THE DICKS FROM TEXAS doc coming to DVD on February 12th

THE DICKS FROM TEXAS (2015) 

coming to DVD on February 12th

The real deal true story of Texas punks The Dicks!

"It had never occurred to me before seeing the Dicks that being afraid of the band 
could be a cool idea." - David Yow, The Jesus Lizard

The Dicks were a punk rock band from Texas who defined hardcore. Every traveling punk rock band demanded the Dicks open for them including Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye, Mike Watt, Texas Terri, and David Yow (who are all featured in the film). The DVD also includes 30 minutes of live never-before-seen performance footage.

The Dicks started when singer Gary Floyd returned to Austin, TX after seeing the Sex Pistols in San Francisco. He started claiming he had a band called the Dicks. This was known as a "poster band." Fliers were made with fake shows and non-existent groups. 

"Gary Floyd would go around town putting up posters advertising The Dicks with crazy ass pictures and promises that first ten people with guns drink for free," said producer / director Cindy Marabito. "It was a wild and crazy time in Austin, back when 'keeping Austin weird' got you thrown in jail."

The Dicks soon became a reality when bassist Buxf Parrott and guitarist Glen Taylor joined up with Floyd to form the band. All they needed was a drummer who they found in Pat Deason just in time to play the Punk Prom with the Big Boys.

The Dicks From Texas follows the evolution of the Dicks from Floyd as a local celebrity through band formation to punk legend. He had a flamboyant outwardly gay personality with a voice that still rivals the hardest / heaviest / bluesiest singers from Texas, or anywhere else. 

The Dicks were together for nearly four years and put out 'Dicks Hate the Police" 45 and two albums, "Live at Raul's" and "Kill From the Heart" which have lived on for coming up on four decades, inspiring other musicians and fans with songs like "Bourgeois Fascist Pig," "Dead in a Motel Room," and "Dicks Hate the Police." 

The Dicks never sold out, never budged one fraction from their militant principles at the cost of no big record deals and acclaim. What they got in return was the respect of longtime hardcore followers who still turn out at the rare live reunion shows where the Dicks still deliver.

DVD Product Details:
Release Date: February 12th 2016 
Genre: Alternative/Punk
Run Time: 70 mins
Number of Discs: 1
Audio: STEREO
Year of Production: 2015
Director: Cindy Marabito
Producers: Cindy Marabito
Actors: Gary Floyd, Buxf Parrott, Pat Deason, Glen Taylor, Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye, David Yow, Mike Watt, Texas Terri and more

 

IN THE HOUSE OF FLIES (2012)

IN THE HOUSE OF FLIES (2012)

Label: Parade Deck Films
Region Code: 1
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 91 Minutes
Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 with Optional English Subtitles
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) 

Director: Gabriel Carrer
Cast: Henry Rollins, Lindsay Smith, Ryan Kotack

A young couple on a date at the carnival return to their car where they smell something funny... they wake up hours later trapped in a basement of a rural home. The cellar door is out of reach and the only items in the basement are a series of brief cases and a telephone by which they can only communicate with their unseen captor. 

The idea seems to be that they will be starved to death, fed only sparsely when they give in to the demands of their captor, if they refuse they are punished or threatened with harm. Complicating matters is that the young woman is expectant with a child and their captor fucks with young mother-to-be at every turn. As the days in captivity turn to week they are starved and psychologically toyed with to the mental-breaking point, thoughts of suicide wash over them as they are tormented and encouraged to kill themselves to ensure the other's survival. 

The film is claustrophobic and tightly woven, this young couple s put through the meat grinder, enduring a waking nightmare of emotional and physical trauma. I give quite a bit of credit to actors Lindsay Smith and Ryan Kotack for their sincere and sympathetic performances. By the end of the film I was exhausted and frustrated by the experience in the best possible way. This is a fantastic low-budget thriller - most of it shot in the confines of a basement - but the emotional scale is dynamic and tough to endure. 

The crew take advantage of some keen cinematography with great use of skewed camera angles that enhance the charged-emotional atmosphere and claustrophobic setting. Layered over that we have a fantastic score than accentuates the tension and unstable emotional moments the characters endure. 

To be honest the film does not necessarily do anything new in respect to what we have seen previously from the abduction/torture genre but it is so nicely executed. It put me through the wringer in a good way. A very high recommended for a film that on paper probably wouldn't have that much appeal to me, but the cast and crew have created something quite special. 

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
- 45 minute Behind The Scenes Documentary
- Spanish Premiere Archival Footage
- Deleted Scenes
- Trailers
- Director and Writers Commentary