AUTHENIC: EARTH 001[New Noise #020]

Patty Honcho + Skelbeats - AUTHENIC: EARTH 001

HISTORY OF CINEMA: THE SILENT ERA

YOU’RE SAT HALF ASLEEP IN THE BACK OF THE LECTURE. 

PROFESSOR’S LIKE 

‘OKAY, TODAY WE’RE CHECKING OUT THE 1924 MASTERPIECE AUTHENIC: EARTH 001, WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY PATTY HONCHO, SCORED BY SKELBEATS. 

YOU MAY BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF HONCHO’S LATER WORK LIKE THE CLASSIC 1972 FILM, THE BLAXPLOITATION. HOWEVER, CRITICS GENERALLY AGREE THIS SEMINAL WORK SET THE STAGE FOR MANY SCI-FI/HORROR CROSSOVERS IN MORE RECENT YEARS.’ 

THE LIGHTS DIM. TRITONES SHIVER THROUGH THE ROOM BEFORE THE FIRST FRAME FADES IN. 

A SLIM FIGURE SKULKS IN SMOKE, JUST BEYOND YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE OUT INDIVIDUAL FEATURES.

THE FIRST DIALOGUE CARD SNAPS INTO FRAME: 

[ZOMBIE ARM 0:47 – I’M ONE OF THE GODS, SO I DON’T FEAR NONE]

HE SAUNTERS TOWARD THE FOREGROUND. EACH STEP BUILDING LAYERS OF TIGHTLY STRUNG SYNTHS UNTIL FINALLY, 

HIS FACE COMES INTO FRAME AND NEWBORN TRUMPETS WAIL OVER DRUM BREAKS. 

NEXT CARD:

[ZOMBIE ARM 2:08 – PICK A STRUGGLE. MY PUNCHLINE SHIT SO PRECISE I’M LIKE ‘PICK A KNUCKLE’]

CUT TO: INTERIOR – BACK OF HOUSE, MEXICAN RESTAURANT

THE HORNS PICK UP PACE ALONGSIDE OUR MAIN CHARACTER. A LONG TRACKING SHOT FOLLOWS HIM THROUGH STACKS OF DISHES AND BUS BOYS. 

[BOARDWALK EMPIRE 0:48 –  CONTENT N---S TRYNA COME TO THE HOOD, THEY’LL LEAVE YOU CHALKY WHITE. RUN INTO AN OMAR, THEY’LL HAVE YOUR BLOOD LEAKIN’ LIKE A FAULTY PIPE]

FINALLY, HE ARRIVES AT THE GENERAL MANAGER’S OFFICE. IT’S CLEAR THEY’RE FAMILIAR. 

NEXT DIALOGUE CARD

[IT’S ALIVE 0:36 – I WAS A YOUNG THUG TALKIN BOUT ‘PASS THE HOOKAH.’ NOW N----S BOUTTA DO ‘SCARIN THE HOES’ IN CHATTANOOGA] 

THE MANAGER CHUCKLES WRYLY. 

DIALOGUE CARD

[IT’S ALIVE 1:22 – Y’KNOW WHAT MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE, MY N---? SEEIN MY PEOPLE WIN. GETTING TO DO THE SHIT I LOVE TO DO EVERY DAY […] THE PAIN MAKE ME FEEL ALIVE]

THE TWO LAUGH AND DAP EACH OTHER UP. THE GENERAL MANAGER SLIPS THE MAIN CHARACTER SOME WEIRD SLIME IN A BAG. HE TUCKS IT IN HIS COAT BREAST POCKET AND SLIPS BACK OUT INTO DAYLIGHT. 

FADE TO TWILIGHT. 

AS THE LIGHT DWINDLES, THE TENSION OF HORNS ONES AGAIN FILLS THE AIR. MAIN CHARACTER PULLS THE POUCH OUT OF HIS POCKET. HE DRINKS AND MORPHS TO A NEW FORM. SOMETHING SINISTER. SOMETHING LARGER THAN LIFE. 

AND HERE COME THE DRUMS AGAIN. HE’S AT FULL STRIDE DOWN A LONG ALLEYWAY MUTTERING SOMETHING TO HIMSELF. 

DIALOGUE CARD 

[PUKA NACUA 1:36 – BULLETS GETTING THROWN? Y’ALL N----S CATCHIN’ EVERYTHING LIKE PUKA NACUA. LIKE PUKA NACUA. LIKE PUKA NACUA…]

YOU’RE SITTING THERE THINKING TO YOURSELF, ‘WHO THE FUCK IS PUKA NACUA??’ MAYBE THEIR ALIEN OVERLORD OR SOMETHING?]

CUT TO – INTERIOR, LIVING ROOM 

MAINTAINING HIS MONSTRUOUS FORM, MAIN CHARACTER OPENS A BIRD CAGE BESIDE THE FURNACE IN THE DEN. A RAVEN??

HE’S TALKING TO THE BIRD, MAKING ALL SORTS OF SLAPBOXING TYPE MOVEMENTS, MIMICKING A FIGHT. 

A DIALOGUE CARD COMES UP, BUT NO DIALOGUE IS EVEN THERE. 

“ODIN” 

WHAT THE HELL? YOU THINK. WHAT DOES NORSE MYTHOLOGY HAVE TO DO WITH THIS?

THE LECTURE HALL LIGHTS COME BACK UP AND THE FILM CUTS SHORT. 

PROFESSOR IS LIKE,

‘WELL, BACK THEN, ROLLS ONLY CONTAINED 19 MINUTES WORTH OF FILM… SO THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 

FOR HOMEWORK, WRITE A 560-WORD BLOG POST DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE OF SEEING THIS FILM FOR THE FIRST TIME. LOOKING FORWARD TO READING YOUR RESPONSES.’

SCHOOL IS IN SESSION, LISTEN TO AUTHENIC: EARTH 001 HERE