Electric Sheep
Winter Issue
(08)
Web: http://www.wallflowerpress.co.uk/category/electric-sheep
Electric Sheep’s by-line is a “deviant
view of cinema” and it certainly never ceases to live up to its publicity.
Every issue surprises, amuses and provokes.
The Winter issue “Into the White” looks at
the role of the Antarctic and snow in film and what a fascinating series of
articles it offers. From Werner Herzog’s
Encounters at the End of the World which explores the Antarctic as a sort of
meditation on natural beauty with an innate criticism of humanity’s inane
stupidity to an interview with Asif Kapadia on Far North. There is the bizarre
savagery of the Thing by John Carpenter and an intriguing look as snow in film
noir. Electric Sheep offers articles on Finnish and Icelandic cinema and, of
course, discussions of Christmas cinema from Tim Burton to Slashers.
This is such a fascinating and interesting
subject - while lots of magazines have articles on Xmas, not many actually look
at the cinematic significance of the wilderness of the arctic or the symbolic
imagery of snow. Electric Sheep always comes up with the goods and never ceases
to amaze.
There are also pertinent reviews of
significant films and discussions of current film festivals, there is also an
article on Salo or 120 Days of Sodom which universally is seen as a
controversial and yet highly significant work of cinema but is still banned in
many countries including Australia.
Electric Sheep once again offers a range
of unique content with highly informative features, intelligent and erudite
reviews and an approach to cinema which is way beyond the mainstream and is
proud to be so !
This review will appear in Volume 2:1
(2009) of the digital and print edition of Synergy Magazine.
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