Wild Combination will be airing on the Sundance Channel and will be available on demand in the US.  Tune in on Monday June 29th at 9:00.  The film will also be on demand.  

Wild Combination will have a last but not least theatrical run in Los Angeles at Downtown Independent May 22 - 28,  Showtimes daily.  For Tickets and more information:
www.downtownindependent.com/events/wild-combination

251 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-617-1033   

 Arthur Russell for Hannukah and Christmas? 

This week there are 2 great opportunities to see Arthur’s key collaborators in action.  On Thursday, December 11th, Arthur’s Landing is performing.  Arthur’s Landing is an ensemble of varying dimensions that performs music written and imagined by Arthur Russell.  Musicians include: Ernie Brooks, Steven Hall, Peter Zummo, Joyce Kirby, Mustafa Ahmed, Elodie Lauten, Bill Ruyle, John Sherman, and special guests. 

One day later, the great Peter Zummo, who features prominently in Wild Combination, is playing with the Peter Zummo Ensemble at the Staten Island Museum, Friday at 8:00.  Details for both performances are below:

Arthur’s Landing
Thursday, December 11, 8:00, $15
Issue Project Room
232 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
www.issueprojectroom.com

Peter Zummo Ensemble
Friday, December 12, 8:00, $10
Staten Island Museum Auditorium
75 Stuyvesant Place, corner of Wall Street
(5 min. walk from St. George Ferry Terminal)

Thanks to all for the support and interest in WILD COMBINATION for the past year. We’ve had an incredible run at over 50 international film festivals, museums, and cinemas around the world.

Over the next month please join us for some final public screenings. This week there’s a special event at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

MoMA, New York
December 5, 7:00 (Director and Cast in attendance)
December 19, 8:00

Danish King’s park, Copenhagen

 
Stockholm sunset (at 4:00)

Norwegian model in pink body suit with poodle

Vigelands Park in Oslo 

The DVD of WILD COMBINATION: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL is out now and available worldwide.

You can purchase it now from Plexifilm, who have special deals on posters, and from many of your favorite stores and online retailers. The film is also available for digital download in the U.S. on iTunes (without extras).

PLEXIFILM STORE:

http://plexifilm.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=377_2742

iTUNES:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMovie?id=294680993&s=143441

65 Minutes of DVD Extras!!
1. Rare archival footage of two full-length performances: “Soon to be Innocent Fun / Let’s See” (1985) and “Calling All Kids” (1989)
2. Allen Ginsberg reading at Arthur’s memorial
3. 1970 recording of an audicassette letter sent from Arthur in San Francisco to this parents
4. Anti-music video: “Arthur’s Sneakers”
5. Tribute performances of Arthur’s songs by Jens Lekman, Verity Susman from Electrelane, Joel Gibb from The Hidden Cameras.

WILD COMBINATION is having a week-long run at the Roxie starting November 7th! Come to the theater to check out the film.

http://www.roxie.com/
3117 16th Street, San Francisco
Nightly at 6:30, 8:00 & 9:30
Additional Saturday & Sunday matinees at 3:00 & 5:00

Wild Combination was awarded the top Jury Prize for International Film at the In-Edit Documentary Film Festival in Barcelona. The festival celebrates music documentaries from around the world. Thank you for the honor!

Thank you to everybody who hosted us or came and said hello after our screenings in Istanbul, Berlin, and Barcelona. 

 roaming around Istanbul

Wonderful screening at Babylon Mitte

hardcore Barcelona tourism 

pre-screening at the beautiful Club Coliseum theater at the In-Edit Film Festival, Barcelona.