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scottwoods

Review: GV7

Jul 20, 2008 18:08

Because I suspect my latest review of a poetry documentary may not make it to the site that commissioned me for it, here is my review of Bob Bryan's "Graffiti Verite 7: Random Urban Static: The Iridescent Equations of Spoken Word".

It was not kind, but they've gotten a review from me before and it was somewhat tough, so I have faith.
To that end, I ( Read more... )

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ocvictor July 20 2008, 22:38:28 UTC

I've got this DVD, but I haven't gotten around to watching it yet.

But one question: Have you seen the previous documentary these folks did, where they talked to a wider range of poets?

scottwoods July 21 2008, 00:43:51 UTC

I did not. Which one is it?

It's GV6 THE ODYSSEY ocvictor July 21 2008, 02:10:31 UTC

It's GV6 THE ODYSSEY
http://graffitiverite.com/GV6FILMREVIEWS.html

Re: It's GV6 THE ODYSSEY scottwoods July 21 2008, 11:20:23 UTC

Thanks!

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dj_muse July 20 2008, 23:21:41 UTC

You could have been a LOT meaner (and we have seen that, son!). I wonder how many people who performed for this thing were happy that they'd gotten some soundtrack laid over their work.

There are some *bad* poets who you can tell are listening to a hip-hop beat in their head while they're badly rhyming their piece. Sounds like that's what the filmmaker is trying to superimpose on everyone he captured. Yikes.

Joshua Gage's take on GV7 RANDOM URBAN STATIC the DVD dj_muse July 21 2008, 02:13:27 UTC

Joshua Gage's take on GV7 RANDOM URBAN STATIC the DVD ( ... )

Re: Joshua Gage's take on GV7 RANDOM URBAN STATIC the DVD dj_muse July 21 2008, 02:19:16 UTC

Born to Speak the Word ( ... )

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scottwoods July 21 2008, 11:45:05 UTC

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louiserobertson July 21 2008, 14:46:42 UTC

Are you going to leave this up? This whole thing was fun to read.

dj_muse July 21 2008, 18:01:38 UTC

I was definitely sleeping when this happened, but it's great fun, isn't it?

chaptal July 21 2008, 18:32:03 UTC

Oh yeah, get out the popcorn and read fun!

Hello Scott Bob Bryan here anonymous July 21 2008, 20:04:19 UTC

Great Scott, Bob Bryan here! Sorry about the Anonymous tag but i don't have an account with LiveJournal. So what's all the fuss about? I heard from Loida that some people are mad because someone posted up some positive reviews of GV7 (it's hard to control where stuff ends up on the net once you publish it). I'm sympathic to spam as i receive over 800-1,000 pieces of it a day (thank god for my spam filter ( ... )

Re: Hello Scott Bob Bryan here ocvictor July 21 2008, 20:27:35 UTC

Hi Bob. I'll admit, I was the one who expressed distaste when I got one of the many e-mails from Loida about reviewing the DVD. My concern remains that, to all appearances, the person posting anonymously here is not some random "fan," but rather someone directly involved with the DVD, as evidenced by the direct lifting of text and quotes from the Web site, and the similarity of diction of promo materials used to sell the DVDs. (Like I said, I've gotten a lot of e-mails from you folks, between this and the previous DVD, which I reviewed.)

Frankly, this smacks to me of a manufactured conflict to generate buzz, and I'm uncomfortable further reviewing your products until I'm sure that's not the case.

Re: Hello Scott Bob Bryan here anonymous July 21 2008, 21:23:13 UTC

Hi Victor many thanks for the past review that you wrote about GV6. A appreciate your seeking a way to find a solution to this pr issue ( ... )

Re: Hello Scott Bob Bryan here ocvictor July 21 2008, 21:29:23 UTC

Victor I can assure you that the idea of " a manufactured conflict to generate buzz" is a lttle strange and in a way too sophisticated a marketing ploy for a little indie production organiztion like us.

Well, I didn't say it was done well. (:

But jokes aside, I'm willing to take you at your word.

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