Movies

Movie Poster This! ANGEL HEART – 1987

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Cinema posters of Turn Up The Volume’s favorite films

23 july 2022

Movie: ANGEL HEART – 1987

Story: The year is 1955. Private detective Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is tasked by the shadowy Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to track down the missing crooner Johnny Favorite, whose trace has not been found since 1943. The trail to the missing singer leads to a tangle of mysteries
and bizarre rituals in brooding New Orleans. (Movie Meter)

Actors: Rober De Niro – Mickey Rourke – Lisa Bonet (former wife of Lenny Kravitz)

Director: Alan Parker (Midnight Express / Mississippi Burning / The Commitments / Evita)

TUTV: Along with Al Pacino my all-time favorite actors. The performances of
DeNiro & Rourke in this David Lynch-esque thriller is nothing less than brilliant.

Trailer…

Top scene…

When Harry Angel (Rourke), the main character, finds out who
he really is when he encounters the real Louis Cyphre(DeNiro).

Spooky brilliance…

Great Movies Great Posters! THE STRAIGHT STORY 1999

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Turn Up The Volume’s favorite movies of all time

THE STRAIGHT STORY (1999)

Plot: A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver’s license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.

David Lynch read the real story in a newspaper and was so
struck by it that he made a movie about it, a normal one.

Director: David Lynch
Writers: John RoachMary Sweeney
Stars: Richard Farnsworth and, Sissy SpacekJane, Galloway Heitz
Year: 1999

A truly heart-and-soul breaking human story. Star Richard Farnsworth is so real and Sissy Spacek who plays his daughter brought tears to my eyes every single I saw this captivating pearl, although she’s only about a total of 15 minutes on the screen. The last minute of the film is pure goosebumps. Outstanding performances.

Trailer

New Documentary ‘WAKE UP PUNK’ Feat. VIVIENNE WESTWOOD And Her Son Comes Out In May

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15 March 2022

Vivienne Westwood (aged 80), punk-fashion artist and widow of the late New York
Dolls and Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren stars alongside her son Joe Corré in
a new documentary called WAKE UP PUNK.

The docu is directed by Nigel Askew who says:“’Wake Up Punk was ignited because
of the establishment’s misappropriation of Punk, a fightback from the heart of the
movement.”

In 2016 Joe Corré, torched an alleged five million quids worth of punk memorabilia.
Older punks were to collectively lose their shit and the media described the event
as a senseless stunt by an agent provocateur. This event was the inspiration for
a retrospect of the essence pf punk back then, but also now.

Westwood 10 years ago…

The official release is on 9th May in Glasgow.

Sex, Drugs And Rock ‘N Roll With Iconic Warhol Gang THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

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1 September 2021

The long awaited documentary by TODD HAYNES about the ultimate
iconic indie rockers THE VELVET UNDERGROUND will play on Apple TV+
from 15th October on.

Content: It documents the history of the innovative, eccentric and brilliantly
chaotic jingle jangle band and their legacy, through newly-conducted interviews
and various recordings and never-before-seen performances.

Talking about sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. VU lived it 24/7. The documentary
will be accompanied by a soundtrack, The Velvet Underground: A Documentary
Film By Todd Haynes.

While waiting for the men and women, here’s the trailer…

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: History

LED ZEPPELIN LIVE IN LONDON 2007 – Movie

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CELEBRATION DAY

Concert movie of a one-off Led Zeppelin show on 10 December 2007,
in the O2 Arena, in London, as part of an Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert
(Ertegun was a famous and highly praised music executive – founder of
Atlantic Records – who passed away in 2006). The film started a limited
cinema release on 17 October 2012, and came out on several home audio
and video formats.


(Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund)

According to the Guinness World Records issue of 2009, the concert holds
the world record for the “Highest Demand for Tickets for One Music Concert”
as 20 million requests for a ticket were registered online.

The explosive trailer…

You can buy the CD/DVD via Amazon

Movie This! JOY DIVISION – A Documentary – 2007

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23 February 2021

JOY DIVISION
A Documentary

What: this docu follows the unlikely rise of working-class lads Joy Division up to Ian Curtis‘s suicide with rare footage of the group and interviews with band members, their entourage and other Manchester punk celebrities of that era, as well as their moody and starkly photographed videos, capturing the essence of what made Joy Division so special and
so tragic.

Directed by Grant Gee – 2007

Film critic Philip French wrote: “Someone says in the film that the revolutionary step they made was to progress from the usual punk group’s angry statement: ‘Fuck you.’ Joy Division were the first to say: ‘We’re fucked.’ There is a particularly impressive sequence in which dark, despairing tracks of urban alienation and angst from the 1979 album Unknown Pleasures are accompanied by a speeded-up nocturnal journey around Manchester. It has the hallucinatory sci-fi feeling of Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville.”

The trailer…

Full documentary…

JOY DIVISION: Facebook

MUSIC MOVIES!

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THE DAMNED: DON’T YOU WISH WE WERE DEAD

A crazy mix of archival, interview and contemporary footage
of punk legends The Damned. The film also discusses the hot
rivalry between members Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies with
their disagreement over unpaid royalties.

Released: 2015

Trailer…

Happy B. to guitarist/songwriter Brian James.
He celebrates his 66th birthday today.

Give him a new rose…

THE DAMNED: Facebook

VELVET UNDERGROUND Documentary… Coming Soon

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17 February 2021

Title: THE VELVET UNDERGOUND

What: In-depth interviews with the key players of that time combined with a treasure trove of never before seen performances and a rich collection of recordings, Warhol
films, and other experimental art that creates an immersive experience into what founding member John Cale describes as the band’s creative ethos: “how to be elegant and how to be brutal.”

Director: Moviemaker Todd Haynes who already made some music movies in the past, like Velvet Goldmine (about glam rock) and I’m Not There (about Bob Dylan)

“Because although there’s very little traditional footage of them playing like you’d see in other rock docs, what you have is the exquisite Andy Warhol films that they played a part in, that he often shot in order to project them on the stage over them while they performed. And so, it really uses the language of those films. It’s just stuffed with the most gorgeous experimental film and photography, and what I hope is that it will take the audience back to that time and also let you hear the music in that context and hear it anew,” said Haynes in a statement.

Release: This summer via Apple TV+

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: Biography – Discography