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Bergman’s 1956 short about a Korean gong master was lost to the world after a fire in Oslo. Read more
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Reputed to be the last work by Pablo Picasso, Candy Packet has also been attributed to the master forger ‘Schulz’ of Vienna. Picasso was shown the work shortly before his death and dismissed it crudely, without commenting on whether or not he had painted it. Schulz also dismissed the work, saying a dog could have Read more
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Intended as a follow up to the hugely successful ‘Mousetrap‘ game, Flap! never got off the ground. Instead of trapping a mouse, Flap! involved luring a pigeon into a special basket with crumbs. The game of course lacked the popular-cultural niche Mousetrap was able to exploit thanks to Agatha Christie’s long-running play. A play called Read more
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In the late 1970s author Hilary Mantel secretly returned from Botswana, where she had decided to live with her husband, geologist Gerald McEwan, to perform at the 100 Club with her friends Rat Scabies and Dave Vanian of the Damned. Scabies christened her ‘Mental’ after her fondness to dance naked in the audience after ‘bombing’ Read more
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The only surviving print of this curiosity resurfaced at a Munich car boot sale in 2010. For years Drug-Aus had survived through word of mouth alone. A psychedelic road move featuring unknown actors dressed as kangaroos and koalas, the films is essentially plotless. Read more
THE DELUSIONALS 