DOUBLE DARE: AN EVENING WITH SMASH TV
GUNSLINGER (63 min) and SKINEMAX (50 min)
edited by Ben Craw and Brendan Shields, 2014
USA, total program approx. 130 min.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23 – 7:30 PM (GUNSLINGER) & 10 PM (SKINEMAX)

Smash TV is back for a double feature at Spectacle! Join us for two full length VJ mixes as well as well as two new mixes of bonus material.

First up at 7:30 PM, GUNSLINGER is the ultimate tribute to the Old West. The Back to the Future III of our trilogy, if you will, Smash TV has bid a fond farewell to the neon excess of the 80s and set the controls of the DeLorean back to 1885. A simpler – and infinitely more dangerous – time. Painstakingly assembled from more than 50 Western movies, ranging from Sergio Leone’s early Spaghetti Westerns all the way up to 90s reimaginings such as DESPERADO and WILD WILD WEST, GUNSLINGER serves as a humble attempt to pay homage to one of the longest running and most influential genres of the silver screen.

Next at bat at 10 PM is the video that started it all. SKINEMAX is KOYAANISQATSI for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes. It’s long form entertainment for short attention spans. A nostalgic look back at a half remembered childhood growing up in the 80s and early 90s, SKINEMAX takes a close look at the culture of that era. The images that motivated, delighted, and terrified us on the silver screen, set to propulsive modern music that pines for a simpler time.

If that wasn’t enough, we’re presenting two NEW mixes of surprise material we love. Get ready for a night of VJ insanity!