Looking Glass Heights: portal #8
February 18th, 2019
beyond whiles – an experiment in adaptation
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PRAISE FOR LOOKING GLASS HEIGHTS:
“Classic British indie small press pamphlet, and a sharp burst of mood and ideas. It’s very much comics as poem – it’s the sort of work that Douglas Noble has been known to do” – Kieron Gillen
“A spooky zine… Liked this a lot. The writing is really strong and the art suggests just enough to make you uneasy – Sarah Horrocks
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If you enjoy the above video or any of the LGH comics, please consider giving some time or money to Living Rent (Scotland’s Tenants Union) or another similar group closer to home –
thanks,
David
This is Happening
February 14th, 2019
Super November, directed by Douglas King, written by and starring Josie Long
Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley, starring Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson
“Rap critics that say he’s money, cash, hoes
I’m from the hood stupid, what type of facts are those?” - Jay-Z, 99 Problems“Take the big key and open the door to the living, breathing past
The one you enliven over and over,To the ship’s port, or the house of the welder;
To the library door of Donald Dewar.Then picture yourself on the threshold,
The exact moment when you might begin again,” – Jackie Kay, Threshold
Super November is a film of two halves, with a break in filming reflected by a jump in the story we see on the screen. People disappear from the plot along the way. Cameos in the first part don’t get the intended pay off. Haircuts change. The substantial details of the narrative are left largely unexplained.
The first part of the movie concerns a librarian called Josie who’s on the edge of what seems like a pleasantly boozy romance with a nice lad who’s in the Scottish Green Party. The influence of mumblecore is overt enough that it’s been built into the production and promo cycle of this low budget comedy, but Super November‘s endearing roughness highlights the interconnectedness of aesthetic choices and material possibility.
Looking Glass Heights: portal #7
February 11th, 2019
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PRAISE FOR LOOKING GLASS HEIGHTS:
“Classic British indie small press pamphlet, and a sharp burst of mood and ideas. It’s very much comics as poem – it’s the sort of work that Douglas Noble has been known to do” – Kieron Gillen
“A spooky zine… Liked this a lot. The writing is really strong and the art suggests just enough to make you uneasy – Sarah Horrocks
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If you enjoy the above video or any of the LGH comics, please consider giving some time or money to Living Rent (Scotland’s Tenants Union) or another similar group closer to home –
thanks,
David
