**** new release list no. 85
This is a really artsy week.
First off, we received a new shipment of handprinted t-shirts and hoodies.
Taylor's designs have been getting a lot of wear out on the streets, and some pretty great press: Even San Francisco Chronicle fashion editor Sylvia Rubin singled out Taylor's clothes as "a steal."
And of course don't forget this Friday the 13th is the opening of OCTOBER COUNTRY, the exhibit of Halloween photographs by the fantastic Donal Mosher. Swing by The Attic in our 18th street shop from 7-10 pm, we'll be serving up some ghost stories and spirits.
Well, wine and beer.
Also, certain Bernal Heights customers will be treated to a special subterfuge by East Bay artist Kara Hearn. Kara faithfully reinacts scenes from various movies (and we're talking epics like HARRY POTTER, LORD OF THE RINGS, E.
T., SOPHIE'S CHOICE, MOULIN ROUGE..
.) When you rent one of these movies, you'll also get a bonus disc featuring Kara's reinactment scene. In these cleverly edited videos, Kara plays all the parts in her modest apartment.
The results can be funny and poignant and sometimes quite astonishing (like when she plays every choir solist, orchestra member, dancer and audience member in her rousing version of the "I Sing the Body Electric" finale from FAME.) Lucky for those who don't feel like renting FAME yet again, you can visit to view this and other whimsical video art projects.
As for the good old fashioned video store rentals, read on.
(The list starts with ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL, geesh!)
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ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL.
Comedy.
Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Angelica Huston.
Directed by Terry Zwigoff.
* This is the release of the week because it's got hype, and it fits our "art" theme. But the truth is, it can't be recommended without a caveat or two. Director Zwigoff and writer Daniel Clowes were on point with their suburban satire GHOST WORLD, one of the most consistent renters in our shops.
So what went wrong here? Zwigoff and Clowes showed a sensitive side through the young female protagonists of GHOST WORLD. Now they seem to have gone all "dude" on us (lots of skirt-chasing jokes), and it's kind of gross.
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