Excerpts from the film
"Blue is Beautiful"
by
James Schneider
Blue Is Beautiful is the 30 plus minute
guerilla style documentary concerning the psychedelic Gospel group
'Make-up' and its attempts to win political asylum in the
unexplored hinterland to the north. En route, the moving picture
portrays their treacherous mechanical march across the post-industrial
wasteland of the so-called rust belt, through a horrifying commercial
christmas barrage and into the arms of the american underground.
The music falls away at times, and a skeletal sermon narrates the
desperation of a group which COINTELPRO advised american law enforcement
officials nationwide to "terminate with extreme prejudice". The
manhunt flails through wildcat clubs in Detroit-Cincinnati-New York-Boston-Toronto-D.C.
and Montreal. Schneider shows the mandibles of the beast
and its attempts to alienate the group from its tribe. In 16mm Color
and available through Dischord or through stores
for a little bit more.
