Chris Cunnigham + Aphex Twin
Check it...
http://www.rubberjohnny.tv/
Rubber Johnny (Chris Cunningham + Aphex Twin )
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- KVRAF
- 2029 posts since 21 Jul, 2004
How long is it going to be? There were rumors of this when drukqs first came out. the trailer is on the drukqs microsite, and the chris cunningham DVD. Is it just that one song?
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- KVRian
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- 1313 posts since 29 Mar, 2002 from Salt Lake City, Utah - U.S.A.
Synopsis
Johnny is a hyperactive, shape-shifting mutant child, kept locked away in a basement. With only his feverish imagination and his terrified dog for company, he finds ways to amuse himself in the dark.
Rubber Johnny is the latest creation from the UK?s most imaginative filmmaker, Chris Cunningham. Featuring music by legendary electronic composer, Aphex Twin, this nightmarish and hallucinatory experimental short film is accompanied by 40 pages of drawings and photographs - Cunningham?s first published book of original artwork.
Biography
Chris Cunningham - one of the most influential filmmakers of the last decade - has been at the forefront of innovation and an inspiration for technological boundary-breaking world wide.
Cunningham first forged his relationship with Warp Records in 1995 with his debut promo ?Second Bad Vibel? for Autechre, and since has directed a score of mind-bending videos for the likes of Squarepusher, Bjork, Madonna, Portishead and most memorably, Aphex Twin.
The creepily hilarious ?Come to Daddy? (1997) and bootilicious ?Windowlicker? (1999) Aphex videos have both been showered with accolades, but deemed too darkside for daytime MTV. However, his delicate hand on Bjork?s ?All is Full of Love? (1999) sensual, milky robot promo won him the best breakthrough video MTV award and a Grammy nomination, as well as 4 silvers and the first ever Gold Award for a music video at the Design And Art Direction Awards.
Cunningham?s film making successes followed on from an accomplished career in feature films. He learnt his craft as an FX sculptor, designer and engineer on numerous feature films, which included working for David Fincher, Clive Barker and Stanley Kubrick.
In 2000, Cunningham created a video art installation ?flex? for the Royal Academy of Art?s Apocalypse exhibition. His next two short films with Warp Films, ?Rubber Johnny? and ?Spectral Musicians? are scheduled for release on DVD in 2005.With much anticipation from his legion of fans, Cunningham is finally turning his attention to feature films and is currently developing a feature length script with Warp Films.
Johnny is a hyperactive, shape-shifting mutant child, kept locked away in a basement. With only his feverish imagination and his terrified dog for company, he finds ways to amuse himself in the dark.
Rubber Johnny is the latest creation from the UK?s most imaginative filmmaker, Chris Cunningham. Featuring music by legendary electronic composer, Aphex Twin, this nightmarish and hallucinatory experimental short film is accompanied by 40 pages of drawings and photographs - Cunningham?s first published book of original artwork.
Biography
Chris Cunningham - one of the most influential filmmakers of the last decade - has been at the forefront of innovation and an inspiration for technological boundary-breaking world wide.
Cunningham first forged his relationship with Warp Records in 1995 with his debut promo ?Second Bad Vibel? for Autechre, and since has directed a score of mind-bending videos for the likes of Squarepusher, Bjork, Madonna, Portishead and most memorably, Aphex Twin.
The creepily hilarious ?Come to Daddy? (1997) and bootilicious ?Windowlicker? (1999) Aphex videos have both been showered with accolades, but deemed too darkside for daytime MTV. However, his delicate hand on Bjork?s ?All is Full of Love? (1999) sensual, milky robot promo won him the best breakthrough video MTV award and a Grammy nomination, as well as 4 silvers and the first ever Gold Award for a music video at the Design And Art Direction Awards.
Cunningham?s film making successes followed on from an accomplished career in feature films. He learnt his craft as an FX sculptor, designer and engineer on numerous feature films, which included working for David Fincher, Clive Barker and Stanley Kubrick.
In 2000, Cunningham created a video art installation ?flex? for the Royal Academy of Art?s Apocalypse exhibition. His next two short films with Warp Films, ?Rubber Johnny? and ?Spectral Musicians? are scheduled for release on DVD in 2005.With much anticipation from his legion of fans, Cunningham is finally turning his attention to feature films and is currently developing a feature length script with Warp Films.
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- KVRian
- 901 posts since 1 Dec, 2003
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- KVRAF
- 3506 posts since 27 Dec, 2002 from North East England
Looking forward to this. I believe it's only going to be 5 or so minutes long, so I think I'll settle for trying to find a screening somewhere.
