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Like other bloggers know, it can sometimes be exhausting to keep a blog, even on a monthly basis as is the case for me. Somehow, the writing time is always time stolen, as is often scarce, time spent on a blog becomes doubly dispossessed - the obligations and daily writing. At the same time, the exercise is not unpleasant and is another form of communication.

So what's new?

As always, many projects and too little time. Movies, albums and books. A stimulating environment, too: a lot of friends will soon be their new publications in bookstores. So, I look forward to hold my hands the novella Ariadne child faceless (XYZ, forthcoming this spring), a novel by science-fiction imagination generous and strong images. I saw, not without emotion, with what fervor and dedication of Ariane was devoted to this book. My friend Michel Châteauneuf also publish (same publisher, same collection!) A realistic novella which takes us back in the 1980s: Bad Trip to Heaven 6th . Creativity stimulates creativity, so this is very nice to operate in an environment where creativity is paramount.

Probably because of Ariadne, which is one of the most assiduous reader that I know, I also intensified my reading last year. Among them, a book stands out as a Russian mountain infernal The Pitch tortured, Joel Houssin, romance makes every possible means to achieve a kind of zenith in horror. The author has put at the service of his story that a pen-knife dipped in blood, not without evidence, at the turn of a few passages of fierce humor. Clearly and beyond cliché, the book is not to put all hands. More than just a load "gore", it is based on metaphysical foundations about human suffering and its aftermath. Still: the book gives off a smell of burnt earth. I wonder what would have thought the exegetes of Sade and the surrealists.

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At the moment I finish playing Between the arms of lovers gathered , Claude Bolduc, a book that I appreciate the rigor of his writing ( Some texts have extensive formal research, such "The Mask," the novella that gives the collection its title or the extraordinary pastiche of John Ray, who closes the book so remarkable) and Bolduc's talent to create a dense atmosphere. This atmosphere is often imbued with a sadness which is never free the brightness that provide human relations (friendship seems to be one of the favorite themes of the author, that theme was also reflected in his novel Youth Up on the hill ). Finally, other current reading: Side of rock, Nick Kent, which offers the reader a series of portraits corrosive rock stars tottering he followed in their excesses. Kent has written a lucid and often very funny service chapters of the icons described in inglorious circumstances. Kent has tried to be as fair as possible, without complacency, but without animosity either. After risking serious injury because of Sid Vicious (of the legendary punk band The Sex Pistols) and have been intimidated by Shane Mac Gowan (The Pogues), he tries to weigh the pros and cons with the most equity possible. Interesting reading, certainly, with these words of Joel Houssin precisely would report aptly:

"Let us be dry before the ages. breaks out the laughter in our lines and dancing undead!"

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Jean Rollin (1938-2010)

Since a new year can often determine the outcome of that which preceded it, it is impossible for me to ignore the death of French writer-director Jean Rollin, occurred December 15 last. With this disappearance, an entire world is going, and I can not think without nostalgia. Over a long career, Jean Rollin has distinguished himself by his world fantastic staff and very unique. If approached also other genres (comedy, thriller, erotica, drama), his preference was to dreamlike and strange stories. His literary work is unfortunately less known than his films, but it is one of the major gateways into his world. Jean Rollin has indeed written several novels, short stories, essays and prefaces, in addition to signing the scenario of BD (Xam Saga) and write recently, his memoirs. Lesser known fact, he was also a literary tenacious leader, who led no less four collections ("Black Light", "Terror," "Pocket Revolver Fantastic" and, last, my favorite: "The Angels of the Odd," Spells for the publisher, in which he republished the sulfur George Maxwell and Max Russell, along with unprecedented quality, like a surprising story of Anne Duguël: My soul is a pigsty ). His work as director of collection also allowed him to reveal talented writers like Pascal Francaix. We have corresponded since 1994, when I wrote him to express enthusiasm had given me his novel The Two Orphan Vampires . Subsequently, I had the opportunity to meet John a few times, including at the Paris premiere of her film Bride of Dracula in a room filled with colleagues and comedians. It was an amazing experience that attend the screening of the feature film along with colorful wildlife sitting in a modest room. We suddenly had the feeling of being immersed in another world, out of which, a little stunned by this immersion in a fantasy world, I accompanied Christophe Bier in a pub to share a "half" in discussing unusual film.

Subsequently, John participated in the 2007 Fantasia Festival, where he presented Night clocks, moving biopic of a great lucidity, already announcing the death of its creator ahead. Because of health problems he suffered since the 90s, Jean Rollin was very aware of the limited time available, and this finding emerged from his latest work. This edition of Fantasia allowed us to my friend Patrick and me to conduct a lengthy interview during which we tried to ask questions that had not thought journalists who had previously met. John speaks with enthusiasm of the editor Eric Losfeld, black French novels of the post-war, the Surrealists and many other subjects, before disappearing suddenly in his hotel room to return soon, bearer of gifts he had brought with him. My friend Simon Laperriere, who was one of the major contributors to the arrival of Jean Rollin in Montreal in 2007, wrote a text here emotional about it.

For my part, during his lifetime, I had occasion to pay tribute to him twice. First, in 1998, in a recent issue of the journal imagine ... Quebec, where a file was dedicated, together with a new and a 1996 interview. In 2001, Pierre Charles (the late founder of Cine-Zine -Zone ) also contacted me to ask about the texts of Jean Rollin. They appeared in Issue 134 of the said publication. In the "open letter to Jean Rollin" that contains this number, I wrote among others:

"Your works detonate when compared to too many movies or fantasy novels today, yet ultimately more mundane and down-to-earth as the most realistic novels, because the fantasy is still regarded as an intruder that must be exterminated, as an undesirable element that one fights before returning to the quiet bourgeois existence of a reassuring and Cartesian.
Instead, you open the dykes of the imagination a reality you build a hundred times more shimmer than the other, the "reality" conventional. When you read your novels, you never know what will happen, because anything can happen. Already in the 60s This sets the fantastic: anything can happen anytime.

