Besides the obvious influences (David Bowie, Freddy Mercury, Iggy Pop) Bobby says that he also drew inspiration from the likes of Tom Cruise and Paris Hilton. Jeffrey Stafford) channels his celebrity alter ego to delve into the world of stardom and fame. King for a Day follows the rise and fall of Bobby Conn. “It’s trying to be some kind of high art, but really it’s something that someone who smokes weed and works on cars can appreciate.” My expectations for rock and roll are pretty low, but there’s something appealing about the concept of the rock opera,” said Bobby. “The thing about rock opera is that it’s not very well thought out and this one is no exception. When Bobby began working on his newest album, King for a Day, he found that the collection of songs lent themselves somewhat to a narrative form and decided to tackle rock and roll’s most pretentious creation-the rock opera. My expectations for rock and roll are pretty low, but there’s something appealing about the concept of the rock opera.” – Bobby Conn Bobby asked Usama to make a music video for him the resultant “Angels” (from a song on The Golden Age) features Bobby as the drugged-out, glam-rock narrator of a lurid party scene from the past. Soon thereafter the two began their working relationship.
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It’s funny-everyone else I show that movie to is either really distressed, appalled, or shocked, but he really liked it.” It was at a screening of one of these films that he first met Bobby Conn, “I was showing a movie called ‘The Foreigner’ at a party-it was this really over-the-top, sexually dysfunctional movie and Bobby Conn really loved it. I started moving away from the mold of what films should look like and from then on that I started making experimental, short, and sort of weird movies.” “When I left I knew that I wasn’t going to make it as a commercial filmmaker, so I abandoned my aspirations to become a successful filmmaker, which is really when I became a filmmaker. After finishing the commercially-centered film curriculum of Chicago’s Columbia College, he began his career making short, experimental films tending towards the sexual and the violent. A black backpack sat beside him and as I waved a smile revealed a row of very straight, white teeth.Īs it happens, music videos and even rock operas are right in line with the kind of work that Usama does. As I passed the window of the café I saw Usama-a slight, bespectacled man in a dark shirt and jeans, sipping a cup of tea, looking very much unlike the producer/director of a glitzy rock opera. Usama was teaching a class at Columbia College while he directed and produced a rock opera for the Chicago-based musician Bobby Conn. I was late for a meeting with Usama Alshaibi, the Iraqi-American filmmaker who had recently finished his first feature-length documentary, “Nice Bombs.” It was warm, like it had been most of that December, and as I ran along Halsted Avenue to the Iguana Café, I began to sweat.
It was early afternoon on a day in late December.
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