On a vaguely related note, I bought the Cunningham video collection DVD and took it back recently. I do like his videos, but seeing them all in the same place and watching them one after another made me think a little differently about them. After the Michel Gondry DVD, many of the vids just seemed a little vulgar and uninspired. Not terrible or anything, much better than the vast majority of videos out there, but not worth 20 quid for 8 videos of variable quality.
On a vaguely related note, I bought the Cunningham video collection DVD and took it back recently. I do like his videos, but seeing them all in the same place and watching them one after another made me think a little differently about them. After the Michel Gondry DVD, many of the vids just seemed a little vulgar and uninspired. Not terrible or anything, much better than the vast majority of videos out there, but not worth 20 quid for 8 videos of variable quality.
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- KVRAF
- 7315 posts since 7 Mar, 2003
Yeah y'know, I saw that in HMV and very nearly bought it. But I already have the Warp Videos DVD, and that has the best C.C videos on it already in my opinion.
This new one looks freaky as f**k though, does he use Max/MSP with Jitter at all I wonder.
This new one looks freaky as f**k though, does he use Max/MSP with Jitter at all I wonder.
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- KVRian
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- 1313 posts since 29 Mar, 2002 from Salt Lake City, Utah - U.S.A.
Last edited by toine6 on Sun May 22, 2005 2:12 am, edited 1 time in total.
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- KVRian
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- 1313 posts since 29 Mar, 2002 from Salt Lake City, Utah - U.S.A.
I take that back... it appears the release date has been changed.
Release date change for Rubber Johnny
The release date for Rubber Johnny & the book of artwork is now JUNE 6TH.
Warp Films apologises for this confusion.
Because the Italian printers employed by Warp Films have deemed Rubber Johnny too offensive, we've had to put our release date back from the 23rd May 2005 to:
* 6th June 2005 in the UK
*12th June 2005 in Europe
The printers protested that the artwork was too indecent to subject their workers to seeing it at the mill, and they have flatly refused to print it on moral grounds. If Chris Cunningham can cause a storm in Italy during the throws of celebrating a new Pope then you know Rubber Johnny is worth the delay! As a result Warp have had to search out a more liberal-minded printing firm in England at the last minute, causing the release date to be pushed back two weeks.
Rubber Johnny scheduled for release in June 2005
Rubber Johnny is the latest creation from the UK's most imaginative filmmaker, Chris Cunningham. Featuring music by legendary electronic composer, Aphex Twin, this nightmarish and hallucinatory experimental short film is accompanied by 40 pages of drawings and photographs - Cunningham's first published book of original artwork.
The Book/DVD will be available on both NTSC and PAL formats in all good stores on 6th June 2005. Check back for pre-orders through Warp Mart!
Release date change for Rubber Johnny
The release date for Rubber Johnny & the book of artwork is now JUNE 6TH.
Warp Films apologises for this confusion.
Because the Italian printers employed by Warp Films have deemed Rubber Johnny too offensive, we've had to put our release date back from the 23rd May 2005 to:
* 6th June 2005 in the UK
*12th June 2005 in Europe
The printers protested that the artwork was too indecent to subject their workers to seeing it at the mill, and they have flatly refused to print it on moral grounds. If Chris Cunningham can cause a storm in Italy during the throws of celebrating a new Pope then you know Rubber Johnny is worth the delay! As a result Warp have had to search out a more liberal-minded printing firm in England at the last minute, causing the release date to be pushed back two weeks.
Rubber Johnny scheduled for release in June 2005
Rubber Johnny is the latest creation from the UK's most imaginative filmmaker, Chris Cunningham. Featuring music by legendary electronic composer, Aphex Twin, this nightmarish and hallucinatory experimental short film is accompanied by 40 pages of drawings and photographs - Cunningham's first published book of original artwork.
The Book/DVD will be available on both NTSC and PAL formats in all good stores on 6th June 2005. Check back for pre-orders through Warp Mart!
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- KVRer
- 28 posts since 30 Aug, 2004
I am seeing this on Tuesday, May 24th here in Southern California, (http://www.res.com/magazine/articles/re ... 2005-05-17 .html). Should be cool.
aakash
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- KVRAF
- 2321 posts since 23 Mar, 2004 from Two lower than LS6
This looks well f**king good!!
There was a trailer on the (very underwhelming) CC DVD collection, so it must've been in production for quite a while.
Pity he doesnt seem to want to release any of his installation videos on DVD
There was a trailer on the (very underwhelming) CC DVD collection, so it must've been in production for quite a while.
Pity he doesnt seem to want to release any of his installation videos on DVD
Phil
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- KVRAF
- 7315 posts since 7 Mar, 2003
Who was the printing company in Italy that refused to do it? Douche bags.
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