{"id":104,"date":"2008-12-31T15:48:06","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T14:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/2008\/12\/31\/issue-22\/"},"modified":"2010-06-13T16:43:42","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T15:43:42","slug":"issue-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/2008\/12\/31\/issue-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 22"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

\"Winter<\/a><\/p>\n

\nFocus: <\/b>
\nFar North<\/I><\/A>

\nInterview:<\/b>
\ninterview with DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus<\/A>

\nFeatures:<\/b>
\nThe Close-Up Video Library<\/A>
\nICA at 40: Club Deluxe <\/A>
\nWild Japan<\/A>

\nFilm Reviews<\/b>
\nThe Man from London<\/I><\/A>
\nLove and Honour<\/I><\/A>
\nGonzo: The Life and Work of Dr S Thompson<\/I><\/A>
\nPatti Smith: Dream of Life<\/I><\/A>

\nDVD Reviews<\/b>
\nLotte Reiniger’s Fairy Tale Films<\/A>
\nBlack God, White Devil<\/I><\/A>
\nHourglass Sanatorium<\/I><\/A>
\nThe Designated Victim<\/I><\/A>
\nSeason of the Witch<\/I><\/A>
\nThe Mindscape of Alan Moore<\/I><\/A>

\nShort Cuts:<\/b>
\nCinema16 collection of world short films<\/A>

\nFilm Jukebox:<\/b>
\nThe Pains of Being Pure at Heart<\/A>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The winter issue of Electric Sheep<\/I> explores celluloid snow with articles on Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End of the World<\/I>, Aki Kaurism\u00c3\u00a4ki’s Calamari Union<\/I>, John Carpenter’s The Thing<\/I>, Christmas slasher movies and cult Japanese revenge tale Lady Snowblood<\/I>. Plus interview with Asif Kapadia and Jerzy Skolimowski, preview of the London Short Film Festival, and a comic strip review of Kamikaze Girls<\/I>! It is available from Wallflower Press<\/A> for a 15% discount<\/B>!<\/p>\n

Asif Kapadia’s tale of love and revenge in the Arctic Circle, Far North<\/I><\/A>, triumphantly ends the cinematic year. Also out this month are B\u00c3\u00a9la Tarr’s long-awaited incursion into noir<\/I> territory The Man from London<\/I><\/A>, melancholy samurai tale Love and Honour<\/I><\/A> and two documentaries on American icons, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr S Thompson<\/I><\/A> and Patti Smith: Dream of Life<\/I><\/A>.<\/p>\n

In the DVD releases, we have Lotte Reiniger’s exquisite animated Fairy Tale Films<\/A>, 60s Brazilian master Glauber Rocha’s Black God, White Devil<\/I><\/A>, psychedelic Polish fantasy Hourglass Sanatorium<\/I><\/A>, Strangers on a Train-themed giallo<\/I> The Designated Victim<\/I><\/A>, George A Romero’s fascinating feminist horror Season of the Witch<\/I><\/A> and documentary The Mindscape of Alan Moore<\/I><\/A>. <\/p>\n

We have an interview with DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus<\/A> about their documentary The Return to the War Room<\/I>, which screened at Sheffield Doc\/Fest last month. We celebrate the wonderful project of The Close-Up Video Library<\/A> and preview the ICA cinema’s 40th anniversary season<\/A> as well as the very exciting Wild Japan<\/A> season at the BFI Soutbhank. And as 2008 draws to a close we review the best and worst cinematic moments of the year.<\/p>\n

\nIn the Short Cuts we review the Cinema16 collection of world short films<\/A>, and in the Film Jukebox we have The Pains of Being Pure at Heart<\/A>, the New York indie pop band that is currently making even the most jaded critics giddy with excitement.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The Electric Sheep Magazine team<\/B><\/I><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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The winter issue of Electric Sheep<\/I> explores celluloid snow with articles on Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End of the World<\/I>, Aki Kaurism\u00c3\u00a4ki’s Calamari Union<\/I>, John Carpenter’s The Thing<\/I>, Christmas slasher movies and cult Japanese revenge tale Lady 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