Wages of the Imagination

  • 35'
  • Belgium
  • 2019

With their psychedelic noise rock and mind-expanding gigs, London-based band Terminal Cheesecake never achieved wide popularity, but they did obtain massive cult status. After eight eventful years, in 1993 the band split, relaunching again in 2013 with Gnod’s Neil Francis replacing original vocalist Boniface. Wages of the Imagination provides insight into the worlds of veterans Russel Smith (guitar/noise) and drummer John Jobbagy. The latter works as a gravedigger, whilst Smith tinkers with bikes in the French countryside, under the watchful eye of his mother.

Filmmaker Dries Meddens uses vignettes to construct his portrait. Excerpts from (Skype) interviews, Smith washing up, a practice session, a cluttered living room, all book-ended by quotes from Aldous Huxley and Jean-Luc Godard. Much however remains unsaid as Terminal Cheesecake’s music is a physical experience that is impossible to put into words. After years of frustrating silence, the band once more becomes a release for Smith and Jobbagy’s indomitable imaginations. 

EarWORM, screens together with De koning van de Nederlandstalige rock & roll

  • 35'
  • Belgium
  • 2019
Director
Dries Meddens
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Belgium
Year
2019
Festival Edition
IFFR 2019
Length
35'
Medium
File
Language
English
Producer
Dries Meddens
Sales
Dries Meddens
Screenplay
Dries Meddens
Cinematography
Dries Meddens
Editor
Dries Meddens
Music
Terminal Cheesecake
Director
Dries Meddens
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Belgium
Year
2019
Festival Edition
IFFR 2019
Length
35'
Medium
File
Language
English
Producer
Dries Meddens
Sales
Dries Meddens
Screenplay
Dries Meddens
Cinematography
Dries Meddens
Editor
Dries Meddens
Music
Terminal Cheesecake