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ROCK AND REEL (MAC, 22 March)

15-03-2008

Maverick film collector and cult cinema curator Jack Stevenson offers a quartet of rarely seen rockumentaries, showcasing the Stones, Paul Anka and "the last American Rock anti-hero" G.G. Allin.

Here’s the full line up:

Lonely Boy (Wolf Koenig & Roman Kroiter: Canada, 1962; 28mins; B/W)
A candid look, from both sides of the footlights, at a 60s phenomenon, Paul Anka. A teenage idol held at the crest of popularity by some vicarious currents‚ Anka at the start of his long and successful career is seen in appearances before crowds of screaming near-hysterical teenage fans and in backstage moments in this much-praised early cinéma-vérité short whose influence can be seen on films like A Hard Days Night and Privilege. (Winner of the documentary award 1962 Vancouver & Cannes Film Festivals).

Rolling Stones In Hyde Park (UK, 1969; 10mins)
This rare home-movie style short realistically captures the essence of the free public concert the Rolling Stones gave in Hyde Park only days after the death of Brian Jones. A raw, unstaged document.

Hardcore Home Movie (Greta Snider: USA, 1987; 6mins; B/W)
With cameo appearance by Bad Brains & various San Francisco punks. This impressionistic cinéma-vérité document conveys the vitality and energy of the flourishing late-80s punk scene via concert footage and rapid-fire mug-shot style interviews of various punks who embody the look and attitude of the period.

Hated - G.G. Allin & The Murder Junkies (USA, 1993; 52mins)
A raw and uncensored look at Americas most extreme and self-destructive punk rock anti-star G.G. Allin - filmed just before his death. At once repulsive and fascinating, this well-crafted film illustrates how the culture of rock stardom has come full circle from Anka's playful narcissism to Allin's dark nihilism. Funnier than Spinal Tap yet also at times genuinely quite sad. The film drew huge crowds at festivals in the US and Europe and took the American underground by storm in the summer of 1993.