Fantastic Fest

Tim League — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:02:49 +0000

Zack Carlson, the undisputed champion of “shakey face” describes his winning techniques for capturing the mandatory brain-rattling Fantastic Fest badge photo. Remember – use a flash or a 30 to 60 frame per second digital camera!

The tutorial:

The entry-level side-to-side technique:

The challenging up and down technique:

The highly technical figure 8 technique:

If you have created an exceptional Shakey Face photo, please post it to the Fantastic Fest Facebook Page. The best shakey face photo of 2010 will win the grand prize, an 8 foot blanket with your slobbering distended face woven into the fabric, awarded at the Fantastic Fest Awards Ceremony on Monday, September 27th.

Zack Carlson demonstrates the art of Shakey Face

Tim League — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:02:27 +0000

The tutorial:

The entry-level side-to-side technique:

The challenging up and down technique:

The highly technical figure 8 technique:

Fantastic Fest Gets iPhone App-ified

Roger Tinch — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:12:51 +0000

Yes, it’s true! Fantastic Fest has its very own iPhone app which is now available for free in the iTunes Store. This app is part of the IFP Festival Genius™ product family, and was developed by our friends over at Slated. With hundreds of screenings, parties, and one-of-a-kind events at Fantastic Fest, this app helps you discover films, plan your festival, and share your feedback with the rest of the world.

We have yet to announce our full schedule, but when we do be sure to download the latest schedule from within the app. Also another update is planned before the festival starts so stay tuned for more news. Don’t wait til then though, download it now!

KEY FEATURES:

Complete schedule, film & event details for Fantastic Fest 2010
Fully integrated with the official Fantastic Fest web site, powered by IFP Festival Genius™
Build personal calendar to plan your festival, and rate films after you’ve seen them
Publish your ratings and personal calendar to the festival web site to share them with the World, and download changes you make on the web site to your phone

APP DETAILS:

Browse complete film list and event schedule
Sort by title or by audience rating
Search by title or director
Filter by event type, category, and venue
View film details with stills, synopsis, and cast & crew
View venue maps
Build a personal calendar of the films you want to see
Rate films after you’ve seen them
View & edit your personal calendar with My Cal
See what’s playing right now with Now Playing
Sync your ratings and personal calendar with the festival web site, and download the latest festival schedule & event data
Get application help with the Festival Genius™ help manual, or contact support

Fantastic Fest Favorite I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Available on DVD!

Rodney Perkins — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:22:39 +0000

Sean Donnelly’s great documentary I Think We’re Alone Now, which follows the lives of two avid stalkers of 80′s pop sensation Tiffany, blew a lot of people’s minds when it played at Fantastic Fest in 2008. Those who want to re-experience this film can now grab a copy of the brand new DVD release.

People who purchase the DVD from See of Sound.com — it is really inexpensive — will get a poster signed by the film’s subjects: Jeff Turner and Kelly McCormick! That is an offer that cannot be denied. Supplies are limited so get to it!

Yuen Woo Ping to be honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Roger Tinch — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:47:22 +0000

The 6th annual Fantastic Fest will honor director and master fight choreographer Yuen Woo Ping with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the world premiere of his new martial arts fantasy True Legend, starring Vincent Zhao (Fong Sai Yuk, Dragon Gets Angry) Zhou Xun (The Emperor and the Assassin, Suzhou River) with Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and the late David Carradine (Kill Bill), on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at The Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX. The film will play as part of a double feature with Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow, Yuen Woo Ping’s directorial debut and the film that put action legend, Jackie Chan on the map. Fantastic Fest will play host to Yuen Woo Ping’s first U.S. festival appearance.

If you’ve ever walked out of a movie theatre after watching a martial arts film and left your jaw on the floor, your eyes were probably dazzled by the fight choreography of filmmaker, Yuen Woo Ping. Gods of kung fu—Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow, Jet Li, Donny Yen and Michelle Yeoh—have all had their impressive abilities molded into a cinematic language of fist-pounding aerial artistry at the hands of Yuen Woo Ping. His work headlines the top fight sequence lists of all time from films like The Matrix trilogy, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Iron Monkey, Drunken Master, Once Upon a Time in China, Fist of Legend and Kung Fu Hustle.

