[kj] The Death & Resurrection Show Premier balls-up

[Nick Scott]

If it is going to be whittled down from 150 mins to 90 mins then there is
never a better incentive to want to see it at a premiere.


On 12 June 2013 14:23, fleamusic <fleamusic at zoho.com> wrote:


> **

> I'm actually already looking forward to seeing this more than the next

> time I see the band live! Anyone else?

>

> ---- On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:15:56 +0000 *Brendan Quinn <

> bq at soundgardener.co.nz>* wrote ----

>

> So tonight I woke up at 7pm after catching a couple of hours sleep (I got

> about an hour the night before), flipped a mental coin, and decided to go

> to the premiere, due to start at 7:45. Luckily the ticketing / bar staff

> were chronically slow and there were a lot of people still buying tickets

> and drinks, so I was fine. Because I wasn’t sure whether I was going

> previously, I hadn’t arranged anyone to go with, so I went on my own,

> slightly sleepy and dishevelled…lots of black-clad people, the usual

> smattering of punks, alternatives, weirdos etc. Very nice crowd basically.

>

>

>

> Jaz turned up shortly after I did, was nice to see him but I decided to

> leave him alone. They were charging full price because Jaz and Shaun

> Pettigrew were on hand to do a Q and A session at the end. Fair enough. So

> I grabbed a couple of beers and went in – I managed to get a seat in the

> same row as Jaz and his daughter and some other family members etc.

>

>

>

> The movie – I was very impressed, despite or perhaps because I was almost

> totally sober. While you could make the comment that about a third to half

> of it would be more appropriately titled Jaz Coleman: This is Your Life, a)

> that was always going to happen and b) the documentary doesn’t suffer at

> all from it’s Jaz-centricness, to me at least. It’s not overwhelming. And

> there’s plenty of Geordie (he gets HUGE respect from everyone

> interviewed…), Youth (also plenty of respect, and very amusing at times),

> and Big Paul – who adds quite a touching personal / emotional element to

> the story. Jaz’s mum features a fair bit, and is a great addition – great

> anecdotes about Jaz and the band, and very amusing.

>

>

>

> There was lot of great early footage of the band, and more in-depth

> explanation about Jaz and Geordie’s activities in Iceland than I’ve been

> able to find out about elsewhere. Not surprisingly, the film has a VERY

> strong emphasis on magick / esoterica / ritual, and if you’re into that

> side of the band then you’re in for a treat, because Jaz and many others

> (including a lot of very interesting and strange people from Iceland) goes

> into detail about a lot of the rituals he performed, ‘transmissions’ he

> received, the intention behind them, their meaning etc. Different people

> will take that angle differently, but to me it’s plain to see that it’s a

> belief system that Jaz and Big Paul in particular took very seriously, and

> which Geordie and Youth later bought into wholeheartedly. There are some

> interesting reports about strange phenomema experienced by groups of

> people, people being struck by lightning multiple times while in Jaz’s

> presense in Iceland, similar with ball lightning in the UK etc.

>

>

>

> Bear in mind the premiere was a 150 minute version, which Shaun (the

> director / filmer) said will be whittled down to more like 90 minutes. As a

> fan I didn’t find it dragged at all, I felt privileged to be viewing this

> footage and it was both thoroughly entertaining, amusing, and touching at

> times.

>

>

>

> At the Q&A session Jaz mentioned that he found some of the footage almost

> unbearable to watch, both because of the emotions it elicited, and also

> because the Jaz from some of the early footage was different to the Jaz

> that he has become. Which was a nice comment to hear to be honest...

>

>

>

> I think that fans will be very proud, entertained, and especially amused –

> I was struck that almost everyone from Jaz down found an amusing angle to

> most of the events.

>

>

>

> Plans afoot to hold premieres in the UK and Europe and possibly elsewhere

> towards the end of the year (Nov was mentioned…). I think you’re in for a

> treat. Shaun has spent ten years, who knows how much time, money, blood

> sweat and tears working on a labour of love which has resulted in a

> thoroughly fascinating and entertaining piece of work. Jaz was most

> grateful and mentioned that he was sad that filming had stopped because it

> had been such a blast and they had formed a close bond (apparently Shaun

> saved his life on more than one occasion…).

>

>

>

> Oh and Jaz also intimated that he may be keen to go into politics at some

> stage (!), isn’t at all a fan of the current NZ govt (hear hear), that

> Kiwis need to ignore draconian undemocratic laws (agree), and that we of

> all people need to exemplify and earn our ‘clean green’ image - which we

> don’t deserve. Spot on, unfortunately.

>

>

>

> BQ

>

>

>

>

>

> *From:* gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> *On Behalf Of *Neil Perry

> *Sent:* Wednesday, 12 June 2013 8:18 p.m.

> *To:* A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] The Death & Resurrection Show Premier balls-up

>

>

>

> I think it was something like 8 years, on and off, travelling all over the

> globe,

>

> plus the last 18 months/two years finishing off the editing.

>

> Like I said, I'm just hoping that during this time he learnt the value of

> abandoning all

> hope and expectations when dealing with the band!

>

>

>

> On 11 June 2013 18:53, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>

> And how many years did Shaun spend on this project, exactly?

>

>

>

> It's just disrespectful.

>

>

>

> Alex in NYC

>

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