comment #1

D.Z. says ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_en_ot/obit_mr_blackwell

comment #2

huntermdaniels says ...

i own a Hertzog Tee from there that riffs on the most famous "Danzig" logo.

Great shop. Great, sarcastic and pithy employees. Great selection. And even a section for FREE RENTALS!

Speaking of Von Trier, did you like MANDERLAY? I think it's one of his best films, but it has sadly been ignored.

comment #3

Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

Cinefile is one of those places you see in a movie or TV show thinking "What a cool place, wish I could rent from there."

But then, when you have had to go to the desk for the umpteenth time to find out what clever/quirky/maddening category they put the film you want in, or had to deal with a counter person who makes you feel like you're not hip enough to help, you just want to shout "Look, can I just get that Ozu film so I can get the hell out of here??!"

But, the worst aspect of the place is that the customers mirror the staff - which means they could give a fuck if anyone else is going to watch a DVD after they are done with it. Only the library seems to have discs that are as abused as Cinefile ones are. I got one with jelly on it once. At least I hoped to god it was jelly.

Fuck that - give me nice, clean Laser Blazer where the discs are where you expect to find them, the selection is much better and you regularly find yourself running into filmmakers in the aisles (not to mention hearing the manager mentioned in Kevin Smith's Tonight Show appearance this week. And I can sooo hear Ron saying that line, very characteristic).

comment #4

lazarus says ...

Love the new (at least new since the last time I looked) Scorsese shirt modeled after the Scorpions logo.

I will say that Brian De Palma does not deserve to have a shirt in his name, even if the Def Leppard model is amusing.

One wonders where Welles is, but the most obvious font there is Winger and I don't think anyone wants to be responsible for that insult.

The original Herzog/Danzig will never be topped, and I hope to god that studio hack Michael Curtiz doesn't get Motley Crue'd.

comment #5

Craptastic says ...

You know what video store I miss like crazy... Mondo Video A-Go-Go. Used to be on Vermont, moved to Melrose and has vanished into thin air. Anyone else ever go there?

comment #6

LexG says ...

DANZIG FUCKING OWNS.

DIRTY BLACK SUMMER, SON.

comment #7

Gordie Lachance says ...

Speaking of video stores with unique selections and odd shelving catagories, Mondo Kims on St Marks in Manhattan is closing. Sign of the times, I guess.

comment #8

atticusrex says ...

Jeff, since you pointed out Lars T-shirt I'll just comment that for me his best most stunning movie is Breaking The Waves,

Now that is one powerful movie.

comment #9

kingofnails says ...

I lived near Mondo Video a Go Go on Melrose, and I used to go there all the time. Those people were crazy.

comment #10

corey3rd says ...

I want Norman Taurog spelled out in Roger Dean Yes script

comment #11

p.Vice says ...

Ha, Von Trier/Van Halen and Tarr/Black Flag actually make perfect sense when you think about it.

Here's a suggestion: This is not a Jean-Luc Godard T-Shirt.

comment #12

JD says ...

I also have that Von Trier shirt. Haven't seen the Black Flag/Bela Tarr shirt until now, but it's amazing.

comment #13

Craptastic says ...

kingofnails,

Yeah but, to me, that was part of the charm. The brothers that owned it even spelled "video" wrong on their business card ("viedo").

Aside from that, they were THE BEST in terms of providing obscure titles. Besides, any video store that has a Eddie Deezen section (he was in there almost every time I walked in) is a-okay with me.

comment #14

frankbooth says ...

Funny you posted this, because I'm off to see the real Patti in about 20 minutes.

comment #15

frankbooth says ...

Here's the story, if anyone cares:

Patti is not touring. She was on her way back from Australia, saw that today is Rimbaud's birthday, and decided to come through SF instead of LA to play a special show at The Warfield in his honor.

She played Because the Night, Dancing Barefoot (ewww, feet!) People Have the Power, Gloria, Rock 'n Roll Nigger and a very strange cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit.

She even brought the director of her film out on stage to play with the band. Said it didn't matter if he was bad, because "it's San Francisco and everyone is too stoned to notice." I guess she still thinks it's the Sixties here. He strummed a guitar and did okay, I guess. Hard to tell, 'cause I was so baked.

Older crowd, mostly. Dude who looked like Santa was rockin' out in front of us. (Where's Joe Leydon tonight?)

Happy birthday, Arthur!