Film-maker Ron Smith's documentary, "My Blue Star", made it's debut a few weeks ago at the James River Film Festival in Smith's native Richmond, VA. Smith was a friend of the now deceased legendary founder of Psychobilly and subject of the film, Hasil Adkins. Adkins was known for his eccentric behavior, which included eating raw meat, fixating on chickens and putting people's heads on his wall and inspiring a suggestive dance called "The Hunch".
The trailer for the film was shown at last year's Deep Blues Festival in Minnesota and at the Don't Knock the Rock Festival in Hollywood.
The release of "My Blue Star" preceeded the release of a controversial documentary about Hasil's neighbors, Dancing Outlaw Jesco White and family, at the Tribecca Film Festival last weekend. The films present two sides of an Appalachian coin in a sense, with Smith's showing a straightforward, "Biography"-worthy view of Adkins, West Virginia's most notorious musician, and the other, (from MTV), focusing on the most sensational aspects of West Virginia's most notorious family.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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