“We are thrilled to have a filmmaker of Mr. Yuen’s incredible talent and filmography attend our festival to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award,” says Fantastic Fest co-founder Tim League. “A large part of our programming at Fantastic Fest is devoted to a genre of which Mr. Yuen represents the pinnacle of quality.”

Tickets for the Gala Screening of True Legend will go on sale Wednesday, September 8 at NOON CST on the Fantastic Fest official site.

True Legend (2010)
World Premiere, Hong Kong, director: Yuen Woo Ping
Yuen Woo Ping, legendary director and martial arts choreographer, brings TRUE LEGEND, an epic tale of Su Can, Master of the Drunken Fist.

A well-respected martial arts teacher and a good husband and father, Su Can’s journey begins when his vengeful brother, Yuan, returns from war. Seeking revenge from a dark family history, Yuan, armed with the Five Venom Fist, destroys Su Can’s family and dignity. Reduced to a beggar, Su Can finds apprenticeship from Lord Wushu and adapts to a new form of martial arts, the Drunken Fist. At peace with himself, he regains his strength to reclaim his life and returns home to claim retribution and his family honor. Good versus evil, two skilled rivals battle to become the ultimate warrior.

Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow (1978)
Hong Kong, director: Yuen Woo Ping
As a director and action choreographer, Yuen Woo Ping is identified with the ‘new school’ of kung fu. But just as a jazz musician must master the standards before he can take off on wild harmonic flights, Yuen had to earn his diploma from the old school before he could tear down the walls. Think of this movie as his graduate thesis. It’s similar to the Shaw Brothers training films so popular at the time, but there are crucial differences in humor and attitude. Jackie Chan, at his acrobatic best, stars as an orphan who ekes out a Dickensian existence as the janitor and human punching bag at a kung fu school. When he sees an old beggar (played to sheer perfection by Yuen Woo Ping’s father, Siu Tien Yuen) being roughed up by bill collectors, he jumps in to help. The old man, actually a great martial arts master, is touched by the gesture but appalled by the terrible kung fu so he takes the boy on as a disciple, teaching him the Snake Fist boxing style. Unfortunately, the master of the Eagle Claw style, played by phenomenal high-kicker Hwang Jang Lee, has vowed to eradicate the Snake Fist style and all its practitioners from the Earth, which spices things up considerably. The kung fu fights here are among the best you’ll ever see, with some staggering moves you won’t believe. Best of all, it’s entertaining from beginning to end.

Fantastic Fest has scoured the globe for the very best in action, horror, science fiction, fantasy to the truly bizarre in contemporary cinema for your viewing pleasure. Look for more announcements in the weeks to come, including information on our gala events, parties and AMD Next Wave filmmakers in attendance.

Fantastic Fest is the film festival with the boring parts cut out. Miss this one and your regrets will agonize you for years to come. You have been warned.

For photos of the announced films, visit this page.

For more photos from Fantastic Fest, visit our Flickr page.

For the latest developments visit Fantastic Fest Facebook & Twitter.

2010 Movies in the Park

Roger Tinch — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:39:38 +0000

The Alamo Drafthouse & Fantastic Arcade announce the 2010 “Movies in the Park” lineup of free outdoor screenings in Republic Square, in partnership with the Austin Parks Foundation. Republic Square Park is located at 4th and Guadalupe.

Check out the fantastic line-up of movies and fun! Bring your family and come enjoy a new twist on Austin night-life. All movies are free. Amusing pre-show antics start at 7:30 p.m. and movies start at dusk. Arrive early and have a picnic! Alcoholic beverages, glass and styrofoam are not permitted in the park. Please bring your own chair or blanket. For more information visit the Movies in the Park page.

