Sick Puppies Knight's new media darlings!
One of the highlights of the AFI Dallas Film Festival was the screening of the eclectic documentary - "Rock Prophecies" - about the dazzling and remarkable career of rock-star photographer Robert M. Knight.
In fact, there was such a heady turn-out for the much-anticipated screen offering that night, that the highly-touted bio took a painful thirty minutes or so to spring to life on the silver screen because it took that long for the Festival staff to squeeze all the ticket-holders into the sold-out theatre.
Of course, Knight is well-known for stirring up venues, and in the aftermath cutting a fine swath with unique photographic style.
At a at time when no other photog was in sight on the rock 'n roll landscape back in the sixties, the visionary artist was busy documenting the high-voltage drug-induced scene in the San Francisco bay area (and elsewhere) in the early stages of what later became a major phenomenon in the pop culture American music scene over the past couple of decades.
In "Rock Prophecies", Knight discusses his subjects - blemishes and all - and charms theatre-goers along the delicious thought-provoking way.
A remarkable man!
On the eve of the screening, I also had the good fortune to rub shoulders with the very popular "Sick Puppies" (who Knight has taken under his wing) and their oh-so-sexy lead man who causes hearts to flutter (and boners to appear out-of-nowhere).
Post: 03/28/09
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2009/03/afi-dallasrock-prophecies-robert-knight.html
Tomorrow, there will be a free screening of Rock Prophecies at 2 p.m. in the afternoon at the Mirage.
See 'ya there!
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