VINCENT GALLO RECORDINGS OF MUSIC FOR FILMS REVIEWED BY IAN PENMAN (2002)

Reviewed by Jock Treager

Another one of Ian Penman's now classic "schtick-reviews", this is a strictly utilitarian attempt to paint "some vain musclehead Hollyweird jerk-off with more friends than talent" in broad strokes of the brush. Still, Penman's reserve merits brief applause albeit it loud for his mention of Gallo's beard (in parenthesis I might add). An obvious allusion to Brian Duguid's review of Hermann Nitsch's Das 6-Tage-Spiel Des Orgien Mysterien Theaters Day 5, an eight cd box set, nevertheless the beard citation does add a dim light to an otherwise lack luster performance. In the future Ian "Penman" : write with your hands!