Movies in the Park: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Wednesday, September 1st at 8:00 PM (Republic Square Park)
Presented by The Downtown Austin Alliance
Steven Spielberg’s RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK plays like an anthology of the best parts from all the Saturday matinee serials ever made. It takes place in Africa, Nepal, Egypt, at sea and in a secret submarine base. It contains trucks, bulldozers, tanks, motorcycles, ships, subs, Clippers, and a Nazi flying wing. It has snakes, spiders, booby traps and explosives. The hero is trapped in a snake pit, and the heroine finds herself assaulted by mummies. The weapons range from revolvers and machine guns to machetes and whips. It’s a Boy’s Own Adventure, a whiz-bang slam-a-rama. It’s done with a kind of heedless joy. Spielberg was old enough (34) to have the clout to make the film, and young enough to remember why he wanted to. (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times)

Movies in the Park: THE WIZARD
Wednesday, September 8th at 8:00 PM (Republic Square Park)
Presented by Fantastic Arcade
In this ode to 8-bit gaming, Fred Savage takes his emotionally stunted, virtual-savant younger brother across the United States to play in the video championships. He’s competing to be the top gamer in the world, and to prove it he’s got to play a brand new game no one’s ever heard of: Super Mario Bros 3.

While it’s hard to imagine a world in which SMB3 didn’t exist, this movie actually introduced our country to the wonder that was this great adventure. Warp Whistles, the Raccoon Suit, the Koopa Kids, Chain Chomp, whatever the heck a Tanooki Suit is; all of this and more were first just dazzling images in this wonderful movie about the true love of video games. So strap on your Power Glove (“It’s so…bad!”) and come remember when video games were still imaginative and when a 12-year old boy could star in a movie that was actually good.

Movies in the Park: THE LAST STARFIGHTER
Wednesday, September 15th at 8:00 PM (Republic Square Park)
Presented by Fantastic Arcade
What sweaty-browed video game aficionado hasn’t pretended, while feverishly pounding away on their Playstation control, that they were actually saving the universe? That’s the conceit employed in 1984’s THE LAST STARFIGHTER, a lightweight yet wholly entertaining sci-fi adventure that’s come to command a special place in the heart of my disaffected generation. Our hero is the mild-mannered and anxious trailer-park denizen Alex Rogan. After mastering the local Starfighter video game, Alex is visited by an interstellar messenger who delivers a curious message: The game Alex has been dominating is much more than a simple plaything; a planet desperately in need of savvy star pilots has planted these games on Earth in an effort to find new recruits. Imagine that! Excel at a video game and you’re drafted to save a distant planet! How very cool. (Scott Weinberg)

Movies in the Park: PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE
Wednesday, September 29th at 8:00 PM (Republic Square Park)
Presented by Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop
There is only one truth in this life: PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE is the FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER MADE. If anyone tells you different, they’re just trying to start trouble. Watch the most entertaining man who has ever roamed the earth embark on a cross-country quest to reclaim his kidnapped best friend: a bicycle. Along the way, ol’ P.W. will encounter tough-as-nails bikers, giant dinosaurs, wild animals, ninjas, chubby billionaires, escaped convicts, buckin’ broncos, tone-deaf hobos, unwanted romance, fibbing gypsies, clumsy Godzillas, basement-less Alamos, vengeful boyfriends and even an undead trucker! Fun didn’t exist until Pee-Wee invented it, and now the most funrocious, funtacular, fungorious funsplosion in the history of FUN will be presented on the big BIG screen in a gorgeous 35MM print!

Movies in the Park: POLTERGEIST
Thursday, October 14th at 8:00 PM (Republic Square Park)
Presented by Fantastic Fest
This partnership between Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Tobe Hooper is the great real estate horror film of all time. Starring Craig T. Nelson as a partriarch in charge of a haunted household and featuring some of the creepiest supporting characters of the ’80s (little blonde-haired Heather O’Rourke as Carol Anne, little raspy-voiced Zelda Rubinstein as Tangina Barrons), POLTERGEIST is a ghost story for our generation, hitching up the Indian burial ground angle with a more current medium – they come through the TV! The film that made us all afraid to watch the tube will give you bumps on your arms and static on your set. Make sure to unplug your TV before the show!!

Movies in the park is sponsored by the Downtown Austin Alliance, Mellow Johnny’s, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Fantastic Fest, Fantastic Arcade, and The Austin Parks and Recreation Department.

Second Wave of 2010 Programming Announced!

