Underground Cinema
With the recent popularity of YouTube and other online film clip sites one has to wonder, is this really what underground cinema is about? Are true connoisseurs of the different and mundane stuck to thrash about in celluloid reels of puppy dogs and people punching each other in the face? I surely hope not. And while I do enjoy a giggle now and then from the antics of a fat kid dancing in his room or some retard singing about burger king, well my true taste lies in the underground cinema. By underground I don’t mean subway of course, I mean cinema that comes from the lower depths of the directors or producers soul. Sometimes it comes with a message, sometimes it is hard to watch, but in our hot topic plastic coated society of mall based weirdness, there still is an underground.
http://www.explodingcinema.org Guerilla based installations of projection. From drama to splatter, these guys setup film screenings in the unused spaces of the world. That abandoned building, the café where the food just isn’t quite right, or perhaps even someone’s basement. See no or low budget films that just have to be shown, and these are the guys to do it. Bring your gear if you got it, the group states they are ‘Democratic, and anyone can contribute’. If you have something that needs to be seen, visit their submissions page.
http://www.antimatter.ws The antimatter underground film festival is an film festival wishing to portray film and video as art. This year hosted in love British Columbia, Canada, and starting on December the 22nd, this film festival is a great way to have your work shown, or seek work in a non-competitive series. The site has an easy to use retro layout, and has a good area for directions or submissions. The statement from the website is, “Antimatter is the neutral ground designed to support the independent/individual voice regardless of the subversive or dangerous nature of its content, stylistic concerns or commercial viability.”
http://www.nickzedd.com The true heroe of underground film, if you don’t know Nick Zedd’s work then you need to go back to USF and drop your dreams of being that turtle necked film freak. This guy started a lot of what is still being done in no budget cinema today. He coined the endearing term ‘Cinema of Transgression’ to describe the mid 80′s film movement happening in New York, with such members as Richard Kern and Lydia Lunch ( to name a few ). Nick Zedd is a the next step in No Wave film making, taking he no budget genre to a level that matches the depravity of his era.
http://www.slaughteredvomitdolls.com I couldn’t rightfully take you to the chasm without showing you the abyss now could I? This is a truly terrifying, morbidly unique, and visually grotesque film. Slaughtered Vomit Dolls promises to be one of the worst or best films you have seen in a long time. Most will be too horrified to even view the trailer, but jeebus if you can get through that then you can see the depths of depravity film is capable of. Experience a whole new genre and break the molds of traditional film horror.
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