"The Empire Never Ended" - vile video / monkeys, Hitler moustaches, Perle

[thebigidea]

http://www.terminalproduct.com/empireneverended.rm

shoddy 13 meg realvideo roughcut slice... further formats in the near future, the software is melting... a few bits left to put in there, and some placeholder segments... but, ah - that's the general idea. whatcha think?




“The Empire Never Ended”
(summer of 2002 - andre perkowski)

NARRATOR: "Horrified... to find the theme of his script... turn into devastating reality."

AUTHOR: "Well, I was sickened by it."

EXCOP: "It took... you know, Hitler, for example."

INDIAN WOMAN: "Ten times more powerful, ten times more biased."

PRESIDENT: "The trifecta."

ME: "Hey kids!"

PRESIDENT: "The trifecta."

EXCOP: "That's what the President's message is all about."

PRESIDENT: "The trifecta."

EXCOP: "We can't stop, we can't forget what happened.

INDIAN WOMAN: "What you have to do is tell them."

PRESIDENT: "Little did they'd realize, we'd get the trifecta..."

TV VOICE: "ha ha ha ha."

INDIAN WOMAN: "What you have to do is tell them."

EXCOP: "It took... you know, Hitler, for example, told us for years what he was going to do...
people ignored it, until it was too late."

with dick cheney as uncle scrooge
hamid karzai, you CIA stooge
halliburton and unocal
they fistfuck our afghan pal
hey everybody - join the troop:
lets all invest in the carlyle group.

ANNOUNCER: "Follow the money."

oceania
is at war
it has always been at war -
war is always doubleplusgood
war gives dick cheney wood.

so turn on your telescreen
the right wing is oh so mean.

TV VOICE: "Will Iraq be the next target in America's New War On Terror?"

how do they justify this invasion?

INDIAN WOMAN: "Ok, you want to kill people for money. Or whatever you want to do!"

watch the media whore...

INDIAN WOMAN: "Why do you lie?"

persuasion...
geraldo rivera is in a ditch
ashleigh banfield is a bitch
chris matthews spittin' and stutterin'
o'reilly denying his rancid lying

INDIAN WOMAN: "Why do you lie?"

alan keyes hateful kermit the frog
greta sustern scientology doll (dog?)

gess i'm just a might offended
since the empire, it never ended.
since the empire never ended.

CSPAN HOST: "What do you think about using nuclear weapons?"

hey look over there
its saddam hussein
he's waiting for the nuclear rain.

WOMAN: "Media..."

they say he's worse than hitler
so lets all kill some children.

they say he's got a moustache
so lets all kill some children.

PRESIDENT: "Little did we realize we'd get the trifecta."

wolfowitz wolfowitz
dreaming of the baghdad blitz
woolsey woolsey,
you can't fool me
with your deathmonger eyeball glee
sick dick -
sick dick perle:
making our collective toenails curl
thinks that saddam is just gonna roll over
fool can’t manage a lousy combover

colin powell got the colon power
colin powell got the colon power
he stepped on a shitsmeared stick.

ME: "Ah, its all so damn depressing."

I think that Pogo, he said it best
we met the enemy and it is us.
the empire it never ended
the empire never ended.

ENTHUSIASTIC LUNATIC: "We celebrate with a wonderful trip to the mall - and we go clothing shopping."

TV VOICE: "We have to follow the money."

hey everybody
join the troop
lets all invest in the carlyle group.

TV VOICE: "We have to follow the money."

[Must_B_Free]

1. It sure is a big idea

a small concentrated idea may be more digestable.

if I can offer some constructive criticism of the things that I didn't like:

- stops in the music to put in the speech
- the beginning is slow, more concise ideas towards the end
- the first effect is like a minute or two, gets stale quickly

I especially enjoyed the parts about the criminals and their crimes.

I am impressed at all that's there I think if you can cut it down to 2 minutes and 30 seconds and focus on "recording the criminals and crimes in song" I would be more attracted to it.

I hope my thoughts for you are acceptable, I won't pretend to speak for others, and what do I know anyway.

Oh yeah, more hitler moustaches.

[thebigidea]

2. "- stops in the music to put in the speech" is my favorite part

I'm a shameless Negativland disciple...

"I hope my thoughts for you are acceptable"

UNACCEPTABLE THOUGHTS! Unacceptable! Report for reprogramming. Section 23.

re: first effect - yeah, that's the placeholder. clear plastic 16mm leader handpainted. I'm waiting for the lab to ship back a bunch more animation to stuff in there. TRIFECTA MONKEYS!

re: cutting to 2 minutes. Well, its not really for those with short attention spans or weak stomachs. Ok, its designed for sadists. The finished dvd will be approx 2 hours long.

