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The DAFT film site has been updated with links to two Smile-related videos:
http://daftfilm.tripod.com

I've just uploaded 3 more videos regarding the "Dumb Angel Fairy Tale". These are interviews with three names you all know - right after they viewed the film in February of 2004 in London.
They include:

Domenic Priore
Darian Sahanaja
David Leaf

It is very interesting that 2 that are close to Brian in a working capacity (Darian and David) are both aware of the film.

Anyway, as soon as they are "accepted" by google video, I'll post the links.

Thanks earcandy....looking forward to this.

They've posted the interview segments with Domenic, David Leaf, and Darian:
Domenic:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22Domenic+Priore+speaks+about+D.A.F.T.%22+playable:true
David:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22David+Leaf+speaks+about+D.A.F.T.%22+playable:true
Darian:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22Darian+Sahanaja+speaks+about+D.A.F.T.%22+playable:true

This is a real treat.  Worth any extra effort you have to put forth to get the clips to play.

I Can't wait to see this film.

I wonder when the reviews were recorded.  Recently?  Darian suggested that the Band needed to be doing Magic Transistor Radio.

Absolutely FANTASTIC idea.  I've been saying that music has been overlooked for years!

Darian also impies that there will be more touring by saying that (assuming this was a recent bit of film)

check it out


Thanks Earcandy!!

I forgot the obvious question.

Where can I get a full copy of the film?

The interviews were done when Smile debuted in London!

I'm not sure if and when they will make it "commercially" available.  I think for the immediate future they are going to concentrate on film festivals and fan conventions.

Of course you would have the legalities of using the original Beach Boys Smile material, so the Lovester would be more than happy to sue!

However, it would be funny to have an "unnofficial" release in a 3rd-World nation! 

Thats too bad (the legalities).

I have to think there are a few dollars to be made for these guys and a lot of enjoyment to be had for fans of SMiLE.

I was very intrigued with Darians comments on touring the Mt. Vernon and Fairway music.  But the interview is going on 2 years old so obviously it was never performed.  Maybe next time if there is a next time.

There was some discussion in Brian's camp post Pet Sounds Tour of doing a seriesof concerts of Brian's  experimental music, such as Rio Grande, Mt. Vernon & Fairway, and some of Brian's lesser known gems.

After batting it around for awhile,Brian nixed the idea, and decided to do Smile live. Perhaps now that he is not so shy about his more arty music, he can allow himself to think about an experimental music concert in the  LA area next year.

Hm.  If it was a one-off and not a tour, i'd think about going out for that one.  I'm always looking for an excuse to go to LA.

I was only able to catch bits and pieces of Rasmus' films when he was here in July for Busy Doin' Somethin' Else, so i can't speak to them in their entirety, but what i saw was quite intriguing.  I'm hoping to be able to see the full films one of these days!

Oh God....that'd be SO AWESOME. I wish he would do that, because it just might impact his writing...

I know this is off topic a little but Priore does the funniest Bruce Johnston impersonation I ever heard!

New musicvid directed by Konstantin Furman for Brian Wilson's Grammy winning Mrs. O'Leary's Cow.
Smiley Smile Associate Søren provided the fine basic instrumental mix/medley which the whole film is based upon:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7270752012161370846&q=furman

Hi;
  I am a BIG Beach Boys fan since around 1976. I have everything released by them on CDs. Even solo albums. I have met all but Al and Brian and had a picture with each. http://www.myspace.com/alf1964(see my pics section) Also, I couldn't find any Beach Boys poster, so I made my own many years ago. I have a smaller version in my pics section. The original is on my wall in the living room. I would love it if mine was the official one for The Beach Boys. My way of giving back to them what they have been giving to me and everyone over their long career. their music has pulled me though very tough times in my life. And kept me away drugs and alcohol with their positive sound and feeling. Their music even helped me through losing my sister last July in a tragic car crash. It kept my spirits up.
  I am looking for a definitive videography of them. Not concert footage per se. I am thinking of TV show performances and MTV/VH1 style music videos. I noticed that even though there was no MTV then, the group was filmed with stage props, and camera filters, and lighting tricks. Which would constitute a music video. I know some of their music videos have been released in specials like "The Beach Boys: An American Band", "Endless harmony" and others. Though none of them have music videos from "Getcha Back" onward. Or anything solo by the guys. I am compiling my own videography for myself. I DO NOT want to or plan to sell it and get into legal troubles with anyone, ESPECIALLY The Beach Boys themselves. Heck, I would love to be part of making a definitive one for them. (same reason as above) I am just frustrated that no one has done this before! The same reason why I made my own beach Boys poster. I didn't know if it was possible to get a VIEWABLE copy of their music videos? If you can help me out, let me know. I would really like to do this without causing problems for anyone. Like, for instance how would I get permission? and from whom? 
Thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings.
alf1964@gmail.com
Mark

DAFTfilm's Elemental Suite is a videosampler introducing Wind Chimes (Air) and featuring Vega-Tables (Earth)
- both excerpted from the Dumb Angel Fairy Tale (SMiLE/Mt. Vernon-film) with Mrs. O' Leary's Cow (Fire) and
In Blue Hawaii (Water) - both taken from the music video 'Honest Arnie's Cow's In The Pasture':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRHQ4-L5P7k

how can i view the whole film?

