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Last night was Outersight

Written by Nicky Getgood on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 ( 2 responses )
Tags: Friction Arts, Jean Tourane, Outer Sight, Saturnin Et La Fee Pas Comme Les Autr, The Edge, The Secret of Magic Island, Une Fee Pas Commes Des Autres

And very good it was too. Whilst the last screening was creepy crawly, this one was cute and cuddly. The theme of ‘French fancies and freaky kid’s flicks’ meant that the sweet shorts were a lot easier on the eye, ear and brain.

The main feature was Jean Tourane’s bizarre Une Fee Pas Commes Des Autres (The Secret of Magic Island), none of which I understood as there were no subtitles but who cares when fluffy ickle animals are being all endearingly human? Watch this extract from his earlier film Saturnin Et La Fee Pas Comme Les Autr and you’ll see what I mean:

I was happily cooing throughout until the grumpy guts sitting beside me suggested some animals may have been harmed during the filming of this programme, which really ruined my fun. Killjoy.

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Outer Sight at The Edge

Written by Nicky Getgood on Sunday, July 27th, 2008 ( Start discussion )
Tags: David L Woper, Friction Arts, Outer Sight, The Edge, The Hellstrom Chronicle

Last night I went to the first Outer Sight film night at The Edge. It started with a weird and wonderful mish-mash of short film and animation pieces, with 2 small screens with headphones in the corner (Good Trip and Bad Trip) for when the big screen got a bit too much, which for me it kind of did.

The main feature was David L Woper’s The Hellstrom Chronicle. Some say Dr Nils Hellstrom is obsessive. Some say he is delusional. He says he is a scientist (except he’s not, he’s an actor). I say he’s bonkers crazy and it’s very funny.

Man’s greatest threat isn’t nuclear meltdown, it’s insects and Dr Hellstrom spends the film melodramatically explaining why. The close-up shots of creepy crawlies in action through birth, life and death were amazing and after a while I even found myself getting caught up in Dr Hellstrom’s hilarious over-the-top narration.

Outer Sight is set to become a regular monthly fixture at The Edge. To keep yourself in the loop email outersight@live.com.

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