Thirty five years ago at my high school alma mater two students with really cool hair, James Fagervik and Jeremy Pollock, filmed this project for Oak Park and River Forest High's Experimental Program film class, no longer in existence. It isn't cool soully because it's the only interesting OPRFHS YouTube vid (all the other vids are football highlights...booooring); it's cool because the camera is a Sony PortaPak and primitive 1970's video technology is utterly fascinating to me.
"soully"? Meaning. . . "pertaining to James Brown?"
Posted by: taco | December 08, 2009 at 02:48 PM
Love the clicking sound from those old PortaPaks. I'm also guessing the school could only afford one. When I was in JHS/HS, we still had reel-to-reel VTRs. Interesting stuff!
Posted by: SillyWilly | December 09, 2009 at 12:46 AM
Wow, way to sell the fake bad punches from a guy who should be on the chess club! Cool flick! I was in high school in the 70's too....brings a tear to my eye.
Posted by: Pete | December 09, 2009 at 11:53 AM
I was allowed to play with something like that video rig in elementary school in 1979. I remember that high-pitched squeal. I had terrible headaches, but couldn't tear myself away from the thing.
Posted by: wapsie | December 09, 2009 at 12:36 PM
OPRF was my alma mater as well. It pops up in the most unexpected places sometimes!
Posted by: Ann | December 09, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Sweet, Ann! What year did you graduate its hallowed halls?
Posted by: Coolie | December 13, 2009 at 02:04 AM
"Where's my fucking money, Denny?!"
Posted by: MarsHottentot | February 16, 2010 at 08:05 PM