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Unsound Festival 2013: Interference film programme
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UNSOUND FESTIVAL 2013
JIGOKU: INTERFERENCE FILM PROGRAMME
12 - 16 October
Once again, the UK audio-visual duo Jigoku have put together a film program for Unsound, drawing largely from their obscure VHS And Betamax video collection. Screened at Kino Pod Baranami, the series kicks off with an all-night movie marathon on 12th October, then follows with a film each midnight.
Films are either in English or with English subtitles, and can be found in the program schedule - expect a whole lot of weirdness.
Here is a statement from the curators: "And so, another year another unique Jigoku film programme for Unsound. For our fourth collaboration with the festival we have dug hard and deep. When asked to programme a theme around conspiracies and interference our initial reaction was one of excitement and bewilderment - excitement at the challenge of undertaking such a theme, bewilderment at the notion of where to begin. The titles selected for this year's programme encompass the obsessive multi-genre viewing traits we have always adhered to - therefore art-house clashes with counterculture, cross fertilising with motifs of the political, macabre, verite and exploitation. We have chosen movies that inherently jumble narrative traits into a jagged pill that defies diagnosis. That said, despite the multi-genre threads underpinning this years program, within each narrative grain there is a consistent theme of ‘normality’ being suffocated by chaotic shards - creating confusion, paranoia, erasure of identity, loss of power and ultimately self-destruction. We hope you like this year’s programme as much as we have enjoyed sourcing these esoteric, eclectic prints. Long Live the New Flesh.... "
Saturday, October 12, 00.15
INTERFERENCE FILM SEASON 1 / All Night Marathon
WATCHED! (1974, US, dir. John Parsons, 97') features hippies, drugs and psychedelia as a DA goes into paranoiac meltdown after watching surveillance footage of a case he cannot solve. Music from prog legends Weather Report.
THE MASSIVE (1978, HK, dir. Wu Ma, 91') is an intricately plotted, Giallo-esque old school martial arts belter about a hunt for stolen jewellery. English Language version.
In LITAN (1982, FR, dir. Jean-Pierre Mocky, 84') a couple attempt to escape from a sinister village where a bizarre festival is taking place. A unique, bewildering meshing of art house and B Movie. French language with English subtitles.
Sunday, October 13, 00.00
INTERFERENCE FILM SEASON 2
EXQUISITE CORPSES (1976, IT, dir. Francesco Rosi, 116') is a dark, foreboding Euro conspiracy thriller in which a burnt-out detective investigates the murder of supreme court judges only to discover a wider, more dangerous conspiracy around him. The ominous, jazzy Piero Piccioni score can only be described as proto-drone. Italian Language with English subtitles.
Monday, October 14, 00.00
INTERFERENCE FILM SEASON 3
In THE KIRLIAN WITNESS (1979, US, dir. Jonathan Sarno, 88') a woman has the power to telepathically communicate with plants. A flower is the only "witness" to her sister's murder and she must use her mind reading skills to uncover the culprit. A unique underground sleeper that defies description. English language.
Tuesday, October 15, 00.00
INTERFERENCE FILM SEASON 4
SHADOWS UNSEEN (1972, IT, dir. Camillo Bazzoni, 97') tells the story of a police commissioner who becomes obsessed with a mysterious case, leading to murder and madness. An unsettling 70’s Euro Crime/Giallo hybrid with a suffocating, downbeat vibe. The powerful score is from maestro Riz Ortolani. Letterboxed print sourced from VHS in English language with Dutch subtitles.
Wednesday, October 16, 00.00
INTERFERENCE FILM SEASON 5
SUICIDE CULT (1975, US, dir. James Glickenhaus, 75'), from the man who later directed The Exterminator, is a rarely seen, off-beat messiah/cult/paranoia indie flick about a secret government agency that monitors astrologically gifted beings, in the aim of uncovering the second coming of Christ. Full screen print sourced from an old school UK Pre-Certification Betamax tape. English language.
All screenings in English or with English subtitles.
TICKETS: 10 PLN
All Night Marathon: 20 PLN
