Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: LB-18

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03:38:29 1.33	Disco interview reels begin
03:38:42 13.87	SNAKEMAN INTERVIEWED Right Hey Girl. No, absolutely not. I don't think i will either. I'm not Looking forward to it our director Jason What do you think people think they have a sense of joy. fright and curiosity. your friends go out with you? Do they dress up the same way? Some do some don't not quite as collaborative either. They accept you and they love it. Haven't been to too many of the big cities, but I'm sure they have some of this kind of atmosphere.
03:40:04 95.85	Speaker 1 01:35 Why do you feel these voids credit for all the seductive dance movement of the dancers? Do you think they're put on directly to the excitement of one another? Speaker 2 Snakeman I think it's going to be hanging around for some time. I think people want to dance, they want to be happy. And it's a new way of expressing themselves. They see themselves when they were, when they were young, when they were children. Speaker 1 02:27 Let me ask you something. Why do you think people go out at night. what are they out for? They looking for relationships, communications, contacts
03:41:00 151.91	Speaker 2 Snake man I'm sure it's a lot of things. Speaker 1 02:38 You think there's any place in the world you'd rather live than New York City? You your wild, bizarre costumes like that? Do you get any fashion ideas from discos to seeing other people dressed the same way? Snakeman I do pick up ideas? Yes. Speaker 1 02:58 What do you think of the music of today as opposed to the music in the 50s 60s 30s 40s Snakeman You're talking about popular music, Speaker 1 I'm talking about the music that we're so accustomed to hearing on the radio so often. Speaker 2 Snakeman I think it's changed quite a bit. Tremendous beat which they didn't have then
03:41:45 196.87	Snakeman sort of within the feet of the heartbeat. Right? Right. Speaker 1 Absolutely. Where do you think around the music is headed? Being the vice president of JC Penney? Don't you think you're always looking for the new direction? Snakeman Vice President? Speaker 1 of JCPenney? Aren't you always looking for the Snakeman Are you calling me a vice president? Speaker 1 I'll call you anything you want. The creative art director JC Penney. Snakeman What was your question? Speaker 1 Aren't you always looking for new direction? Snakeman Absolutely Speaker 1 03:49 Is JC Penney going for disco as far as fashion> Snakeman They certainly have, yes. they have disco clothes Speaker 1 Do you think disco has taken out the romance and sex disco dancing and discuss books? Snakeman I don't think so . I think there will alway be romance and sex.
03:42:30 242.79	Snakeman I think some of the songs or words are very romantic. And I was thinking of using Pendergraf. Some of his songs which are sort of described low disco, but they're kind of beautiful Speaker 1 04:21 You have any romantic fantasies that are unfulfilled. Will you tell me one. Snakeman I can't. Speaker 1 you can't or you won't? (Snakeman: I won't.). What do you think people think of you as a person when you're out dancing? Speaker 2 04:33 I think generally they're very happy about what I'm doing. If I have whistles, fans, and Betty, I make them happy. I change moods. Speaker 1 Does anybody ever said no. Snakeman No. Speaker 1 Does anybody ever ask you how old you are? (Snakeman No). Can I ask you how old? (Snakeman Yes you can.) Let's just assume I asked you, how old are you? (Snakeman 58) . What do your children think of you? Snakeman I have one daughter that just loves me to death. (Speaker 1 What about the rest? you have four others right, 5 total?) Snakeman: 5 total. Speaker 1 Can you give me an example of what Snakeman for compensation nothing happening, no way to express yourself. Speaker 1 Do you watch a lot of TV? (Snakeman: moderate amount) Speaker 1 Do you think it's healthy to go this event? Snakeman absolutely good for your body, it's good for your mind, relieves attention, it gives you takes you right back to your childhood Speaker 1 05:45 you find that disco might it has any effect on you spiritually instead of visual Snakeman How do you mean spiritual? Speaker 1 05:52 I don't know. Raise your consciousness to be aware of the people around you.
03:44:36 367.87	COUPLE INTERVIEWED IN BATHROOM. CARL & JASMINE ASKED VARIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT DISCO, FASHIONS
03:46:57 509.36	Speaker 5 female The romance, it usually turns into sex with not much romance speaker 1 Why do you go out Speaker 5 Female 08:40 Well certainly not for sex. I go out to see my friends get some exercise . I wouldn't say I never accomplished it. I mean but I never followed up on it no. Speaker 6 Male I find it really exciting and I like to get away from things that you know things in everyday parts of life that Speaker 1 09:29 you see all the ? What turns you want to make your expressions on the dance floor with all the dancers. what turns you on while you're dancing? Female You mean sexually or joy or? Speaker 1 how do you get stimulated. What do you get out of it? Speaker 5 Female Actually they're looking for something more to express themselves with all the time. You're looking for something more to express yourself all the time
03:48:55 626.93	Speaker 6 Male I work and I study Speaker 1 Study at what Speaker 6 Male I study at acting. Speaker 1 What do you do? Speaker 5 I work . I'm a model. Are you saying i'm not managing? Are you saying i'm not managing? Speaker 1 How do you think women have progressed today, is the 40s freedom system then and it existed now Speaker 5 Female first of all there's there's no longer that thing that they had in the 40's where women woman gets a job or goes to college and does everything with the ultimate motive of finding a man to marry and raise kids. Therefore, women nowadays are much more like men. Sexe has become more homogenous, more freedom because a lot of asexuality and bisexual Women are more like men nowadays. they don't have they're not thinking about families and babies and all that. Speaker 1 Do you feel any strong feelings of change within yourself? for this period today certainly allowed a lot of freedom. I mean it certainly allowed alot of freedom Speaker 5 Female I got it, yes, It's made me much less insecure. I feel at home when I walk into this very easy to get home. That's the main thing is that its made me more physically and mentally secure. Speaker 1 there anywhere else in the world you would live than New York?
