PHILL NIBLOCK
THE MAGIC SUN (1966)

Director: Phill Niblock
Year: 1966
Time: 17 mins
Music: Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra
Eye of Sound: Multi-faceted artist Phil Niblock captures a brief moment of an interstellar communication by the Arkestra in their prime. Black turns white in a so-called negative post-process, while Niblock's camera focuses on microscopic details of hands, bodies and instruments. A brilliant tribute to the Sun King by another brilliant supra-planetary sovereign.
http://rapidshare.com/files/362970220/magicsun.avi.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/362971171/magicsun.avi.002
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10 comments:

  1. yotte12 April 2010 at 02:40

    Holy Crap! I watched this just two days ago and was thinking it would be perfect for your site! Whenever I play this, my eyes are glued to the screen - a great way to rorschach 17 minutes, don'tcha think?

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  2. phil12 April 2010 at 12:06

    Thank you , really appreciated
    You may have already found this place

    http://www.ubu.com/film/index.html

    there's some fantastic videos incl sun ra's space is the place, would partic recommend John Cage and Raashan Roland Kirk also the Ken Nordine

    http://www.ubu.com/film/kirk.html

    http://www.ubu.com/film/nordine_eye.html

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  3. just duets12 April 2010 at 14:36

    hi

    i have the movie. i understand that the package has some extras with photos and the info. does your download has the extras or just the avi movie. maybe i downloaded from u without knowing from a rapidshare list. thanks anyway. hope u can confirm my question. i do know phil. i don't know sun. :-)

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  4. eye of sound12 April 2010 at 16:19

    @yotte: you are absolutely right. this could be described as a rorschach movie indeed. now, the question, of course, is: what did you see?

    @phil: yes, ubu is a great place, although a bit confusing to navigate on. in fact, I must always check it before I post something here so I won't make superfluous shares. by the way, I've known your blog for some time. great stuff there.

    @just duets: the file does not include the extras, which are just some photos and 4 poems...

    @all: thanks for the attention. hope you'll enjoy the next posts.

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  5. eye of sound12 April 2010 at 16:24

    @just duets:
    here is the info available -

    Track List:
    - Celestial Fantasy
    - Shadow World
    - Strange Strings

    Arkestra:
    Sun Ra
    Marshall Allen
    John Gilmore
    Danny Davis
    Pat Patrick
    Clifford Jarvis
    Robert Cummings
    Ronnie Boykins
    James Jacson
    Herbie Griffin
    Walter Miller
    Jimhmi Johnson
    Ahkbar (sic)

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  6. just duets12 April 2010 at 23:18

    thanks for the info. the way it is described on some sites sounds like a lot of extra material. the video indeed will do it. except for some moments with the orchestra i prefer Sun Ra as solo piano or with very small groups.

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  7. Bloody Holly26 April 2010 at 14:41

    Yotte has posted the bonus material @ our blog.
    Here's the post for those who are interested.

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  8. Anonymous13 June 2010 at 14:56

    any idea why there are two files - magicsun.avi.001 and magicsun.avi.002? and why the .002 file does not play? the .001 files seems to have the whole movie in it?

    I-) ihor

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  9. eye of sound13 June 2010 at 18:22

    @anonymous:
    please check the EYE HELP section on the main page.

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  10. Anonymous14 June 2010 at 15:44

    thanks for the tip on looking in the help section! not only will i soon be enjoying the joined parts, but i learned about some pretty neat apps, too!

    I-) ihor

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