Alex Cox on Dead Souls, Bruegel, The Prisoner, Repo Man 2, and like matters.
This is just a short note regarding US distribution of Dead Souls. I attended the first screenings in Seattle and Portland. Both were well attended, and our film enthusiastically received. The Kino Lorber distribution site lists our upcoming US screenings. Continue reading
Merritt, our Brasilian-American producer, attended the Zerkalo Tarkovsky Festival in Russia, where Dead Souls screened in competition. He brought home an audience prize. Here follows his report: Before the Dead Souls premiere at the Zerkalo film festival, I got to Continue reading
I m thrilled to report that, despite my advanced years, I have a new career, as an honorary member of the Circle Jerks. Though I can barely believe it, I have joined the Jerks for their Repo Man tour, where, clad Continue reading
Almost two years ago I started a Kickstarter campaign called My Last Movie, to raise money for a Western feature version of Gogol s Dead Souls. Well, the campaign went swimmingly, the shoot in Spain and Arizona, with two different Continue reading
The situation on Venezuela has stabilized strangely. The majority of the government remain in office, though the US has announced that henceforth all Venezuelan oil revenue will be confiscated and placed in an offshore bank account in Qatar. There has Continue reading
On 15 January, John Ratcliffe, chief of CIA, flew to Caracas for a meeting with interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez. The MSM commented demurely on this, as if such an encounter were normal diplomatic practice. It was not. In Continue reading
The US department of justice has published a legal analysis justifying the attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of the Maduros. According to its author, operation Absolute Resolve was limited to the kidnapping, and did not plan for a US Continue reading
On New Year’s Eve, President Maduro of Venezuela gave an interview to veteran journalist Ignacio Ramonet. He did it while driving his car through the streets of Caraas. In the video, his wife Cilia Flores is sitting in the back. Continue reading
On 29 December, US Operation Southern Spear killed two more men in a boat. And the US allegedly attacked a Venezuelan port with drones. I write allegedly because the only source for this claim is the Dear Leader himself, who Continue reading
This is not the first time the western powers have blockaded Venezuela. In 1902, Britain and its perennial allies Germany and Italy blockaded Venezuela for three months, after Venezuela then one of the poorest countries in Latiin America Continue reading