purge.xxx #30 - Last Movies by Stanley Schtinter

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Running weekly, the series will broadcast the entire catalogue so far in chronological order, continuing here with Last Movies by Stanley Schtinter.

"Profound and riveting, Schtinter’s graveyard perspective offers up a rich and startlingly novel view of cinema, angled through cemetery gates before the closing credits. A remarkable accomplishment." – Alan Moore

Stanley Schtinter reads his book Last Movies (Tenement Press, 2023). Included in the triple-cassette print inlay are Last Movies programme notes by Erika Balsom, and Last Words by Nicole Brenez, a metre-long detached receipt strip with an artwork by Jean-Luc Godard. Three cassettes only, 21 numbered copies only.

Note: this is available as a bundle with the hardback version of the book, available exclusively through purge.xxx/purrrrrj030

This series for Resonance Extra is the first time much of the label's catalogue has been available to hear outside of its material form. It accepts the invitation by Resonance on the basis that none of these sounds are stored. If you want to hear it you need to be able to access the radio at midnight every Thursday.