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Janitor at a Porno Theatre

Janitor, in itself, is a pretty bad job. But, porno theater janitor is the worst job on the list. The main responsibility of the porno theater janitor is to take his mop and rag and wide up after each show is finished. Unlike a traditional theater, it's safe to assume that sticky substance under the chair is something other than Coca-Cola Classic! At least you get to see all that porn for free and you'll probably be very popular among your male friends, although this is probably not a job you want to talk about with your mother, or your wife for that matter.

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Guard at Buckingham Palace

Guard duty at Buckingham Palace is regarded as one of the worst jobs in the British Army. Besides the fact that they have to stand for hours, no laughing allowed, they also have to look their best. Soldiers spend several hours each day cleaning and pressing their uniforms and polishing their boots in preparation for one of the many kit inspections that they are likely to face before taking up their positions outside one of the royal palaces. Any soldier whose turn-out is less than immaculate is likely to face a variety of punishments, such as extra guard duty. (Link)

Animal Masturbator

Researchers who want animal sperm -to study fertility or for artificial insemination-have a suite of attractive options: They can ram an electric probe up an animal's rectum, shove an artificial
vagina onto the animal's penis, or simply do it the old-fashioned way-manual stimulation. The first option, electroejaculation, uses a priapic rectal probe to send electricity pulsing through the animal's nether regions. "All the normal excitatory signals that stimulate ejaculation, like touch, sight, sound and smell, can be replaced with the current from the probe," says Trish Berger, professor of animal science at the University of California, Davis. "It's fascinating. Of course, this is a woman talking." Electroejaculation generally requires anesthetizing the animal and is typically used on zoo dwellers. The other two methods-the artificial vagina, or AV, and the good old hand-require that animals be trained to the procedure. The AV-a large latex tube coated with warm lubricant -is used primarily to get sperm from dairy bulls (considered the most ornery and dangerous of bovines). The bull gets randy with a steer; when he mounts the steer with his forelegs, a brave technician, AV in hand, insinuates himself between the two aroused beasts and deftly redirects the bull's penis into the mock genitalia, which he must then hold tight while the bull orgasms. (Talk about bull riding!) Three additional technicians attempt to ensure this (fool)hardy soul's safety by anchoring themselves to restraining ropes attached to a ring in the bull's nose. Alas, this isn't always absolutely effective: Everyone who's wielded an AV has had at least one close call, and more than a few have been sent to the hospital. The much safer "digital pressure" is used mostly with pigs, who are trained from an early age to mount a small bench while the researcher reaches around with a gloved hand and provides appropriate pleasure-er, pressure. (Link)

Sewers Cleaner

Ramesh Sahu works in the sanitation department of Calcutta, cleaning out the city's sewers. On a regular basis, Rakesh sits in a low crouch at the bottom of a seven-foot-deep manhole, sloshing away in a swirl of human waste and sediment. Equipped with a hoe and a steel bar, and wearing only a pair of loose purple underpants, Rakesh empties the thick black sludge from a clogged sewer into a bucket that his fellow crew members hoist up and dump in the middle of a narrow road. A small mountain of decaying excrement accumulates between the manhole and a rickety wooden vegetable cart. Two co-workers reach down and yank Rakesh out by his sore, extended arms, his body splattered with putrid muck. At 27, with a wife, three young daughters and a monthly income of about $100, he has been a sewage worker for the Delhi Jal (Water) Board for the past 10 years. (Link)

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) - The Criterion Collection

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) - The Criterion Collection

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Nicolas Roeg

United States

1976

136 minutes

Color

2.35:1

English

304

Synopsis

The Man Who Fell to Earth is a daring exploration of science fiction as an art form. The story of an alien on an elaborate rescue mission provides the launching pad for Nicolas Roeg’s visual tour de force, a formally adventurous examination of alienation in contemporary life. Rock legend David Bowie, in his acting debut, completely embodies the title role, while Candy Clark, Buck Henry, and Rip Torn turn in pitch-perfect supporting performances. The film’s hallucinatory vision was obscured in the American theatrical release, which deleted nearly twenty minutes of crucial scenes and details. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Roeg’s full uncut version, in this exclusive new director-approved high-­definition widescreen transfer.

Cast

Thomas Jerome Newton	David Bowie
Nathan Bryce	Rip Torn
Mary-Lou	Candy Clark
Oliver Farnsworth	Buck Henry
Peters	Bernie Casey
Professor Canutti	Jackson D. Kane
Trevor	Rick Riccardo
Arthur	Tony Mascia

Credits

Director	Nicolas Roeg
Producer	Michael Deeley and Barry Spikings
Executive producer	Si Litvinoff
Screenplay	Paul Mayersberg
From the novel by	Walter Tevis
Associate producer	John Peverall
Editing	Graeme Clifford
Cinematography	Anthony Richmond
Production Design	Brian Eatwell
Musical director	John Phillips
Costume designer	May Routh

Disc Features

AVAILABLE IN BOTH DOUBLE-DVD AND BLU-RAY DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITIONS:

• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Nicolas Roeg
• Audio commentary by Roeg and actors David Bowie and Buck Henry
• New video interview with screenwriter Paul Mayersberg
• Performance, new video interview with actors Candy Clark and Rip Torn
• Audio interviews with costume designer May Routh and production designer Brian Eatwell
• Audio interview from 1984 with author Walter Tevis, conducted by Don Swaim
• Multiple stills galleries, including Routh’s costume sketches; behind-the-scenes photos; and production and publicity stills, introduced by set photographer David James
• Gallery of posters from Roeg’s films
• Trailers
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Plus: Walter Tevis’s original novel, reprinted specially for this release, and a 28-page booklet featuring a new essay on the film by critic Graham Fuller and an appreciation of Tevis by novelist Jack Matthews (NOTE: the novel is not included in the Blu-ray edition)

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PRESS NOTES: SEEING BLU

Dec 11, 2008

Criterion Blu-ray editions debut next week—with Chungking Express, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Bottle Rocket, and The Third Man—and the reviews are already coming in. “Chungking Express, Criterion’s first Blu-ray release, is nothing short of magnificent,” say the folks at the...

The Man Who Fell to Earth:
Loving the Alien

by Graham Fuller Sep 26, 2005

Science-fiction drama, western, love story, metaphysical mystery, satire of modern America—The Man Who Fell to Earth is the most beguiling of the films that, in a dozen years embracing the 1970s, established Nicolas Roeg as a mainstream heir to such 1960s...

The Man Who Fell to Earth

by Robert Lloyd Mar 11, 1993

Released the year before Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars, Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth is a science-fiction film without science, a terrestrial space opera minus matte shots, models, or pyrotechnics that leaves us not wondering at the stars but...

Gimme Shelter (1970) - The Criterion Collection

Gimme Shelter (1970) - The Criterion Collection

Gimme Shelter

David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin

United States

1970

91 minutes

Color

1.33:1

English

99

Synopsis

Called “the greatest rock film ever made,” this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When 300,000 members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hell’s Angels at San Francisco’s Altamont Speedway, direct cinema pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin immortalized on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade’s dreams into disillusionment.

Cast

	Mick Jagger
	Keith Richards
	Mick Taylor
	Charlie Watts
	Bill Wyman

Credits

Director	David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin
Editing	Ellen Giffard, Robert Farren, Joanne Burke and Kent McKinney
Associate producer	Porter Bibb
Special help	Stanley Goldstein
Assistant film editors	Mirra Bank, Susan Steinberg and Janet Lauretano
Filmed by	The Maysles Brothers
Camera	Peter Adair, Baird Bryant, Joan Churchill, Ron Dorfman, Robert Elfstrom, Elliott Erwitt, Bob Fiori, Adam Giffard, William Kaplan, Kevin Keating, Stephen Lighthill, George Lucas, Jim Moody, Jack Newman, Pekke Niemela, Robert Primes, Eric Saarinen, Peter Smokler, Paul Ryan, Coulter Watt, Gary Weiss and Bill Yarrus
Sound	Michael Becker, John Brumbaugh, Howard Chesley, Pepper Crawford, Stanley Cronquist, Paul Deason, Tom Goodwin, Peter Pilafin, Orly Lindgren, Walter Murch, Art Rochester, David Thompson, Nelson Stoll and Alvin Tokunow

Disc Features

• Breathtaking new high-definition transfer of the uncensored 30th Anniversary version, remastered and restored from the camera original
• Exclusive Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround sound mixes
• Never-before-seen performances of the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1969, including “Little Queenie," “Oh Carol," and “Prodigal Son," plus backstage outtakes
• Audio commentary by directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, and collaborator Stanley Goldstein
• Excerpts from KSAN Radio’s Altamont wrap-up, recorded December 7, 1969, with new introductions by then-DJ, Stefan Ponek
• Altamont stills gallery, featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower
• Original and rerelease theatrical trailers, plus trailers for Maysles Films’ classics Grey Gardens and Salesman
• Filmographies for Maysles Films and Charlotte Zwerin
• Restoration demonstration
• English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
• Optimal image quality: RSDL dual layer edition
• PLUS: “The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and Gimme Shelter”: A 44-page booklet with essays by Jagger’s former assistant Georgia Bergman, music writers Michael Lydon and Stanley Booth, ex-Oakland Hell’s Angels chapter head Sonny Barger, and film critics Amy Taubin and Godfrey Cheshire

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Gimme Shelter:
The Decade That Spawned Altamont

by Michael Lydon Nov 13, 2000

In the fall of 1969, I landed the coolest possible writing gig: touring with the Rolling Stones on assignment from The New York Times (the Times rejected the 100-page piece I turned in, but radical Ramparts printed it). The tour across America was a wild...

Gimme Shelter: Rock and Roll Zapruder

by Amy Taubin Nov 13, 2000

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Gimme Shelter:
The True Adventures of Altamont

by Stanley Booth Nov 13, 2000

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Gimme Shelter: Snapshots from the Road

by Georgia Bergman Nov 13, 2000

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The “Demonic Charisma” of Gimme Shelter

by Godfrey Cheshire Nov 13, 2000

Gimme Shelter is the film I've seen more than any other. I guess you could say I was obsessed with it for a spell, back when. I saw it first during its premiere New York run, in late 1970. Back home in North Carolina shortly thereafter, I followed it through the celluloid food chain...

