Perfume Nightmare

[J. Herzog]

>At 1:25 PM -0700 10/27/99, RR wrote:
>
>>Not sure if my previous email went through:  has anyone else seen this
>>movie: story about a boy slowly becoming aware of american cultural
>>imperialism in the philiipines, a boy who is fascinated with machines, is
>>president of a Werner Von Braun fan club, obsessed w/ rockets, made in the
>>early 80s.
>>
>>rich
>
>What did you eat/smoke before you fell asleep last night?


It was no pipe dream on Rich's part. I recently saw the same movie, actually
called The Perfumed Nightmare, directed and starring Kidlat Tahimik. It's
funny, surreal and a good example of the great things that can be
accomplished on a small budget (as I recall, the video had blurbs fom Werner
Herzog and Susan Sontag, but no Pynchon). The video was released through Les
Blank's company (whose films on various regional American music scenes are
also worth seeking out).

I wonder what ever happened to Kidlat Tahimik considering the movie was
originally released 20 years ago...