For the second day in a roar, I started my day yesterday with a WTF film at the Bloor. Yesterday was "Electric Boogaloo"; this morning was "Human Highway", directed by Bernard Shakey (aka Neil Young) and Dean Stockwell and featuring a cast that included Young, Stockwell, Dennis Hopper and Sally Kirkland.
The film was originally released in 1982 and the version shown Thursday morning has been restored and recut. It's an entertaining mess, set mostly at a gas station / diner in the desert, with a nuclear power station glowing menacingly in the background. There is a lot of music, mostly "Trans" era Young but Includes Devo as a group of nuclear plant garbagemen. There is a narrative for the first 2/3 of the film, at which point it sort of disintegrates into a series of music videos loosely connected to the story. A highlight is a version of "Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)" featuring both Devo and Young, with vocals by Booji Boy. From what I read after the film, this version inspired Crazy Horse to do their more iconic take on the song.
Weird and occasionally wonderful.
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