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No final do ano passado, a PBS disponibilizou um incrível documentário sobre Jimi Hendrix. Agora, o guitarrista entra para a galeria do Blank on Blank, um outro projeto da rede de emissoras que transforma em animações as gravações de entrevistas antigas realizadas com personalidades importantes de diversos segmentos. O novo episódio da série destaca a última entrevista do músico, concedida a Keith Altham em 11 de setembro de 1970, uma semana antes da morte do artista.
Em pouco mais de seis minutos, Hendrix fala um pouco sobre sua vida naqueles dias, a música – que segundo ele estava ficando muito pesada e, nesse meio, ele seria o Hélio, o gás mais leve conhecido pelo homem -, entre outros tópicos que só ajudam a reforçar a ideia de que o guitarrista era, realmente, um cara fora do comum.
A animação leva assinatura de Patrick Smith.
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Falar bem das produções da PBS é, de certa forma, chover no molhado, mas não tem como passar batido. Uma das séries que merece atenção especial é Blank on Blank, que pega gravações de entrevistas antigas, realizadas com grandes artistas e ícones culturais, para transformá-las em animações. A mais recente é um bate-papo com inesquecível mestre do soul Barry White.
Na entrevista concedida a Joe Smith em 1987, com animação de Patrick Smith, o cantor e compositor conta como ele começou na música e, principalmente, sobre um assunto que ele era especialista: o amor. Segundo ele, todo compositor deve escolher um assunto na hora de escrever uma letra.
“O meu é o amor, porque eu sei que quando um homem está fazendo amor, a última coisa que ele pensa é em guerra”.
Com produção executiva de David Gerlach, a Blank on Blank usa trechos de entrevistas que não foram utilizados nas matérias para as quais as entrevistas foram feitas – geralmente coisas que estavam fora da pauta ou divagações que sempre acabam rolando e poucas vezes são aproveitadas no texto final.
Para quem quiser dar uma olhada no site, os episódios anteriores incluem papos com Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Tupac Shakur, Grace Kelly e Ray Charles, entre outros.
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A PBS disponibilizou online, por tempo limitado, um documentário que reúne imagens inéditas de Jimi Hendrix. Hear My Train A Comin’ traz filmagens caseiras e de shows feitas pelo próprio guitarrista e o baterista Mitch Mitchell, além de fotografias, desenhos e cartas de família que ajudam a recontar a trajetória do genial músico.
Isso inclui o começo em Seattle, o trabalho ao lado de estrelas do R&B como Little Richard, Joey Dee e Isley Brothers – quando era apenas um músico desconhecido -, o sucesso meteórico da Jimi Hendrix Experience, a construção do Electric Lady Studios, a participação de Hendrix no Miami Pop Festival, em 1968, e seu último show na Alemanha,12 dias antes de sua morte em 18 de setembro de 1970, aos 27 anos.
Hear My Train A Comin’ também traz depoimentos de pessoas próximas ao guitarrista, como Linda Keith – a namorada que apresentou Hendrix ao empresário Chas Chandler -, Faye Pridgon, Colette Mimram – responsável pelo visual do artista -, Paul McCartney, os músicos Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox e o engenheiro de som Eddie Kramer, entre outros.
Produzido pela Fuse Films e THIRTEEN, em parceria com a WNET, o documentário faz parte da série American Masters. A criação é de Susan Lacy, com direção de Bob Smeaton – que tem em seu currículo projetos como Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child, Hendrix: Band of Gypsys, Hendrix 70: Live at Woodstock, Festival Express e The Beatles Anthology.
A PBS não informa por quanto tempo o documentário ficará disponível online, apenas que será por um período limitado. Em inglês, sem legendas. Imperdível.
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Já falei aqui outras vezes o quanto gosto da série “Off Book” da PBS e blábláblá. Um dos últimos vídeos do projeto fala sobre a fotografia de retrato, e a relação dinâmica entre o fotógrafo e o personagem.
A captura da imagem humana é mais profunda do que parece. Os grandes profissionais conseguem comunicar ideias, criar empatia e significado, deixando de clicar uma “mera foto”, para fazer arte.
Eu poderia citar inúmeros casos célebres, com fotógrafos famosos e retratos de personalidades. Mas o sensacional ensaio com moradores de rua do inglês Lee Jeffries exemplifica muito bem. Fotos tocantes e poderosas.
E claro, dê o play no mini-documentário acima. Em inglês, sem legendas.
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Thirteen, a PBS station in New York City, continues to insist that its programming is better than the dreck you find elsewhere on cable—by inventing more bogus ads for reality shows that don't exist. Back in May, the NYC office of CHI & Partners rolled out posters for three such shows. And now, it's got three more for your guilty pleasure—Clam Kings, Long Island Landscapers and Meet the Tanners. I'd probably watch all of them, or at least pause, intrigued, on my way up the dial. "The fact you thought this was a real TV show says a lot about the state of TV," the promo say abruptly, just as you're getting drawn in. The tagline is, "Support quality programming," and the campaign is using the hashtag #TVgonewrong.
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Excited about the reality show Knitting Wars? If sew, too bad—it's fake. It's one of five bogus lowbrow programs dreamed up by CHI & Partners in New York for a poster campaign advertising New York PBS station Thirteen. The other shows: Bad Bad Bag Boys ("Cleanup on every aisle"), Bayou Eskimos ("Their life is headed south"), The Dillionarie ("Life's a pickle") and Married to a Mime ("She's got plenty to say"). They're all ludicrous, but you wouldn't bat an eye if they were on TLC. "The fact that you thought this was a real show says a lot about the state of TV," says each ad, before asking you to support more "quality" programming on PBS. It is sort of sad that quality programming is so scarce today. It's like each new show is trying to out-stupid the last. So PBS makes a great point and delivers it with its trademark dry wit. That's just like them. They're such killjoys. More posters below.
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