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Read a Chunk of the Un-Produced Captain Beefheart Film Script

This weekend, the legendary avant-garde bluesman Don Van Vleit, better known as Captain Beefheart, passed away . While his distortion-soaked, eccentric take on rhythm and blues was often cinematic in its own right, Beefheart almost had a brush with acting as well. In the early 60s, inspired by the success of films like Easy Rider , Frank Zappa and Beefheart holed up and worked on a script for a film called Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People . The script was never produced, but a huge chunk of it is available online and it’s every bit as fun and weird as fans would hope.

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Read a Chunk of the Un-Produced Captain Beefheart Film Script

VIDEO: New, Painful Short from Oscar-Nominated Don Hertzfeldt Tackles Dental Surgery

If you have a high tolerance for stick-figure violence, Wisdom Teeth is today’s must-watch video. The latest short from Oscar-Nominated animator Don Hertzfeldt (of Rejected fame) premiered at Sundance and is now part of a Showtime program called Short Stories . Despite Hertzfeldt’s excellent track record, I’ll admit I had a tough time getting psyched to watch even a slapstick cartoon about dental surgery because well, sometimes the dentist really is that scary. But rest assured, the animator’s unmatched knack for comic absurdity makes it completely worthwhile and the ridiculous ending will have you in…stitches. I’m sorry.

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VIDEO: New, Painful Short from Oscar-Nominated Don Hertzfeldt Tackles Dental Surgery