{"id":212,"date":"2008-06-01T23:47:20","date_gmt":"2008-06-01T22:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/?p=212"},"modified":"2013-10-02T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T07:37:17","slug":"electric-sheep-summer-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/2008\/06\/01\/electric-sheep-summer-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Sheep Magazine Summer 08"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/es_cover_spread-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[212]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/es_cover_spread-2-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Electric Sheep Magazine Summer 08\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-577\" \/><\/a>\n<p>This bitter earth\/Can it be so cold&#8217;, laments Dinah Washington on the soundtrack of Charles Burnett&#8217;s <I>Killer of Sheep<\/I>, a film defined as much by its stark monochrome images as by the heart-rending jazz tunes that breathe soul into them. A lost gem for thirty years, <I>Killer of Sheep<\/I> is re-released in the UK this month and to celebrate the belated recognition of one of American independent cinema&#8217;s greats, we look at the influence of jazz on film in the US with articles on Shirley Clarke, John Cassavetes, Jim Jarmusch and Beat cinema among others.<\/p>\n<p>\tAlso in this issue: Edinburgh Film Festival, Flipside: Psychedelia, How Manga Took Over the World, interviews with Charles Burnett and Tom Kalin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">The magazine is no longer in print. Selected back copies are available for reference at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.closeupfilmcentre.com\/library\/\">Close-Up Video Library<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cool World: Cinema and Jazz USA &#8211; Bebop, Beatniks and Blue 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