Alan Holt

Similar to a degree to Godard’s 1968 film One Plus One aka Sympathy for the Devil in that, instead of a distinct storyline, there are multiple threads that are linked thematically although not narratively connected. The theme here is one of exploration and discovery. Rather than Godard’s Rolling Stones, black revolutionaries and porn store shop […]

Few would argue that the world became a sadder place with the death of iconic actor/director Dennis Hopper in the spring of 2010. Some, however, would argue that Mr Hopper already made this world a sadder place in 1980, so his death was wholly unnecessary – perhaps a bit of an indulgence on his part. […]

Blogger’s Note: This is my 5th post for my Flicks blog and I thought I would do something slightly different. The focus of this blog as you know is on soundtracks. Up until now all of the soundtracks have been for films that are real – films you can readily watch, enjoy and discuss enthusiastically […]

Back in the day my friends and I all owned the Repo Man soundtrack way before we saw the film. I’m not even sure if the film actually received release here; if it did it did not last long. The soundtrack turned up in our local small town record store and as it had songs […]

For this, my third blog post, we will be comparing and contrasting two New Wave films from the early ’80s along with their respective soundtracks. The films are Valley Girl and Liquid Sky. Somewhere along the way, either through torturous linkages of ill-conceived half-assed assertions or through random declarative dive-bombs, I plan to drop several […]

Before Joy Division, before Big Star’s Third and perhaps before Portishead’s 1st, the only truly total immersion sob fest available in an audio form was this John Denver-infused black-hole-of-emotion soundtrack for the 1973 made for TV movie Sunshine. The film is the true story of a free spirited 20-year-old named Kate (played by Cristina Raines) […]

Hi folks, and welcome to the inaugural post of Ultra Stereo, Flicks.co.nz new blog focusing on music and film by yours truly, Alan Holt. I am a big fan of film soundtracks, both as part of a film and as semi autonomous albums. A good soundtrack album will often have unreleased music from artists I enjoy – […]