Our friend Mario Mercier has written: "All that man can imagine already exists in the dream of creating the universal spirit." The orphan vampires exist, of course, like all others, their friends Fantômas, Phantom of the Opera, "Valerie in Wonderland" or the two young girls But Do not Deliver Us evil, this beautiful film that constantly reminds Joel Seria your work.

I can not summarize in a few sentences because it is primarily an adventure, an experiment in which it becomes difficult to judge as it is internalized. Movies and books contain many unforgettable moments with characters who spoke to me as too rarely in my life.

Thank you, John, keep writing and film ... " Finally, the Quebec magazine Contamination (unfortunately she also lost) was to hold another meeting, scheduled for a number that never appeared. These unpublished interviews will probably be published one day, preserving the memory and the voice of John. Then we can talk with him one last Once, during a dream that we will walk in the company of strange women, vampires, small ogresses, fairground timeless and all those who never refuse to see even in daylight, the wings of the Angel of the Odd cast their long shadow on the certainty that we thought immutable.

*** Happy New Year to all. It is rich in surprises and full of creativity ...

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Christmas

In this time of celebration, we thought we would offer you some pictures of our children clawed atypical as a holiday gift. Looking forward

see you in 2011 ...

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In December, What better way to keep warm as the sun of Mexico?

As long fan of popular Mexican cinema, I decided to present two films of this national cinema colorful. Lovers of surrealism and film-delirium certainly will find their account.

Anyone who has experienced the joys of Mexican popular cinema has an idea of Ladron de Cadaveres (in French: The monster faceless !), The typical horror film genre. It contains a masked wrestler, a mad scientist, a secretary in love, police clumsy, a laboratory that receives bad experiences, the melodrama, wrestling, monster, etc.. The scenario presents a scientist (mad of course), who wants to conquer the world (as many mad scientists, for that matter!). His plan: to seize wrestlers, the lobotomized so that they can completely dominate and, with this army, who began his domination plan!

Nothing too serious, so for the viewer, especially the band in question (much) older and with age, has installed a tenacious willingness to take all the second degree. The wrestling is surprisingly violent, good-humor reigns, and the look of the monster is by itself an entire program.

The black and white glorious time awakens reminiscences sometimes tinged with Gothic Expressionism, particularly when the shadow giant monster stands out against a wall in front of a crowd that fled terrified. Perfect example of the film "Series B" and psychotronic looking for fun with friends. The brief duration of the thing (68 minutes by VF, probably cut from the English version that lasts 12 minutes) makes the viewing even more intense, and we find ourselves in awe to an abrupt end and confusing, Paradoxically, despite its conventional.

French dubbing is pretty fun. For example, in a police station, a policeman shouted upon seeing the photo of an unidentified man: "He is a maniac, there's no doubt. " Like what the Mexican police are equipped with foresight! The director Fernando Mendez was especially shown in the fantasy genre, with films such as The Living Coffin , Los Diablos del terror or Misterios of Ultratumba ! If you want a more flat statement, what about Night of the Bloody Apes (The original title, The horrifying bestia humana would result deliciously French by: The terrible human beast )? Here too, we find the essential elements of Mexican film "commercial", ie: wrestlers (wrestlers, in this case), aspect pulp straight out of a soap opera, melodrama, improbable twists and a healthy dose of absurdity and unintentional humor. This title was directed by Rene Cardona , emblematic of the series B Mexican protean filmmaker whose son has continued to take odd succession, like Lamberto Bava. Cardona often reuses the same grounds and the same themes. Night of the Bloody Apes , for example, is the re-make updated 70s flavor (read: deliberately more aggressive in the representation of violence and eroticism) his Doctor of Doom of 1962 - a better film, in my opinion, for that matter - it also features an original song rather unforgettable Las Luchadores contra el medico asesino (The wrestlers against the doctor murderer). In the year 1971, he was met by a public becoming more and more jaded, thrill-seeking. Cardona strives to fulfill its mandate by using stock shots from the surgery just fine brought (plan: one man holds the face of the patient and another restless towards the heart-cons plan: four hands of real doctors are at work), crimes committed by the "bloody monkey" of the title, gore effects as primary than aggressive and women coming out of the shower ( the director uses in this ground so often that, a priori conventional eventually surprise).

So, we are faced with a curious hybrid: the storyline of the Mexican cinema and good-naive, which is grafted images for an informed public. link between these elements is of course the unintentional humor that allows Night of the Bloody Apes of being absolutely not traumatic. The scenario is enough to enlighten you:

Julio's son Krauzman brilliant doctor is very ill and will die. The worried father has an idea: why not transplant the heart of a gorilla? However, he did not foresee a problem: once grafted, his son turns into a demented monkey that kills everything that moves, again becoming a human from time to time (the Jekyll and Hyde or for one you lycanthrophiles , the way a werewolf). Parallel to this story is that of a wrestler who has thrown an opponent coma unintentionally. Racked by guilt, she is considering abandoning his career ... As

film "psychotronic" there is no better, and Night of the Bloody Apes, if only one is willing to accept them in conditions, can create a certain euphoria, thanks to the play of unflappable players, dubbed English, with the incredibly bizarre aspect of the mixture (stock shots + effects + gore doubtful scenario melodramatic pulp + music + wrestling, etc.). . The Surrealists would have appreciated. Maybe this is your case?

Spend a wonderful holiday season ...