ANTEBELLUM BLOG: 27.10.13

11/2/13

THE SHINING~ LOBBY OF BLOOD

i was reminded once again of the cult classic~ THE SHINING, (1980~ stanley kubrick)
i remember seeing this trailer in the theater and thinking it was one of the best, more effective trailers i'd ever seen.

's been a long time coming....

the future is NOW!

an american museum has finally given props to artists that were once considered obscene & pornographic.

MOCA WEST HOLLYWOOD presents the premiere of this groundbreaking exhibition

BOB MIZER & TOM OF FINLAND.

opening night was such a pleasure to attend with all the people who have believed in homoertic art and have pushed for it their entire lives.

a huge congrads to DURK DEHNER, SHARP, RICHARD HAWKINS, BENNETT SIMPSON, BILLY MILLER & JOHN SONSINI.

Bob Mizer & Tom of Finland is exhibited at MOCA Pacific Design Center Nov. 2 - Jan. 26. For complete exhibit information and info on two panel discussions at West Hollywood City Council Chambers, go to moca.org

check out opening night pics~

photos courtesy~ miguel reyes~ fairfax/antebellum correspondent & john polly

AS TRIBUTE TO THE PASSING OF THE LATE/GREAT FETISH ICON~ PIER PAOLO PASOLINI

~PRESENTS~

TEA WITH PASOLINI

on the 38TH year anniversary of his death

NOVEMBER 2ND

5PM TIL 7PM

TEA & SWEETIES WILL BE SERVED

$5 cover

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Pier Paolo Pasolini~ 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual.

Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure.

He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.

While his work remains controversial to this day, in the years since his death Pasolini has come to be valued by many as a visionary thinker and a major figure in Italian literature and art.

SALO or THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM, (1975), exceeded what most viewers could then stomach in its explicit scenes of intensely sadistic violence.

Based on the novel 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade, it is considered one of the most controversial films of all times.

RICK CASTRO says- "salo is the best film ever made. it separates the men from the boys."

Pasolini was murdered by being run over several times with his own car,dying on 2 November 1975, (just days before the release of salo) on the beach at Ostia, near Rome.

Giuseppe Pelosi, a seventeen-year-old hustler, was arrested and confessed to murdering Pasolini.

Thirty years later, on 7 May 2005, he retracted his confession, which he said was made under the threat of violence to his family.

He claimed that three people "with a southern accent" had committed the murder, insulting Pasolini as a "dirty communist".