watched pi a few weekends ago with my fifteen-year old brother. he liked
the choice of music, but didn't like much else about the film, calling it
weird, silly, pretentious. myself, i liked it better the first time around.
watching it again, i got the feeling i was in the standard-grade
independent film festival, where the artiste/director repeatedly cuts to
odd-angle, poorly-lit shots and grainy film to divert your attention from
the overacting. even with the music, the atmosphere was lost on videotape.
now whenever i drive my brother anywhere and i'm playing any electronic
music in the car, he puts his index finger to his temple and starts making
drilling noises. it's embarassing. it's irritating.
i get concerned when my sibling comes back from watching 'the matrix' and
says he now likes techno, having heard propellerheads, rob zombie, and
prodigy. i also feel like exercising elder-monkey privileges and smacking
him upside the head.
the youth of today starve for movie soundtracks with quality electronic
music -- idm needs better role models in the cinematic community.
'pi' is an okay flick, but i prefer 'clockwork orange' as electronic
music's ambassador to the silver screen. with a kubrick piece, at least the
pretension and elitism can be rationalized.
where is our generation's wendy carlos?
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