Brain Dead and Loving it!

  In the first part of this series, we looked into the practice and publications of Photo-novels and fumetti, (along with an interview with Photo-novel giant Richard J. Anobile ) which were one of the best ways to recapture the experience of watching a film at a time where owning your own copy wasn't an option, and you had to hunt down listings at the repertory theaters and in the TV Guide for chances to see your favorite films. Movie soundtracks also provided an interesting compromise, but the narrative remains missing, and of course, the all-too-essential visuals. The music can of course evoke beautifully the film it was composed for, and bring back fond memories of the experience, but it remains a completely different way to relive a movie. Combining  reading a Photo-novel version of a film with its music soundtrack can be, however, an oddly satisfying, yet frustrating experience, as the mood can be re-created, but the music may not follow the pace of reading. Then