Carlos Atanes, underground filmmakerSaying that Carlos Atanes is an odd filmmaker is a slight euphemism. The Spanish author shows universes that are so strange that it is hard to understand anything for the everyday audience. His movies mix philosophy, poetry and sociologic thoughts and get a surrealistic aesthetics which sometimes remind of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s colourful frenzies.
FAQ (Frequently Asked [...]
No Moriré Sola, from Adrian BoglianoLately, almost all the genres of the 70’s are updated through remakes or takes over of updated ideas. However, there is a genre that remains untouched: the “rape and revenge”. Maybe, it’s because of the “rape” side. If today, torture is not a taboo anymore, sexuality is another issue. We know that in a drama, [...]
Interview with The Great KatCan you confirm you had a classical music education ?
The Great Kat is a Juilliard Graduate Violin Virtuoso, who was a Full Scholarship Student at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. I was the Concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra, winner of the “Robert Hufstader Scholarship” in Theory at Juilliard, winner of the [...]
Interview with Lydia Lunch
Are you actually officially celebrating your 30th birthday or is that just a something that ‘they’ say on the ads?
I think, in creation… I’m 47. I’m not celebrating anything. They could be celebrating. To me, the act of creation is breathing, it’s what I do, it’s how I survive life. So, [...]
Eel Girl, from Paul Campion
Paul Campion is a very promising British director. In very different genres, his first two short films immediately set a tone. Hilarity in the first one, titled Night of the hell hamsters, and fear in the second, Eel girl. But in each universe, the director cultivates a typically dark English humor. It should come as [...]
Tsurisaki KiyotakaOrozco, el embalsamador
DVD, 92 minutes, color
Japan
Spanish language, Japanese and English subtitles
Orozco was the name of Bogotá’s oldest embalmer in 1996. Orozco, el embalsamador is a documentary film about him.
The embalmer’s job consists of removing the blood and guts from a body in order to delay the putrid smell of [...]
Wretched, interview with Heidi MartinuzziHow have you got this strange idea ?
Sadly, this strange idea is based on reality! I have suffered from bulimia since I was about 20. It’s terrible. I wanted to show what it feels like to be that sad and only be able to express your pain by throwing up.
Bulimia is a real disease. It [...]
Brands upon the brain, meet director Guy MaddinThis film is autobiographic; the main character has your name. Strange thing is that this is your first film not being shot in Winnipeg (Guy’s hometown, ndlr). Also, is this story really autobiographic?
George Toles just came out from nowhere and said, we’d like to make a movie with you but you have to make it [...]
Saying that Carlos Atanes is an odd filmmaker is a slight euphemism. The Spanish author shows universes that are so strange that it is hard to understand anything for the everyday audience. His movies mix philosophy, poetry and sociologic thoughts and get a surrealistic aesthetics which sometimes remind of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s colourful frenzies.
FAQ (Frequently Asked [...]
- No Moriré Sola, from Adrian Bogliano
Lately, almost all the genres of the 70’s are updated through remakes or takes over of updated ideas. However, there is a genre that remains untouched: the “rape and revenge”. Maybe, it’s because of the “rape” side. If today, torture is not a taboo anymore, sexuality is another issue. We know that in a drama, [...]
Interview with The Great KatCan you confirm you had a classical music education ?
The Great Kat is a Juilliard Graduate Violin Virtuoso, who was a Full Scholarship Student at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. I was the Concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra, winner of the “Robert Hufstader Scholarship” in Theory at Juilliard, winner of the [...]
Interview with Lydia Lunch
Are you actually officially celebrating your 30th birthday or is that just a something that ‘they’ say on the ads?
I think, in creation… I’m 47. I’m not celebrating anything. They could be celebrating. To me, the act of creation is breathing, it’s what I do, it’s how I survive life. So, [...]
Eel Girl, from Paul Campion
Paul Campion is a very promising British director. In very different genres, his first two short films immediately set a tone. Hilarity in the first one, titled Night of the hell hamsters, and fear in the second, Eel girl. But in each universe, the director cultivates a typically dark English humor. It should come as [...]
Tsurisaki KiyotakaOrozco, el embalsamador
DVD, 92 minutes, color
Japan
Spanish language, Japanese and English subtitles
Orozco was the name of Bogotá’s oldest embalmer in 1996. Orozco, el embalsamador is a documentary film about him.
