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 Posted: Jun 04, 2008 - 06:39 PM
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According to DreadCentral.com...
Chemical Wedding in NYC!
Attention East Coasters! The Two Boots Pioneer Theater, located at 155 East 3rd St and Avenue A in New York City, has just announced a badass screening of Julian Doyle’s Chemical Wedding, with a very special guest in attendance!
The film will unspool on Sunday, June 15th at 11:59PM and co-writer/Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson will be there to introduce it! There’s not many chance you get to hang out in a room with Bruce Dickinson without being violently escorted away by bodyguards, so if you’re anywhere nearby you should take the chance while you have it!
In case you had forgotten, Chemical Wedding tells of a mild-mannered Oxford professor who becomes the reincarnation of famed Satanist Aleister Crowley after a virtual reality experiment goes very, very wrong. The film recently premiered in the UK and has been getting a great response so far, so there’s another reason not to miss it!
http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/chemical-wedding-nyc
Not too sure about the "getting a great response" part (!) but I know a lot of US members will be interested in this news. |
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Posted: Jun 04, 2008 - 06:51 PM
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93,
Interesting recent posts to this thread. I think that this sort of sensationalist notoriety was part of the fabric of the parachute whereby Crowley's legacy survived the dark couple of decades between his death and revival, not to mention his artful use of it during his lifetime. It is still a very effective publicity tool today, and I'm sure that it will catch the attention of some people new to the subject and eventually draw some of these toward a more balanced familiarity with it. I'm also sure that if Paris Hilton had been persuaded to hump Simon Callow in a couple of scenes, this effect would have been greatly enhanced.
As for the negative impact of the film, if I were being true to my usual form, I might be wondering if the message of Thelema need be totally neglected in the film or, even worse, if it need be contradicted. Fortunately, it has not escaped me that the bait often stinks, but such bait lures certain varieties of fish irresistibly to the hook. 
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Posted: Jun 04, 2008 - 08:15 PM
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lashtal wrote: › According to DreadCentral.com...
Chemical Wedding in NYC!
Attention East Coasters! The Two Boots Pioneer Theater, located at 155 East 3rd St and Avenue A in New York City, has just announced a badass screening of Julian Doyle’s Chemical Wedding, with a very special guest in attendance!
The film will unspool on Sunday, June 15th at 11:59PM and co-writer/Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson will be there to introduce it!
Thanks, Paul. This brings the possibility of a wide-screen viewing of the damn thing in LA, as some theaters here still do the midnight showing thing, usually with the 'cult classics.' -Camlion |
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Posted: Jun 20, 2008 - 03:59 PM
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Pre-orders are now being taken for the DVD, which will be released on 8th September in the UK.
Extras include: a commentary with Bruce Dickinson and Julian Doyle, a "Making Of" documentary, outtakes, deleted scenes and "more".
Link to buy: http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/5438754/ ... edding+DVD
According to the Play.com site, "Play.com exclusive bonus soundtrack (pre-order only)". |
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Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 06:43 AM
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sethur666 wrote: › I think the real point is that public perceptions are more affected by mass culture than academic work, and this film sets things back considerably from the point where Crowley was described as an English philosopher on (I think) Criminal Minds, or got into the top 100 most influential Britons of all times poll.
I completely agree. I think people will take Crowley less seriously once he's been shown off as the boogeyman of a metal musician's passion piece.
I haven't personally seen this film but from the way it's being described and peoples' reactions, I really think the portrayal of Crowley sounds one-dimensional and a bit like a cartoon character. He's not just some important figure we all know and love... he was a person, and I imagine one of the most complex figures of the last century. Boring one-dimensional cartoon characters don't sit down and write The Book of Lies, after all.
I really hope someone makes a big-budget serious film about Crowley that showcases all the different sides to him that make him so complex. I can't be the only one here that thinks that he was more than just the 1920's rockstar. The man was funny, egotistical, encyclopedic, willful, self-doubting, self-loving, confused, grandiose, brilliant, fickle in every way... or at least that's what I can tell from the time I've spent gathering many perspectives on him. ...I feel as though, for someone to have so many bizarre and contradictory descriptions, they must be a lot more interesting than a cereal-box mascot.
Of course, I am not a huge expert on Crowley, and I am certainly new to his work... (a bit over a year) and I am yet to see this film, I repeat, but I think I'm starting to understand the man a bit better, and I think he deserves a more accurate portrayal in a full 3-1/2 hour epic film without any horror movie nonsense, and a big-shot Hollywood director.
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Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 02:04 PM
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Since you ask, I agree with many of the points you make: Crowley's life will inevitably one day be the subject of a serious movie, supported by an accurate script and substantial budget and I am aware of moves afoot in that direction.