Roger Tinch — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:47:03 +0000

Fantastic Fest welcomes a bayou-dwelling psycho-killer, a disturbed housemaid, Muay Thai bone-crushers, blood-sucking vampires, undocumented immigrants, cannibal families, and more to its genre-bending lineup of mind blowing films for 2010. The lineup includes a Gala Screening for Stone on Friday, September 24 at The Paramount Theatre with Edward Norton, director John Curran and more in attendance.
GALA
	Stone (2010) US Premiere, USA, director: John Curran Director John Curran and Edward Norton live in attendance. A seasoned corrections official and a volatile inmate find their lives dangerously intertwined in STONE, a thought-provoking drama directed by John Curran and written by Angus MacLachlan. STONE features powerful performances by Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro and Oscar® nominee Edward Norton, and a startlingly raw, breakout performance from Milla Jovovich as the sexy, casually amoral woman they both desire. As parole officer Jack Mabry (De Niro) counts the days toward a quiet retirement, he is asked to review the case of Gerald “Stone” Creeson (Norton), in prison for covering up the murder of his grandparents with a fire. Now eligible for early release, Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed, but his attempts to influence the older man’s decision have profound and unexpected consequences for them both. STONE skillfully weaves together the parallel journeys of two men grappling with dark impulses, as the line between lawman and lawbreaker becomes precariously thin. Golden Globe® winner Frances Conroy completes the superb ensemble as Madylyn, Jack’s devout, long-suffering spouse. Set against the quiet desperation of economically ravaged suburban Detroit and the stifling brutality of a maximum security prison, this tale of passion, betrayal and corruption examines the fractured lives of two volatile men breaking from their troubled pasts to face uncertain futures.
FEATURED SCREENINGS
	30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010) World Premiere, USA, director: Ben Ketai Director Ben Ketai, Kiele Sanchez & Steve Niles (co-writer, author) in attendance (schedules permitting). It’s been almost a year since the Alaskan town of Barrow’s population was decimated by vampires during its annual month-long sunset. Riddled with grief over the death of her husband, bound by nightmares and void of all emotions beyond hate and sorrow, Stella (Sanchez) has spent the past months traveling the world, trying to convince others that vampires exist. Met with skepticism and laughter, Stella is ready to throw in the towel when a group of lost souls (Coiro, Baird and Perrineau) offers an incredible opportunity: the chance to exact revenge upon Lilith (Kirshner), the vampire queen responsible for the assault on Stella’s sleepy Alaskan town. With nothing remaining to live for, and nothing left to fear, Stella joins their mission and ventures into the uncharted underbelly of Los Angeles where she pushes herself to the most extreme limits to stop the evil from striking again.
	Carancho (2010) Regional Premiere, Argentina, director: Pablo Trapero Ambulance drivers and ambulance chasers, dirty police and corrupt doctors, fraudulent insurance brokers and some truly desperate people are the players in a wildly original and occasionally brutal thriller set on the streets of Buenos Aires.
	Drones (2010) Regional Premiere, USA, directors: Amber Benson and Adam Busch, Directors Amber Benson and Adam Busch as well as stars Angela Bettis and Kevin Ford will be in attendance. When Brian discovers an improbable secret about his best friend and OmniLink coworker, everything in his world changes and his safe life of workplace detachment is no longer an option. Close encounters of the office kind, like sales or intergalactic war, is an uncertain business.
	Fire of Conscience (2010) US Premiere, Hong Kong, director: Dante Lam A slick cops-and-robbers film that coats melodrama with a thick layer of blood and gunpowder. Dante Lam has emerged as one of the most exciting Hong Kong action directors with films like THE BEAST STALKER (2008) and SNIPER (2009). His latest work delivers the goods with chases, fisticuffs, massive fire fights; exploding bodies and more.
	Hatchet 2 (2009) North American Premiere, USA, director: Adam Green Director Adam Green, Kane Hodder and Danielle Harris live in person! Witness the resurrection of bayou-dwelling psycho-killer Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder), who terrorized a party of witless New Orleans tourists in Adam Green’s 2006 cult hit HATCHET. After emerging as the sole survivor of Crowley’s comically over-the-top murder spree, Marybeth (Danielle Harris) learns the secrets of the madman’s origins and returns to the Louisiana swamps to avenge her family’s death. Also featuring genre fan fave Tony Todd as Reverend Zombie and FRIGHT NIGHT director Tom Holland as Bob.
	The Housemaid (1960) South Korea, director: Kim Ki-young Celebrated as one of the greatest Korean films of all time, THE HOUSEMAID tells the story of a composer who invites chaos into his home when he begins an affair with the family’s mysterious new maid, a disturbed woman with a penchant for catching rats with her bare hands. The print featured at this year’s Fantastic Fest has been restored by the Korean Film Archive with the support of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of films from non-Western countries.