Gimme Shelter:
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by Ralph "Sonny" Barger Nov 13, 2000

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Monterey Pop (1967) - The Criterion Collection

Monterey Pop (1967) - The Criterion Collection

Monterey Pop

D. A. Pennebaker

United States

1967

78 minutes

Color

1.33:1

English

Watch Film for $5

168

Synopsis

On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey would launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few among a wildly diverse cast that included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic vérité style, D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend destroying his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this timeless document of a landmark event.

Cast

	Janis Joplin
	Paul Simon
	Art Garfunkel
	"Mama" Cass Elliot
	John Phillips
	Michelle Phillips
	Denny Doherty
	Jimi Hendrix
	Hugh Masekela
	Grace Slick
	Eric Burdon
	Roger Daltrey
	Keith Moon
	John Entwistle
	Pete Townshend
	Otis Redding
	Ravi Shankar

Credits

Director	D. A. Pennebaker
Producer	Lou Adler and John Phillips
Cinematography	James Desmond, Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, Roger Murphy, D. A. Pennebaker and Barry Feinstein
Editing	Nina Schulman
Assistant editor	Mary Lampson

Disc Features

• Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by D.A. Pennebaker
• Soundtrack featuring a 5.1 mix by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in Dolby Digital (and DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition)
• Audio commentary by Festival producer Lou Adler and Pennebaker
• Video interview with Adler and Pennebaker
• Audio interviews with festival producer John Phillips, festival publicist Derek Taylor, and performers Cass Elliot and David Crosby
• Photo-essay by photographer Elaine Mayes
• Original theatrical trailer and radio spots
• Monterey Pop Festival scrapbook
• PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Michael Lydon, Barney Hoskyns, and Armond White

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A Bloody Battle over Monterey Pop Festival

by Jann Wenner Nov 11, 2002

April 6, 1968MONTEREY—A second Monterey International Pop Festival has for the past month been put in jeopardy by a vicious handful of citizens, cops, and city officials in a small-town drama straight from Peyton Place and The Invaders.Fighting...

The Meeting of the ’Twain: Monterey and the Great California Divide

by Barney Hoskyns Nov 11, 2002

“TRAVELING UP the Coast from the ruins of the Sunset Strip to the Haight is a Dante-esque ascent,” New Yorker Richard Goldstein could write of a journey from southern to northern California in 1967. For Goldstein, pop music critic of the Village Voice at the time, the 400 miles between...

Monterey Pop: People In Motion

by Armond White Nov 11, 2002

A new era in popular music deserves a new era in filmmaking. That’s the basis of the perfect, fortuitous match-up between rock and cinema in D.A. Pennebaker’s Monterey Pop. When Pennebaker and his 16mm filmmaking team came on board to cover the 1967 festival, director Pennebaker...

Anatomy of a Love Festival - Part Two

by Robert Christgau Nov 11, 2002

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Monterey Pop: The First Rock Festival - Part One

by Michael Lydon Nov 11, 2002

The Monterey International Pop Festival is over, all over. And what was it? Was it one festival, many festivals, a festival at all? Does anything sum it up, did it mean anything, are there any themes? Was it just a collection of rock groups of varying levels of proficiency doing their bit for a...

Monterey Pop Artist Bios - Part Three

by Bruce Eder Nov 11, 2002

Saturday nightHugh Masekela(1939 - )Ever since the mid-1960s, Hugh Masekela has been recognized as one of the leaders in world music and fusion jazz. Among his earliest professional engagements was a gig playing with the Huddleston Jazz Band, led by anti...

Monterey Pop Artist Bios - Part Four

by Bruce Eder Nov 11, 2002

Sunday nightThe Blues ProjectDanny Kalb—Lead guitar, vocalsSteve Katz—Rhythm guitar, vocalsAndy Kulberg—Bass, fluteRoy Blumenfeld—DrumsJohn McDuffy—Keyboards, vocalsFounded in New York City in 1965, The Blues Project had...

Monterey Pop Artist Bios - Part Five

by Bruce Eder Nov 11, 2002

The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceJimi Hendrix—Guitar, vocalsNoel Redding—BassMitch Mitchell—DrumsIt was the performance of Jimi Hendrix at Monterey that made the ABC television network—which had paid an advance for the broadcast rights to the film of the event...

Monterey Pop Artist Bios - Part One

by Bruce Eder Nov 11, 2002

Friday nightThe AssociationTerry Kirkman—Vocals, brass, reeds, harmonica, percussionTed Bluechel, Jr.—DrumsJim Yester—Vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboardsRuss Giguere—Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, percussionBrian Cole—Vocals, bass...

Monterey Pop Artist Bios - Part Two

by Bruce Eder Nov 11, 2002

Country Joe and the FishCountry Joe McDonald—Lead vocals, guitarBruce Barthol—Bass, guitar Barry Melton—Lead guitarDavid Cohen—KeyboardsGary “Chicken” Hirsh—Drums, percussionEasily the most “political” act at the Festival, Country Joe...