Underground Film Links: May 15, 2011
By Mike Everleth ⋅ May 15, 2011
This week’s Absolute Must Read is a career overview of Spanish surrealist Carlos Atanes by Rob Smart for Bright Lights Film Journal. I’ve been touting Atanes’ work for years, so it’s really nice to finally see a much more respected film website than the Underground Film Journal also champion him. His films are rarely seen — and that’s wrong! So, after you read the article, go Netflix the film FAQ .
For Filmmaker, Lauren Wissot interviews Zach Clark about his subversive feature films , Vacation! and Modern Love Is Automatic . Also on Filmmaker, Nicholas Rombes proves that Paranormal Activity 2 is an avant-garde film . Hey, he convinced me!
For his latest Motion Picture Purgatory, Rick Trembles tackles the Jodie Foster cult classic The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane . (Coincidentally, I just saw this film for the first time recently and immediately fell in love!)
Candlelight Stories has some short films to recommend: It’s Gonna Rain by Italian filmmaker Luca Gennari and In the Shadow by by Fabrice Mathieu .
Donna k. attended an interesting sounding lecture by artist Ben Katchor at the Second Thoughts on the Memory Industry symposium at NYU .
Rupert at Snuffbox Films recommends submitting to the One Minute Film & Video Festival in Aarau, Switzerland ; i.e. if you have a one-minute long film.
Michael Varrati has an incredible interview with ’80s horror hottie Heather Langenkamp about her recent documentary I Am Nancy and her involvement with the original Nightmare on Elm Street series.
If you want to volunteer for the 3rd annual Migrating Forms in NYC , which is coming up, Rhizome has the details.
For Facets Features, Sharon Gissy covers this year’s Ebertfest .
Better late than never: The Movie Goer reviews Nude Nuns With Big Guns , which screened at the Arizona Underground Film Festival last year. Sounds as fun as the title implies!
Phil Solomon is beginning to post samples to be potentially included in a new work . I find it interesting that Solomon chose to label this kick-off post after a CGI term.
CinemaNational takes a look back at the under-appreciated film Ivory Bastards Against Extinction , which screened at the 2006 Boston Underground Film Festival. Go watch the fun trailers!
This is exciting: Jack Sargeant says an Electric Sheep essay collection is coming !
Jon Lanthier reviews one of the more controversial films of 2010: Srdjan Spasojevic’s A Serbian Film .
Waylon Bacon has been tidying up the art portfolio section of his website .
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