The embalmer’s job consists of removing the blood and guts from a body in order to delay the putrid smell of [...]
Wretched, interview with Heidi MartinuzziHow have you got this strange idea ?
Sadly, this strange idea is based on reality! I have suffered from bulimia since I was about 20. It’s terrible. I wanted to show what it feels like to be that sad and only be able to express your pain by throwing up.
Bulimia is a real disease. It [...]
Brands upon the brain, meet director Guy MaddinThis film is autobiographic; the main character has your name. Strange thing is that this is your first film not being shot in Winnipeg (Guy’s hometown, ndlr). Also, is this story really autobiographic?
George Toles just came out from nowhere and said, we’d like to make a movie with you but you have to make it [...]
Can you confirm you had a classical music education ?
The Great Kat is a Juilliard Graduate Violin Virtuoso, who was a Full Scholarship Student at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. I was the Concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra, winner of the “Robert Hufstader Scholarship” in Theory at Juilliard, winner of the [...]
- Interview with Lydia Lunch
Are you actually officially celebrating your 30th birthday or is that just a something that ‘they’ say on the ads?
I think, in creation… I’m 47. I’m not celebrating anything. They could be celebrating. To me, the act of creation is breathing, it’s what I do, it’s how I survive life. So, [...]
Eel Girl, from Paul Campion
Paul Campion is a very promising British director. In very different genres, his first two short films immediately set a tone. Hilarity in the first one, titled Night of the hell hamsters, and fear in the second, Eel girl. But in each universe, the director cultivates a typically dark English humor. It should come as [...]
Tsurisaki KiyotakaOrozco, el embalsamador
DVD, 92 minutes, color
Japan
Spanish language, Japanese and English subtitles
Orozco was the name of Bogotá’s oldest embalmer in 1996. Orozco, el embalsamador is a documentary film about him.
The embalmer’s job consists of removing the blood and guts from a body in order to delay the putrid smell of [...]
Wretched, interview with Heidi MartinuzziHow have you got this strange idea ?
Sadly, this strange idea is based on reality! I have suffered from bulimia since I was about 20. It’s terrible. I wanted to show what it feels like to be that sad and only be able to express your pain by throwing up.
Bulimia is a real disease. It [...]
Brands upon the brain, meet director Guy MaddinThis film is autobiographic; the main character has your name. Strange thing is that this is your first film not being shot in Winnipeg (Guy’s hometown, ndlr). Also, is this story really autobiographic?
George Toles just came out from nowhere and said, we’d like to make a movie with you but you have to make it [...]
Paul Campion is a very promising British director. In very different genres, his first two short films immediately set a tone. Hilarity in the first one, titled Night of the hell hamsters, and fear in the second, Eel girl. But in each universe, the director cultivates a typically dark English humor. It should come as [...]
- Tsurisaki Kiyotaka
Orozco, el embalsamador
DVD, 92 minutes, color
Japan
Spanish language, Japanese and English subtitles
Orozco was the name of Bogotá’s oldest embalmer in 1996. Orozco, el embalsamador is a documentary film about him.
The embalmer’s job consists of removing the blood and guts from a body in order to delay the putrid smell of [...]
Wretched, interview with Heidi MartinuzziHow have you got this strange idea ?
Sadly, this strange idea is based on reality! I have suffered from bulimia since I was about 20. It’s terrible. I wanted to show what it feels like to be that sad and only be able to express your pain by throwing up.
Bulimia is a real disease. It [...]
Brands upon the brain, meet director Guy MaddinThis film is autobiographic; the main character has your name. Strange thing is that this is your first film not being shot in Winnipeg (Guy’s hometown, ndlr). Also, is this story really autobiographic?
George Toles just came out from nowhere and said, we’d like to make a movie with you but you have to make it [...]
How have you got this strange idea ?
Sadly, this strange idea is based on reality! I have suffered from bulimia since I was about 20. It’s terrible. I wanted to show what it feels like to be that sad and only be able to express your pain by throwing up.
Bulimia is a real disease. It [...]
- Brands upon the brain, meet director Guy Maddin
This film is autobiographic; the main character has your name. Strange thing is that this is your first film not being shot in Winnipeg (Guy’s hometown, ndlr). Also, is this story really autobiographic?
George Toles just came out from nowhere and said, we’d like to make a movie with you but you have to make it [...]