Original message from: TheMgnt@aol.com
A good post is worth repeating:
Don't you understand that part of the real journey of the White Room is that of the fan? To acheive a true and meaningful watching of the film you must first spend several years believing that no footage from the movie will ever be seen, learning about its mysteries and wonder in the sacred book of Justified & Ancient History, and only when you have followed this path will you receive true enlightenment from the film.
I understood that I might never see the video, because as far as I knew, it had never been released officially. How anybody managed to get their hands on a copy I still don't know :)
People who just download it, watch it on their PC and then post to say "what's that all about?" have missed the point! Kids today just don't know how spoilt they are.
Hey hey hey, wait a second there fella. That sounds waaay too much like the words from a deluded fan who believes their idol can do no wrong; viewing everything through rose-tinted glasses and by no means being objective about the material they produce. Don't get me wrong, I love a lot of the stuff the KLF have done but after reading Mr D's autobiographyish book '45' I am a little more skeptical about why he did the things he did. For me to have my own opinion as The White Room being a load of self-indulgent twaddle is perfectly valid. I actually don't think *that* harshly of it, but hear me out. I've read the whole story about how Bill and Jim came across some down-and-out Mickey guy and that contract sent to them from crazed Illuminatus fans calling themselves Eternity or whatever... These words have just been taken as truth. Does anybody know how the above information was found out? If it was from an interview with Bill by a journalist or something then you should bare in mind that it could well have been made up; like the ley line that runs from Iceland to Liverpool to New Guinea that he talked about...
Gotta agree there. Could go on about mp3s vs record scouring in darkly lit dodgy back alley shops but we've been there before.
-paul
who fondly remembers receiving that video tape in the mail, hands sweating as he nervously but oh so carefully slid it into the VCR, picked up the remote and pressed PLAY.
...and was a bit disappointed? ;) Hawx