Actually we had a series of screenings 3½ years ago (right after it was completed) in London near RFH. And it would be nice if we could do it again
in september - let's say somewhere during the weeks from the  10'th-29'th - when Brian presents his NEW musical fairytale! Right after the first
showings we had the chance to correct the mistakes and improve the coloring (in the movie: Dumb Angel Fairy Tale - 47 minutes) and include the
opening statements from David Leaf, Darian Sahanaja & Domenic Priore as well. (September 29'th is the date for the Beach Boys Stomp convention in
Greenford, West London with Dom. Priore as special guest)
So what it boils down to is this: I can provide the film and will stay in london the last 3 weeks of september. But I have no funds to rent a room and/or
equipment. So it will be up up to someone else to make it happen. This is just an example on how, when and where it could be screened.
Rasmusskotte@hotmail.com

This would make an awsome show:
1. Well You're Welcom
2. Rio Grande
3. Soulful Old Man Sunshine
4. Diamond Head
5. A Day In the Life of a Tree
6. Til I Die (EH Soundtrack version)
7. Sail Plane
8. Airplane
9. Johnny Carson
10. Can't Wait Too Long
11. At My Window
12. He Gives Speaches
13. Trombone Dixie
14. Winter Symphony
15.  Mt Vernon and Fairway

Give or take a few, but something in this vain would be awesome!

yeah, there's no way i could make that...would a dvd release be in the future?

I'm not sure I understand Magic Trans' list: are alle those titles available on video?
As for a dvd release - it requires  funds (again) and a solution to the copyright issues
involved. Any takers?

I was actually thinking that it would make a cool show in the future. I know nothing of plans to do this. It is simply a fantasy list of songs that would be cool if Brian did them live.

Here's a shortlist of Beach Boys titles which could be given cinematic treatments - but not by me! Because I would personally find them too difficult to
expand into music videos/movie formats and/or they just don't fuel my visual imagination enough to tackle them proberly - but that's just me!:

PET SOUNDS (the song cycle)
With its description of a love affair sounds doable in theory, but I don't  see the visuals that can add new dimensions to the storyline. Do you?
MY SOLUTION
Might work animated or  filmed live
DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TREE
Already filmed as a computer animated video by british Martin White
MT. VERNON & FAIRWAY (the musical fairytale solely)
Proposed by Chris Allen as an animated film (in Open Sky #1 back in 1999)
RÍO GRANDE
Might work both in live and animated formats
SMiLE (BWPS 2004)
Van Dyke Parks suggests(?) a 'musical cartoon' and Frank Holmes' work on SMiLE as 'the perfect video vessel' (in Priore's SMiLE book 2005, page 102)
THAT LUCKY OLD SUN (the song cycle)
Already done by animator/director Rick Farmiloe for the concert video and will possibly be further developped for the album version next spring (his
essay in Beach Boys Britain Newsletter vol.9 #3 2007.

The fact that some of them are already filmed should not in itself excuse anyone motivated from giving it the old college try!

Watch this brilliant SMiLE related 'unabridged flash animation' video by Mario Ayala (not a DAFTfilm,  I'm afraid - wish it was!):
http://theelements.ca/hnv/heroesandvillains.htm

Then read his inspired 'liner notes'!
Enjoy....

Again - this stageshow has no involvement from DAFTfilm. Only link is that they are all Beach Boys-lovingly Made In Denmark. Check out the samples from 'Theatre Concert Beach Boys' here by clicking on 'FILM' on the first frame and then on the two FILM options in the second:
http://www.teaterkoncertbeachboys.dk/

Here'a an original Brian Wilson concept and challenge that has never been filmed before. A synopsis/treatment as pitched by the man himself in 1966:
"It's a color short 16 mm. I'll shoot it next week. It's a chicken, and the chicken is wearing TENNIS SHOES. The chicken is wearing tennis shoes and he is bopping around the most beautiful pad..." - for the ' Barnyard Suite'.
These days you'd be shooting it with a digital video camera, i guess. And the easiest approach would be to use some kind of animation or stop/motion technique. If done with live chickens, let's not harm any poultry in the process please! So unless you've got a pet chicken, who's game...
The obvious sountrack choice  would be Barnyard from BWPS. Or you could take the opportunity of second guessing the true nature of that elusive 'Barnyard Suite', which I personally blew when I had the chance with 'Farmyard Suite' from the SMiLEfilm Dumb Angel Fairy Tale (I'm In Grat Shape/Barnyard/(here I wanted to incorporate the happy smiles-version of With Me Tonite but was outvoted)/Vega-Tables.

But at least I got to do a cow in high heel stilettos, a cow on four wheels and one with wings in that same SMiLE spirit:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7270752012161370846&q=furman
So go for it but don't wait too long if you wanna be the first one to do the chicken flick. I know of one person (whose name I cannot reveal - no not me)
who's is currently creating a video for the whole SMiLE 2004 soundtrack!

Some new productions are coming your way this summer (2009). An online essay: 'Radiant RayDIODish' (esoteric SMiLE elements) and an online musicvid named:'Deus Pax Machina' (reconnected Shakespearimental Peace-de-resistance) which is a new experimental rendition of "DAFTfilms Elemental Suite".
The new ones are not from DAFTfilm though - but from myself, who are after all the DAFTest one of'em all. So be warned...

BWarned indeed!  Both essay and video are ready now and will be on-line in august and september respectively...