By Rob Fagin
I'LL BE CLONED FOR
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CHRISTMAS
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the movie going conscious. Memento, The
Dark Knight and Inception are giants in
modern cinema, even if they are riddled
with flaws. He delves into the paranoia,
grief, anger and yearning for adventure
the public has shared since the beginning of this century in a way few other
mega-budget directors even pretend to
attempt. So these movies stick with us.
They are unforgettable. Interstellar is part
of that tradition.
Next:
Whiplash (2014)
Director: Damien Chazelle
DVD, 107 min., Rated R
In contrast, Interstellar cost $165 million; Whiplash cost $3.3 million. Both are
intensely thrilling - but Whiplash was by
far the most thrilling (possibly the best)
movie of last year. What a rush. It may
seem from the previews that it's a whole
bunch of one-sided yelling from a monstrous music teacher, and it's true that
J.K. Simmons delivers as explosive a
performance as his Best Supporting
Oscar suggests, but he is met every second by the riveting Miles Teller – who
plays a student named Andrew whose
ambition turns into an obsession.
Writer-director Damien Chazelle
thrusts the actors into a story that moves
as aggressively as the machine gun jazz
Andrew is bleeding himself to perfect.
This is cinematic storytelling at its most
efficient and thoughtfully abrasive. He
pushes the actors and then he pushes the
audience's visceral and cerebral responses. He gives a forceful perspective that
isn't easy to swallow and he does it with
an energy and persuasiveness that can
flatten giants.
If you’re in the mood to see two very
different, yet equally compelling and
well made films, neither of these should
be missed.
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"I'm all over the place", he says of his blues
style. "I do a little funk blues, a little soul
blues, a little traditional, I grew up on all
of it."
The $25 admission for CBP's first event
included free food (a selection of sliders) a
raffle and a show of seasoned performers
from 6:30-11:00. Jacob is inspired to supply a different experience than what most
clubs offer. "There are a few places where
people don't have a good time because the
people are so rude, " he said. "I want to
create a venue that feels like Lee’s
Unleaded, where you'll have fun and not
feel like you're being watched by security
all of the time." For upcoming events,
Jacob is also considering programs that
feature blues discussions, book releases
and other events. "It doesn't have to be
only concerts, there are other events that I
could organize. I'd like to do something
every few months but I have to see what
support is out there." In the meantime,
Jacob has already registered for grad
school at Loyola in August. He plans to
eventually work in college student personnel while still running his blues production company. "Someone needs to
break the mold," he insisted. "I'm going to
be the young buck that comes in and does
it." Check out upcoming CBP events at:
http//www.chicagobluesproductions.com