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My brothers would take us to the movies on the weekend, because we used to be next to the skating rink and they used to do dollar movies on Saturdays, typically either Blaxploitation or kung fu films.
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That was one of the ones that I was like, “I don’t know if I can listen to this and watch this movie.” But the movie itself is very off-putting, so that one was one that I was like, “Maybe I don’t want to know everything about how this happened.” But, anything in particular? Might have been The Killer. Because The Killer had a big impact on hip hop culture, with Wu-Tang and everything like that.įilmmaker: Were you also into all those Shaw brothers movies from the 70s, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin and all that?ī: I mean, we would go and see them. It makes everything so much more immersive, and I’m realizing I’m getting more out of the experience than the average person who just goes to the movies.įilmmaker: Do you remember any commentary track in particular that you were like, “Oh wow, this really opens everything up for me?”ī: I know I got weirded out by The Seventh Seal. When commentary came along, that was different, because now people are actually walking you through what the thought process is, what they’re actually doing in the moment and how they’re coming up with certain scenes. The benefit of laserdisc was the fact that it had all this extra content, and I was always trying to find more BTS stuff and things like that.
I had no idea that laserdiscs existed, and he actually turned me on to the technology. Here comes Slacker, right? All of this different cinema starts to open itself up to me and I found myself in the midst of a new love.įilmmaker: Were you on Criterion in the laserdisc era? You’re an early adopter?ī: Yes. Now I’m really drawn into the process of how movies are written, and how scenes are worked out between directors and actors, and all these different facets and how nuanced it is to actually create a film. While I’m learning all about these huge productions and how people were able to create this big stuff, all this little stuff starts to happen in Texas. Then I found the Criterion Collection, and they have all these different commentaries by directors and cinematographers. Then I was like, “OK, now I have no idea how people make movies.” So, not only did I continue to watch a lot of films, but I started to look at documentaries and different things. Then, in high school, probably my junior year, somehow I found 2001: A Space Odyssey. Not only the movie and story and everything, but I really wanted to know, how did they do that? How did they make a pirate ship and all these different puzzles and traps and everything that they had to overcome? I was intrigued by the process. But the turning point was probably, of all films, The Goonies.
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TV was a refuge, so typical stuff that would come on cable would intrigue me. Bun B will be moderating the latter Q&A, which is far from the first time he’s gotten out and pushed for the organization. My job, by definition, does not include interviewing hip-hop legends, but as a fan and fellow Texan by birth, an invite to talk to Bun B about his work with the Society was too good to pass up.įilmmaker: Growing up, what kind of movies were you drawn to? Was there a moment where you were like, “Movies might be slightly more interesting me to my peers”?ī: My parents divorced when I was young, so I ended up spending a lot of time alone while my mom was working. This Friday sees the start of the 13th Houston Cinema Arts Festival, including centerpiece and closing night screenings of Bushwick Bill: Geto Boy, a documentary that allows the late artist to tell his story in his own words. In May of 2015, legendary rapper and Texan Bun B joined the board of directors of the Houston Cinema Arts Society-first conceived in 2007, with the first edition of its annual film festival held in 2009. Bun B, Cane River, Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Houston Cinema Arts Society, James Foley, Richard Linklater
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