It’s been thirteen turbulent years since Tony Kaye’s controversial first feature American History X nearly finished his career. Now the man who once described himself as “the greatest English director since Hitchcock,” is continuing to confound, surprise and impress with his latest film, the powerful and uncompromising Detachment, starring Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, Lucy Liu, James Caan, Blythe Danner, Tim Blake Nelson and William Petersen.

Detachment chronicles:

three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students as seen through the eyes of a substitute teacher.

It will hopefully be on national release soon.

When not making his excellent films and documentaries, or painting and campaiging, the bearded, Biblical-looking Kaye has been recording and gigging at various venues in LA and NY over the past few years with his own distinct and original songs, of which these are just a selection.
 

Neat!

the greatest self-publicist director since Hitchcock?

bonkers. But he did make one of the greatest TV commercials of all time (for british rail as was). hell of a shooting ratio and a nightmare to work with.

you have got to be kidding me….
at one point tony had talent, then the mental illness took over….or was that also performance art?
when he started screwing with non-profit foundations, holding the film hostage…the “real” tony kaye presented himself.

he loves to play the “turning over a new leaf game”...thankfully hollywood and madison avenue folk have long ass memories.

That is the kindest and gentlest punk rock attitude I have ever seen? This guy just won my bad ass of the month award.

A question about a lyric in Detachment song.

Is it surreal or cereal? It could be surreal cereal. J/k it’s surreal, or is it really?

Kaye’s “Lake of Fire” is one of the best documentaries ever made.

too bad tony, I always thought we were mates
but , to use your own words,
“I DON’T HAVE FRIENDS”
we both know that’s not true.
what you don’t have is…................................
EGO?
naaaaaa….......
super-ego?.............
naaaaaaaaa….
id?..............
you got em all mate.

Nutter of the highest degree. Had the (mis)fortune to spend a little time with this man through work and he’s up there.