The Cardigans singer on an enigmatic New York songwriter, making special trips to buy chocolate, Frances Ha and the pleasures of a good biography
Nina Persson is best known as the lead singer of the Cardigans, the Swedish pop-rock band propelled to international stardom by their 1996 single Lovefool, which was was featured on the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's film Romeo + Juliet. After The Cardigans' fourth album, Gran Turismo, went multiplatinum in 1998, the five-piece took a break from recording to pursue solo projects, with Persson releasing records as A Camp. In 2006, she became a member of the Cake Sale – a musical collective whose album profits were donated to charity – while other collaborations have included a duet on the Manic Street Preachers track Your Love Alone Is Not Enough, as well as an appearance on the 2010 Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse album, Dark Night of the Soul. Persson's debut solo album to be released under her own name,...
Nina Persson is best known as the lead singer of the Cardigans, the Swedish pop-rock band propelled to international stardom by their 1996 single Lovefool, which was was featured on the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's film Romeo + Juliet. After The Cardigans' fourth album, Gran Turismo, went multiplatinum in 1998, the five-piece took a break from recording to pursue solo projects, with Persson releasing records as A Camp. In 2006, she became a member of the Cake Sale – a musical collective whose album profits were donated to charity – while other collaborations have included a duet on the Manic Street Preachers track Your Love Alone Is Not Enough, as well as an appearance on the 2010 Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse album, Dark Night of the Soul. Persson's debut solo album to be released under her own name,...
- 2/16/2014
- by Leah Harper
- The Guardian - Film News
The 16th annual Bradford International Film Festival, which will run March 18-28, is a total celebration of all forms of cinema, from classic films to modern world cinema to a tribute to Cinerama and more. But, most excitingly, is a bombastic collection of some of the best, most exciting underground films being made today.
From Bad Lit’s perspective, the most thrilling screening of the entire 10-day affair is the new film by British filmmaker Peter Whitehead, Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts. In the U.S., Whitehead is a “lost” filmmaker from the underground’s heyday in the ’60s, being left out of most histories of the underground movement. Whitehead directed several influential films, including Wholly Communion and The Fall, before dropping out of filmmaking in the mid-’70s.
Film historian Jack Sargeant wrote extensively about and interviewed Whitehead for his wonderful book on Beat cinema, Naked Lens.
From Bad Lit’s perspective, the most thrilling screening of the entire 10-day affair is the new film by British filmmaker Peter Whitehead, Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts. In the U.S., Whitehead is a “lost” filmmaker from the underground’s heyday in the ’60s, being left out of most histories of the underground movement. Whitehead directed several influential films, including Wholly Communion and The Fall, before dropping out of filmmaking in the mid-’70s.
Film historian Jack Sargeant wrote extensively about and interviewed Whitehead for his wonderful book on Beat cinema, Naked Lens.
- 3/5/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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