Because Fantasia program director Mitch Davis is incredibly proud of and excited by this event and will positively explode if somebody doesn't show it some love soon, I present the following:
HELL ON EARTH: THE FILMS OF BUDDY GIOVINAZZOA special tribute to one of the USA's most unsettling independent voices, known for his haunting depictions of everyday horrors: poverty, addiction, violence and abandonment. Enormously powerful, honest and raw, the shattering work of filmmaker and novelist Buddy Giovinazzo has rarely been shown in this country. To right this wrong, we'll be paying special tribute to the man with the International Premiere of his new feature, LIFE IS HOT IN CRACKTOWN, and a special screening of the filmmaker's own 16mm answer print of his seldom-seen director's cut of COMBAT SHOCK. Giovinazzo will be in town to host both screenings. CRACKTOWN, which stars Kerry Washington, Illeana Douglas, Brandon Routh, RZA and Lara Flynn Boyle, opened this past Friday (July 26) in the United States, to critical acclaim, albeit in a version that needed to be toned down before it could get into theatres. We will be screening Giovinazzo's original cut, the first time the complete version will have been seen anywhere in the world.
COMBAT SHOCK warped my mind as an unsupervised youth. Haven't heard great things about CRACKTOWN, but a new film from an artist as singular as Giovinazzo is cause for celebration regardless. Sounds like a very cool event. Jealousness abounds.
combat shock is class...been waiting for cracktown