A recent tribute concert dubbed The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa in Huntington, New York had all the markings of a concert by the rock iconoclast from nerdy fans geeking out about the night’s guitar players before the show to doo-wop intro music but with one marked problem: Frank Zappa died in 1993. The mustachioed musician at the center of it all, playing alongside erstwhile members of Zappa’s band, wasn’t a real person at all. It was a hologram.
To be fair, the apparition truly looked like an...
To be fair, the apparition truly looked like an...
- 9/10/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Jumping into the void, and continuously pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, both physically and emotionally, are powerful characteristics of many extreme sports enthusiasts. That was certainly the case with the late Alexander Polli, who rose to fame by recording his basejumping excursions and posting them on YouTube. The wingsuit pilot, pro-b.A.S.E. athlete and viral […]
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- 11/11/2017
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Alexander Polli was an adrenaline junkie, a daredevil who could fly through holes in rockfaces at 150mph. Our writer tells the extraordinary story of Base, a new film starring Polli that had to be delayed when he was killed by the sport he loved
One week after his wingsuit-flying partner died, Carlos Briceño Schutte launched himself into the void holding an inflatable pig. The drop from the Aiguille du Midi, the 3,842m peak that towers over the French alpine town of Chamonix, had been one of Alexander Polli’s favourites. It was only right, says Schutte, to fly it in remembrance – accompanied by his friend’s spirit animal. “He was sometimes a little bit fat, not doing much exercise,” says Schutte. “I was like, ‘You’re not an eagle, bro. You’re a pig.’”
Polli, who was just 31 when he died last year, was the Jimi Hendrix of wingsuit-flying, the...
One week after his wingsuit-flying partner died, Carlos Briceño Schutte launched himself into the void holding an inflatable pig. The drop from the Aiguille du Midi, the 3,842m peak that towers over the French alpine town of Chamonix, had been one of Alexander Polli’s favourites. It was only right, says Schutte, to fly it in remembrance – accompanied by his friend’s spirit animal. “He was sometimes a little bit fat, not doing much exercise,” says Schutte. “I was like, ‘You’re not an eagle, bro. You’re a pig.’”
Polli, who was just 31 when he died last year, was the Jimi Hendrix of wingsuit-flying, the...
- 10/23/2017
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
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