But "Chemical Wedding" isn't that movie: it's a comedy romp in the tradition of a number of British movies. Some will like it, some will hate it - most won't be especially bothered either way. All will leave the cinema - or DVD player - having heard of Crowley's name. This is likely to be a good thing, in the same way that works like the Symonds and Mannix biographies brought the man to a larger audience which included many that subsequently became serious students.
DrJackShelton wrote: › I completely agree. I think people will take Crowley less seriously... I haven't personally seen this film but...
Your opinion will, of course, be even more interesting when you've actually seen the thing. 
DrJackShelton wrote: › I am not a huge expert on Crowley, and I am certainly new to his work... (a bit over a year)
I'm no expert, either, and I've been studying his work daily for the past thirty-four years. |
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| Well, I shall try to point my eyes and ears in its direction then! |
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DrJackShelton wrote: ›
What say you, comrades?
I say any publicity is good publicity. If someone is scared off of Crowley by this obviously fictional film, it's probably for the best. |
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Lot's of black humour, some interesting sci-fi ideas, some nice b00bies (including Callow's!), some creepy bits (like the telepathy), and a very nasty scene (close your eyes if you don't like needles). All in all a good romp, a bit confusing and possibly derivative of other movies, but enjoyable, justlike a "Carry On Crowley" should be. And I thought the ending pretty powerful and thought provoking.
Callow gives a fine rumbustuous performance, but John Shrapnel as a threatening 1947 Crowley is really superb (even though it's the 'bullet-head' AC not the Fife Robertson image). A proper biopic with Shrapnel please! |
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| A good summary, FraterProRata, in my opinion. |
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Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 09:41 AM
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Howdy you all. I loved this movie!
I got a real hoot out of the IMDB keywords for this movie..
Plot keywords for Chemical Wedding (2008)
Written By Star
Theology Student
Cult Horror
Fall From Height
Disappearance
Illusion
Female Rear Nudity
Hypnosis
Hanged Body
Fellatio
Female Frontal Nudity
Dream Sequence
Intestines
See Through Gown
Blood
Passion
Chess
Impalement
Video Surveillance
Suit
Sex
Lesbian Kiss
Split Head
Stabbed In The Chest
Tasting Blood
Thrown Through Window
Wig
Semen
College Professor
Whipping
Library
Tongue Ripping
Curse
Cane
Cambridge University
Wheelchair Bound
Breasts
Stabbed In The Mouth
Topless Woman
Urination Scene
Beating
Needle In Eye
Spitting Blood
Shirtless Male
Virtual Reality
Reincarnation
Death
Roommate
Magic
Stabbed In The Face
Orgy
Prostitute
Purple Outfit
Pocket Watch
Pentagram
Black Hole
Interview
Male Rear Nudity
1940s
Violin Player
Ritual
Reporter
College Campus
Doggystyle Sex
Lecture
Corpse
Masturbation Scene
Voice Changer
Title Spoken By Character
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I saw the film and read some posts here...
If a student begins studying materials left by Crowley, the only reason that he may continue would be that they worth reading; not because of Crowley's character.
So I believe making a film about Crowley's personality is not a big contribution at all... It is like Googling Bjork's nude images instead of listening to her music!
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I have this and enjoy it as what it is - a romp.
To take up Sepand's point that Crowley's character is not important to his work I have to disagree, the work of anyone comes to us through the filter of their personality, cultural context, etc. and awareness of the nature of these will give us tools towards a deeper undrstanding. It may not be essential but it's certainly not unimportant if you wish a wider view. How would your reading of Marx change if you found that he had servants?
That said this film, fun as it is, is probably not a great guide to the actual character of AC - more a pantomime extension of it. |
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amadan-De wrote: › That said this film, fun as it is, is probably not a great guide to the actual character of AC - more a pantomime extension of it.
I concur. The film, in and of itself, is a farce; a farce that is, very occasionally, rather amusing, yet ultimately ridiculous. The direction and cinematography is amateurish, and alas I must disagree with those throwing compliments in the direction of Simon Callow as I found his rancorous overacting somewhat repugnant. All that being said, John Shrapnel was excellent as an ailing, embittered Crowley: his performance being the film's one and only saving grace, in my humble opinion. |
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Post subject: BRUCE DICKINSON's 'Chemical Wedding' Movie Honored At Spain'
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| Or perhaps you could just, maybe, buy the DVD? |
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Lysenergy wrote: › Seems intriguing, I will gladly rip this movie off TPB.
lashtal wrote: › Or perhaps you could just, maybe, buy the DVD?
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