Crazy 4 Cult II
August 25th, 2008A gallery of images from the “Crazy 4 Cult” sequel show where artists pay tribute to their favorite cult films.
Brandon Bird’s offering is typically genius, but there’s a lot of other great and unexpected stuff in there. A little heavy on the Kevin Smith and Wizard of Oz, but there is a “Strange Brew” one in there so all’s right with the world.
August 25th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Fantastic. My favorites are the Lundegaard family portrait, Heather with “War and Peace,” the Warriors scene with “clank the bottles,” and “Great Showdowns: The Princess Bride.” “Zissou Route” is doubly referential—right?
The “Deppictions” one reminds me of your old graphic for RRW.
August 27th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Ha! Brandon is friend’s with my friend Jeff, who also has a piece in this show. His are the Schwarzeneggers.
August 28th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Brandon Bird me gusta since the Law and Order Coloring Book.
What I failed to mention, though, is there’s a Harold & Maude portait of Harold lying in state that caught my eye and then I go back and read the credit and it’s Steve Purcell! I don’t know if it’s that Steve Purcell (former LucasArts artist and creator of Sam & Max which I was gaga over in high school) and the style/media is too different for me to make an Antiques-Roadshowish curatorial decision of its provenance. But if it is, score!
August 28th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Also, those Total Recall faces are spot-on and hilarious. Total Recall needs to be more of a comedy touchstone… it’s a ridiculous film.