Tights Worship: Inside the Practices of The Rita (2019)
• July 1st, 2019 • 0h 27min
Documentary, Music
Overview
The film traces Sam McKinlay’s early days as a punk skateboarder through his academic development as a conceptual artist into a highly esteemed noise practitioner whose work bridges the gap between the gallery world and the sleaze of exploitation film imagery. It documents the physical processes of his work and the distillation of visuals into sound, most notably addressing the appeal of abstraction—from the cheap effects of old monster movie makeup to the ‘masks’ created by the heavy cosmetic makeup of 1920s flapper culture and actresses like Pamela Stanford in Jess Franco’s Lorna the Exorcist (The Rita has albums or EPs named after several eurotrash actresses, including The Nylons of Laura Antonelli (2009) and Monica Swinn/Pamela Stanford (2016)).
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Romeo and Juliet
Released on: 1984-07-15
Drama, Music, Romance
Ballet performance by The Royal Ballet, recorded at Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, July 1984...
Billy Elliot
Released on: 2000-09-28
Drama, Comedy, Music
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up f...
Donde mueren las palabras
Released on: 1946-04-25
Drama, Music
An old timbal performer in a puppet theater has a secret past.
The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)
Released on: 2020-01-16
Music, Fantasy, Romance
The wicked fairy Carabosse is furious she wasn’t invited to Princess Aurora’s christening. She gives...
Alice
Released on: 2022-02-23
Music
Written in 1865, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was a popular success. All British schoolchildren ...
La Fille mal gardée
Released on: 2005-02-02
Music
Ever since its triumphant premiere in 1960, Frederick Ashton's La Fille mal gardee has been treasure...
Dancing Beethoven
Released on: 2017-04-13
Documentary
A journey through the preparation and hardworking process of ballet dancers and musicians for a uniq...
Woolf Works
Released on: 2017-02-08
Music
The first revival of Wayne McGregor’s critically acclaimed ballet triptych to music by Max Richter, ...
The Sleeping Beauty
Released on: 2017-02-28
Music, Fantasy
The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. It was the ballet with wh...
The ROH Live: Jewels
Released on: 2017-04-11
Music
Now celebrating its 50th year, George Balanchine’s sparkling ballet still shines with all the brilli...
Carmencita
Released on: 1894-03-14
Documentary
The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman t...
Hans Christian Andersen
Released on: 1952-12-19
Music, Family, Comedy
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on ...
Romeos & Juliets
Released on: 2012-06-07
Documentary
From grueling rehearsals to the world premiere, Romeos & Juliets offers an unprecedented behind-the-...
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Released on: 2019-11-05
Music
From The Royal Ballet’s classical origins in the works of Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers w...
Bolshoi Ballet: Jewels
Released on: 2014-01-19
Music
George Balanchine's jewel-themed triptych, strikingly choreographed to the music of Faure, Stravinsk...
Music For Psychological Liberation
Released on: 1994-01-01
Documentary
A 3 hour Japanese documentary & Live gig video of the Osaka Noise/Weirdo Rock scene in 1994. Include...
Aria
Released on: 1987-05-27
Music, Comedy, Drama
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert...
Cinderella
Released on: 1989-01-01
Music, Fantasy
This unusual and intriguing interpretation of the ballet Cinderella with choreography and staging b...
1/57: Experiment with Synthetic Sound (Test)
Released on: 1957-03-01
Documentary
Mostly dark, rejecting images which are repeated. A stone wall, the chamber of a revolver which is, ...