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Review: Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise
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What are we going to do? KILL!
What do we always do? KILL!
What do we need to do? KILL!
What do big dogs do? KILL!
...the Pre-Show Chant
Meat Loaf has been performing for decades, putting on intensely performance-heavy shows that not only strain his voice, but also any modicum of energy he has. Yet no matter how drained he might be, he makes it work, belting out long, classic, character-driven tunes and driving audiences wild. Each show begins with the spark created by the chant above. (At least, his most recent ones do.) Unfortunately, I don't think that Bruce David Klein had a rousing chant to help spur him into capturing the world of Meat Loaf for the concert documentary Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise.
Interview: Mr. Aday Himself for 'Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise'
Filed under: Documentary », Music & Musicals », New Releases », Interviews »
When I was a teenager, my father took me to see Meat Loaf perform at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. We had amazing, front-row seats, and I remember being completely mesmerized for the entire show. Instead of well-choreographed dance moves that really have nothing to do with the song, or stoic, immobile singing, Meat Loaf Aday performed each song as if it was a short play. Even in my youth, I was exhausted just watching all of the heart and energy he put into it. Whether you're a fan of his music or not, this is one of the most dedicated performers that you can find.
All these years later, after wrapping up his tour for Bat Out of Hell 3, the unstoppable performer is the focus of his first concert documentary, Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise, which was directed by Bruce David Klein and just hit New York theaters late last week. The film follows the last-minute preparations for the tour, and specifically focuses on his troubles with the classic song: "Paradise by the Dashboard Light." Stay tuned for my review, and continue after the jump to read Meat Loaf's thoughts on the project, as well as a few nibbles about his music and film career.
Stars in Rewind: Angelina Jolie Meditates to the Typewriter
Filed under: Trailers and Clips », Stars in Rewind »
Before the days of Brad and babies, Billy Bob and blood vials, or Jonny Lee and bloody tees, there was just Angela and Viril. The year was 1993, and Angelina Jolie popped up in a short by Steven Shainberg, the man who would later direct the saucy Secretary, and last year's Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus. It's a simple, black and white short -- Angela sits on a bed in the lotus position, meditating, while Viril types rhythmically the numbers 1-1,000 on an old typewriter. That is, until he gets trapped by a strange feeling.
But this wasn't the only time that Viril found himself at the service of his woman's whims. The film was later followed by Alice and Viril, also starring Jolie. This time around, the film is in candy-color, and Viril meets Alice at a convention for lawn products. She asks him to hold his head underwater for 3 minutes. He does so in fishtank -- once again suffering as Jolie lounges.
But before I get to the quiz, I thought I'd give you one more goodie, to break the Christmas carol monotony -- Angelina in Meatloaf's Rock 'n' Roll Dreams Come Through. Enjoy!
Answer for the last poll: The consensus was right this time around -- Kelly Macdonald was the actress who never played the Shrew. It was actually her Trainspotting co-star Shirley Henderson.
Bat Out of Hell: The Motion Picture
Filed under: Music & Musicals »
The CD/MP3 generation has lost something that those of us who grew up listening to vinyl used to take for granted: the ability to see cover art at a decent size. It was far easier to appreciate the cover art on an LP than on a CD or the display screen of an I-Pod, and Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell had one of the coolest covers of all time. The artwork by comics legend Richard Corben featured a muscle-bound hero riding a rocket-powered motorcycle as it bursts out of a grave. Now that's an image with which to conjure.According to Movie Hole, Michael Lee Aday, better known as Meat Loaf, is in talks to adapt his debut album into a motion picture. The Loaf-meister is expected to produce and appear in the flick, though not as the star. Apparently the likelihood of this movie getting out of the starting gate is linked to the success of his new CD, Bat Out of Hell 3. Meat Loaf has held his own quite well in films like Fight Club, and Crazy In Alabama in which he did a respectable turn as a bigoted southern sheriff, so I see his presence in the film as a plus. No word on what the movie might actually be about, but my mind keeps racing back to that classic album cover. Might this be a Heavy Metal-esque science fiction fantasy? Maybe a horror film? Perhaps a cooking show (his name is Meat Loaf)? Time will tell, I suppose.
Not to sound negative, but it takes a lot of guts to call a movie Bat Out of Hell. In the event that the film bombs and is yanked from theaters after only a few weeks, some smarty pants blogger (and make no mistake, it might very well be me) is going to use "Meat Loaf Film Leaves Theaters Like a Bat Out of Hell" as a headline. Hey, when you're blogging at 3:00 AM and you have to be up for work in a few hours, you don't always have the luxury of being clever.
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