From Back in the Day

Doh! Just discovered I can actually embed clips from my Myspace page to this blog. Badass. Have been wanting to post my first film, Pretty Vacant (16mm, Black and White, 33 1.3 min), in several segments over the course of a few weeks for your viewing pleasure...you know, serial narrative like, a la Charles Dickens, only San Antonio instead of London and Sex Pistol's lyricis instead of "These were the best of times, the worst of times."

Anyway, like I said, this was my first movie, finished in 1996, starring my friend Mariana Vasquez, shot entirely inside Loop 410 San Antonio, Texas, it won some awards, I corresponded with Griel Marcus because of the movie (didn't actually meet him, though), and features songs by Velocity Girl, Esteban Jordan, Freddy Fender, and Cafe Tacuba, among many others. The story's about a girl in a punk band called Aztlan-A-Go-Go, her name is Molly, every summer her family goes back to Mexico to visit the relatives but this time she doesn't want to go because she's convinced she's stumbled across something that will change the very foundation of rock history. Something to do with the Sex Pistol's infamous 1978 gig in San Antonio. It'll all make sense when you watch the movie. Anyway, here's the opening. More clips in the weeks to come.

Pretty Vacant - Opening

Comments

[La Heathers]

Hey don't be pinche....give us the whole movie!! Its my favorite, pero I think one of my old roomates stole my coveted VHS copy of it. I still have the cover tho!!!

[meep]

I've actually been meaning to write you about this. I'm teaching Michelle Habbel-Pallan's chapter on your film (in my Chicano Art and Music course) in a week and a half and I wanted to show it. Is there any way that you could be convinced to make a link available?

c/f,
alex

[cindylu]

I can't wait for you to post more clips.

[jessica b]

oh damn! i remember seeing this back in 8th grade on TV somehow and i never knew the name of the movie but it was like watching a film about me and my best friend at the time. where can i get a copy of this film?