	The Housemaid (2010) Regional Premiere, Korea, director: Im Sang-soo A reimagining of the Korean classic of the same name, the 2010 version of THE HOUSEMAID turns the tables on the story. This time around a perfectly normal servant enters the home of a truly dysfunctional wealthy family who beat her down with an array of psychological, sexual and sometimes physical trauma. With strong performances, lush design and an exceptional story, this update serves as a worthy companion to the original classic and makes for a truly unique double bill.
	I Spit on Your Grave (2010) Austin Premiere, USA, director: Steven R. Monroe A remake of the controversial 1978 cult classic of the same title, Steven Monroe’s I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE is a shock-fest that revisits the story of a young writer’s horrifying sexual assault at the hands of a backwoods gas-station attendant and his knuckle-dragging cronies while on sabbatical in the countryside. After being brutally attacked and left for dead, she returns for vengeance. Trapping her male attackers one-by-one, she inflicts acts of physical torment upon them with a ferocity that surpasses her own ordeal. When the carnage clears, victim has become victor.
	Kidnapped (2010) North American Premiere, Spain, director: Miguel Ángel Vivas Jaime (Fernando Cayo) and Marta (Ana Wagener) are a middle-aged couple with a teenage daughter named Isa (Manuela Vellés). The family is in the process of moving into a big new house. Marta wants to gather the family for dinner at home to celebrate. Isa has her own plans; she wants to go out with her boyfriend. Jaime is stuck in the middle of it all. Everyone’s evening is ruined when a gang of masked hoodlums pay a visit to the home.
	Legend of the Fist (2010) US Premiere, Hong Kong, director: Andrew Lau Life in Japanese-occupied Shanghai in the 1920s was no picnic. Military warlords and criminal henchmen ruled the streets. The city’s one ray of hope was the young martial artist Chen Zhen (Donnie Yen), whose legendary showdown against a dojo full of Japanese warriors ended with his apparent death, though his body is never found. Seven years later, a wealthy entrepreneur called Koo returns from abroad and makes a grand entrance on the Shanghai social scene by befriending the city’s most notorious mafia boss. Could this be the return of Chen Zhen?
	Ong Bak 3 (2010) North American Premiere, Thailand, director: Tony Jaa The legend of ONG BAK 3 begins after Tien (Tony Jaa) has lost his fighting skills and his beloved step-father from the raid led by Jom Rachan (Saranyu Wonggrajang). Tien is brought back to life with the help from the Kana Khone villagers. Deep into the meditation taught by Phra Bua (Nirutti Sirijanya), Tien finally is able to achieve ‘Nathayut’. His talents are put to the test again when his rivals including the Golden-Armored King’s Guard (Supakorn ‘Tok’ Kijusuwan), the mysterious killers in black, and Bhuti Sangkha (Dan Chupong) return for the final massive showdown.
	Redline (2010) North American Premiere, Japan, director: Takeshi Koike Rev your engines, adrenaline junkies! REDLINE is a new feature from famed Madhouse Studios that reunites animator Takeshi Koike (NINJA SCROLL, ANIMATRIX) with his long-time collaborator Katushito Ishii, the genius behind FUNKY FOREST: THE FIRST CONTACT. This meeting of warped minds results in a mind-melting psychedelic assault that is easily the wildest animated Japanese film to surface in years.
	Stake Land (2010) US Premiere, USA, director: Jim Mickle Director Jim Mickle, Connor Paolo, Nick Damici and Danielle Harris live in person! Following a political-economic meltdown of unexplained origins, the world has been overrun by humanoid creatures who feed off human blood. A disparate group of survivors band together to weave their way through the communities of both vampires and equally dangerous religious cultists in search of an alleged sanctuary in the north. The cast includes Nick Damici, Connor Paolo, Kelly McGillis, Danielle Harris and Michael Cerveris.
	Undocumented (2010) World Premiere, USA, director: Chris Peckover Director Chris Peckover and cast members live in person! A small group of documentary filmmakers chronicle the trials and inequities faced by Mexican illegal immigrants. When they join a group of families illegally crossing the border to record the experience firsthand, their truck is pulled over and detained. What happens next plunges their group into unimaginable horror.
	We Are What We Are (Somos Lo Que Hay) (2010) US Premiere, Mexico, director: Jorge Michel Grau When the patriarch of the family passes away, the teenage children must take responsibility for the family chores: the preparation of the rituals, the hunting and putting the all-important meat on the table. These newfound responsibilities are even more daunting, however, when you live in the city and happen to be a family of cannibals.
Fantastic Fest has scoured the globe for the very best in action, horror, science fiction, fantasy to the truly bizarre in contemporary cinema for your viewing pleasure. Look for more announcements in the weeks to come, including information on our gala events, parties and AMD Next Wave filmmakers in attendance. Fantastic Fest is the film festival with the boring parts cut out. Miss this one and your regrets will agonize you for years to come. You have been warned. For photos of the announced films, visit the Fantastic Fest press site. For the latest developments visit Fantastic Fest Facebook & Twitter.

