!<\/p>\n \n Maybe far more amazing than the fact Hart D. Fisher<\/strong>\u2019s long-delayed THE GARBAGE MAN<\/strong><\/a> finally arrived on home video two years ago<\/a> this month is that he shot the movie in Champaign-Urbana a whopping 18 years ago this summer, right before your humble editor moved to town. Here, lead actor James Meredith<\/strong> as deviant \u201cTom\u201d improperly disposes human remains from his killing spree.<\/p>\n \n We wrap it up with the EC Comics<\/strong> inspired program cover from the 1998 Freaky Film Festival<\/strong>, which took place at the Canopy Club<\/strong> in Urbana not long after that venue opened on the old Thunderbird Theater<\/strong> on Goodwin Avenue<\/strong>. (You might recognize the Canopy \u201cRoost\u201d as the setting in the URBANA <\/strong>scene pictured earlier.) Among other contributions to the second-year event, your humble editor assembled this garish delight in which he incorporated art from promotional materials submitted with AFFLICTED<\/a> <\/strong>(1996), an extreme culture documentary by Mark Hejnar, MY PRETTY LITTLE GIRLFRIEND<\/a><\/strong> (1997), a lesbian breakup comedy by Jennifer M. Gentile<\/strong>, and the immortal FAME WHORE<\/strong><\/a> (1997), a stylized satire on the cult of celebrity by Jon Moritsugu<\/strong>. He also drew the central \u201cFilm Guy\u201d based on original cartoons by FFF co-founder Eric Fisher<\/strong>, now an East Coast resident.<\/p>\n ~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the \u201cImages of the Week\u201d Dept.: In this second of three installments featuring images culled from our archives pertaining to the movies of Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond, we highlight (mostly older) random activity!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,14,53,19,23,274,31],"tags":[101,310,122,734,660,732,659,126,733,731],"class_list":["post-3527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alums-done-good","category-area-festivals","category-educationclasses","category-images-du-cu","category-preservation","category-print-matter-du-c-u","category-the-old-school","tag-dreamscape-cinema","tag-freaky-film-festival","tag-hart-d-fisher","tag-jean-marc-barr","tag-ls-g-a","tag-link","tag-salvatore-martirano","tag-the-garbage-man","tag-too-much-flesh","tag-urbana-short-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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