03:51:43 794.87	Speaker 1 How has Disco affected your life? Speaker 5 Female Well at first, I went a little bit, then I went with a lot. I overdosed. Now I hardly go at all anymore. Speaker 1 talking to Male Has had disco affected your life? Speaker 6 Male It hasn't really affected my life. Speaker 1 You don't spend a lot of time out in the nightlife? Speaker 6 Male No. I spend a lot of time out at night, but not all that much in a disco Speaker 1 What was the best experience. Speaker 5 Female Oh, God, that didn't take a long time. It's also very mushed up and confused. And I think it took several okay.
03:52:25 837.59	Speaker 1 You asked me before we were talking about describing one of the best ? that you ever had and you told me a story about an evening you went to a party. Speaker 5 Female Yeah, it was a Zoli party. And the evening started out we all got very dressed, excited. It was really nice. And then we went to a boring gallery. Then we went down even more boring dinner at very stuffy people's house. And then come 11:30 we couldn't wait to leave. He and I went first to just 54 and it was still empty. You know, it was a surprise party and was quite empty, cool and wonderful and so familiar. And then you know, it was all people that I hadn't seen in three, three months or something, people that I'm friendly with. So it was like a big reunion it was very, very nice. Very nice evening. It was like all familiar in our little chat. Speaker 1 Was there anything else specific that happened that night once you got there that made it such a nice experience Speaker 5 Female No it was mainly the people and the whole breaking away from the evening how it had been before which is a little bit tense Speaker 1 15:12 that is one of the questions which is, how often do you go to a disco, any kind of day that would prompt you if there was anything what made you decide on a particular day to go to a disco Speaker 5 female Usually people calling and saying Do you want to go dancing tonight and I would get home from work and I'd take a nap till about 11 o'clock and then I you know then I would decide with the friends whether I wanted to go Speaker 1 What about you Alan? Was Is there anything about what you do during the day that affects your decision whether to go or not I mean, are there some days when you really feel you have to go you want to go Speaker 6 Male no, it's not so much that I like to I like to watch people and I think that's a main motivation for me to go out There's so many different kinds of people at a place like this you know, dancers watch dances Speaker 6 Male well I think. I like to watch people who can move good together. What things turn me off? I don't like overly aggressive people. People who have a tendency to do anything upon impulse no matter what it is. That kind of stuff turns me off. I think alot of the stuff that's done is lacking and just let's see what I can do , let's do let's see what limit I can get
03:55:43 1035.69	Speaker 5 Female my favorite thing is a couple or a group of people who are nicely dressed. the pleasing to the eye dress not necessarily the height of fashion and who move well, twirl , and who actually dance more like old fashioned dancing but disco moving. Speaker 5 Female but mainly it maybe made me more secure physically because from all the movement you're getting. From all the experience, what I could do with my body on a dance floor nobody like. just made me physically more secure. Speaker 1 And how did that affect your modeling? Speaker 5 Female I was able to more better on a seamless to run or to walk. I had better control over my body and possibilities. Speaker 1 You find that being out in the nightlife is it beneficial for your career in any way? Speaker 5 Female You mean physically or? Speaker 1 meeting people that live the nightlife in New York, is very exciting and it's very glamorous. Do you find that you receive work or get offers or people notice you that they didn't see you in a professional way see you in a casual way. Speaker 5 Female I don't know for so long that I'm pretty well established and most people know know me, you know know who I am and seen my pictures. But definitely by seeing you around, by meeting people I work with at a discotheque, it puts it on a on a social scale with no commitments. If you have dinner with a client, it's more of a tense thing. When you see them in a discotheque, it's much looser, it's hi how are you? And they do. And then of course some clients think you're cooler or you know, they look up to you, because you go out a lot. Speaker 1 Alan, do you think disco is here to stay? Speaker 6 Male Yeah, I do. I think it's around. Speaker 1 One of the things I wanted to ask was what is one of the bad experiences if you can remember that you had in discos? An evening that didn't turn out the way you wanted or whatever, some of the things that might have happened? Speaker 5 female Nothing in particular really more of kind of a mood when you got there, that it just didn't gel.
03:58:49 1221.31	Speaker 1 What makes a good club? And what makes it bad club in the atmosphere? Speaker 5 Female it's too big. It's not good. And if it's too cramped, it's not good. Speaker 6 Male I think mostly peopl. I think people make the club. Speaker 5 Female Yeah. Speaker 6 Male If you have a nice blend. Speaker 1 What do you think attracts a nice bunch of people to a club?. Speaker 6 Male That's hard to say. Speaker 5 female That's always I think. Speaker 1 everybody's attracted for different reasons. What What attracted you to come to places like 54. Speaker 6 Male Friends Speaker 5 female People that go here a lot. I mean, a lot of the people that go here, we know. you come here to see people you know. Speaker 1 You feel that there's alot of exhibitionists? Speaker 5 Female Yes, I think everyone in their own way Speaker 2 and how do you react to it?
03:59:55 1287.13	DISCO INTERVIEWS REEL ENDS