Buried with BURIED: Rolling Roadshow of One

Roger Tinch — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:27:34 +0000

In celebration of the much buzzed about film Buried, Fantastic Fest will present the movie as part of their “Rolling Roadshow” screening series the weekend prior to the opening of the festival. The unprecedented “Rolling Roadshow of One”, goes beyond the bounds of sanity by enlisting four souls to view the entire film while buried!

We are looking for four volunteers to attend this special “Rolling Roadshow of One.” Those who survive the screening are invited to walk the red carpet & attend the Fantastic Fest premiere on September 23rd at the historic Paramount Theatre with star Ryan Reynolds and director Rodrigo Cortés in attendance.

RSVP on the Facebook Event Page here, which indicates your willingness to watch the entire film buried beneath the surface. Four participants will be chosen randomly from those who sign up to participate. Please note, participants will be monitored by emergency medical service technicians for the duration of the screening.

Fantastic Fest Hosts Gala Screening of BURIED

Roger Tinch — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:03:34 +0000

Fantastic Fest will host a Gala Screening of Buried at The Paramount Theatre on Thursday, September 23, with Ryan Reynolds and director Rodrigo Cortés in attendance, as part of their opening night programming of the festival.

Buried, which Lionsgate will release in select theaters on September 24th and wide on October 8th, stars Reynolds as a truck driver and family man who wakes up six feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited.

“Buried is the most unique and compelling thriller I have seen in years. The festival is honored to screen what we feel is going to be the ‘buzz’ film of the season,” said Fantastic Fest co-founder Tim League.

In celebration of the much buzzed about film, Fantastic Fest will also present the film as part of their “Rolling Roadshow” screening series the weekend prior to the opening of the festival. The unprecedented “Rolling Roadshow of One” goes beyond the bounds of sanity by enlisting four souls to view the entire film while buried! The Rolling Roadshow is the Alamo Drafthouse’s nationwide tour of famous movies in famous places. Previous screenings have included Close Encounters of the Third Kind at Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, Escape from Alcatraz on Alcatraz Island and more recently The Blues Brothers at Old Joliet Prison.

“The Rolling Roadshow is all about finding that unique film viewing experience with the perfect combination of movie and setting. It’s traditionally been a communal experience of seeing a film outdoors with hundreds of people. But for this event, we’re putting an even cooler twist on the concept, because some movies are perfect for seeing while buried,” said Fantastic Fest co-founder Tim League.

Fantastic Fest is the film festival with the boring parts cut out. Miss this one and your regrets will agonize you for years to come. You have been warned.

Buried is a Versus Entertainment production in association with The Safran Company and Dark Trick Films, a Rodrigo Cortés film.

For more information on the film, visit the Buried official site.

For photos of the announced films, visit the Fantastic Fest press site.

For the latest developments visit the Fantastic Fest Facebook and Twitter.

Spread the Chaos for Fantastic Fest 2010 on Facebook

Roger Tinch — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:37:44 +0000

The infamous line from Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist and the rallying cry of Fantastic Fest 2009 is back. Now you can help spread the chaos again in anticipation of Fantastic Fest 2010 by updating your Facebook status with the fox who WTF’ed it’s way into our hearts. Click here to post chaos to your profile.