Comes with free dramamine, laugh track optional:

http://www.terminalproduct.com/paranoiashow.html

[thebigidea]

3. oops - dupe... weird...

I'll throw in a graphic to alleviate the illness.

[thebigidea]

4. realize, my collective dears, that I will be kicking this in manic manner

KICK!



featuring Hamid Karzai as "The Champ"

anyway, do you know what it's like to get back the anticipated-for-months footage you half remember slaving away on for hours, days, etc? And then unspooling the film and seeing red dots everywhere?

"Uh, well - I guess its kind of an effect... uh..."

[thebigidea]

11. like so

still fussin' with the mpeging for a non-realmedia (yuck!) version... CRASH!

[thebigidea]

12. and so....

AND SO. Never forget that third so. crucial.

[sistersofmercy]

17. Lovely!

I'm so laughing! on the inside where it counts. Tis true, tis true.
A case of Oedipus rebeling, "I'm worse, I'm worse!"

[thebigidea]

21. And the critics rave! Roger Ebert calls it "a delightful confection."

ok, I made that up. But I once saw him buying "concessions" in Chicago, and he looked very sad indeed.

[thebigidea]

22. Michael Medved says: "way too much thigh exposed for my purposes."

[thebigidea]

23. Gene Siskel, though quite dead - mentioned that this video was:

"bombastic and offensive in pursuit of nothing more noble than peoples attention."

[thebigidea]

24. Harry Knowles of Aint-It-Cool-News didn't like it, though

apparently, I wasn't true to the original comic.

[thebigidea]

33. insert further critical comment here...

[Andy_Stephenson]

5. Dude

OUTSTANDING!

[thebigidea]

6. I'd like to thank the Academy for granting me the horrors of insomnia

and I'd like to thank my parents, society, and government for discouraging me every step of the way.

[DrBB]

7. Great title--VALIS and PK Dick, now more than ever

A favorite author and favorite novel. Did you know there's actually an opera based on it? Off to check out the vid....

[thebigidea]

8. yeah, there's a PKDICK head (!) in the video, too

RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH is looking pretty on target these days as well...

[thebigidea]

9. timely noontime KICK

[thebigidea]

10. cough

[thebigidea]

13. My goodness! How did I ever kick this?

[BeHereNow]

14. My turn...

Kick.
I love your site and art.
Are you in LA?
Do you show anywhere?

BHN

[thebigidea]

18. was in LA

did a show, didn't sell a damn thing.

NYCish now, same damn thing.

[BeHereNow]

15. Can't wait to show my daughter-

She is an artist- just starting to learn some
film stuff- she will LOVE this.
BAD mommy-
no PTA awards for me...BWAHAHAH

[thebigidea]

19. excellent. Glad to be of assistance in contributing to the art deliquency

but tell her not to go to film school! Big waste o time!

[sistersofmercy]

16. Ah, Big Idea, you know I'm a devoted fan. Nobody does it better.

I say "Night of the Living Dead" because that is what they are no conscience, no soul, killing indiscrimately, searching for the black gold in the mesopotamian valley, birth of civilization and death of the same.
Hey, check this month's National Geographic, it's quite remarkable what Saddam preserved.
Love your stuff, baby!

[thebigidea]

20. (bow bow bow)

ahhh, national geographic. I'm still getting issues of it due to a lifetime subscription my grandfather had. He's been dead for 40 years, but they haven't figured it out yet.

[Kool Kitty]

25. You know you are my hero.

Terrific, as usual.

[thebigidea]

26. and all done without a single Catholic bishop mocked!

ok, maybe just one.

I may have slipped one in there.

Habit.

[Booberdawg]

27. Bravo!!

Excellent work!!:thumbsup:

[incapsulated]

28. thebigidea: Brilliant Underground Filmaker or Video Terrorist?

I don't know because I'm on a dial-up and can't wait an hour to download.

I loved reading it and the imagery in invoked, though.

Two Thumbs Up!

*smooches*

[thebigidea]

29. oooo, sounds like an O'Reilly Factor promo

I am soooooo ready for my closeup, Mr. O'Reilly.

Lemme at him!

[incapsulated]

30. Crucifixion's too good for 'em!

O'Reilly Poll: 85% Agree, 5% Disagree, 10% Legally Braindead

[thebigidea]

31. Alright, I'll give you the final word. Because I respect your opinion.

O'REILLY: "But you're wrong. SHUT UP!"

[thebigidea]

32. one more kick for our friends in foreign lands

subject line shamelessly stolen from Frank Zappa.

[thebigidea]

34. now features EZ-GRIP handles... for QUIK movement... storage is a snap!