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He's a bit of an enigma, filmmaker Fabrizio Federico (aka Jett Hollywood). Take this year, he's starred in two celebrated international underground films 'The Kingdom Of Shadows' & 'In Search Of The Exile' in which he exhibits his 'primal therapy' acting technique, suffering a nervous breakdown brought on by insomnia during the shoots, followed by back to back projects in state of the nation film 'Anarchy In The UK', made on the road as his Ziggy Stardust alter-ego Jett Hollywood. The film has followed cancellations in certain movie theaters do to disputes over the film's content regarding cinema bodies.

''I just feel things are really building up after 2016, everything's about to explode, and Im not talking about Armageddon.''

His next project 'Loon' has been in pre-production, the movie has been filmed in shady locations through out the macabre country side of the Midlands. Including abandoned karate studios, ghost hunts, and at live vintage rock & roll shows. 

''It's been a really confusing year, amusing with lots of happy accidents. I've got a really warped sense of humor about how a film come's together, you cast a spell and you watch it all come true. And the guitar playing has been a blast, just being able to go mad on stage, it's like setting a stick of dynamite alight, the anticipation washes over you before you blast off! Mixing cinema and rock & roll together is a lethal ritual.''

Federico's wigged out sense of style when it come's to cinema is quite scrappy. Storing graveyard soil inside his guitar case, pouring toothpaste on actors faces and his habit of improvising whole movies based on a chosen image puts him in a class of filmmakers (Lars Von Trier, Harmony Korine, Xavier Dolan, Werner Herzog) who see the process of making a film as one of the last true adventures in modern society.

Fabrizio Federcio - War Art from childhood

Fabrizio Federico - Film director

Potent sensuality yet underscored with a subtle intelligence and projected broad-mindedness towards his outsider subjects. 

Federico's works are relentless, strange and unorthodox but nonetheless cover a lot of ground when it comes to everyday life topics and emotions. Such as; madness, sex, scandal, love social media addiction, the occult, self harm, baseball, young death, underground culture, money, drugs, childhood, dreams, shamanism, careering, and violence. 

His style is like catching your father with your girlfriend. Morals being sold off for experiences. ''Cinema is just a collection of emotions and it's the filmmakers job to either torture, offend or entertain the audience. Movie's shouldn't just give pleasure, they don't always operate like that, people don't always operate like that. Sometimes we're happy and sometimes we're sad, other times we're reckless and those make the best movies.''

A creation of many characters  and sides within himself in order to become a state of seductive grace. Changelings embrace and collect different lifestyles. Devouring life similar to how an emperor would, or a tyrant.Space trucking and time travelling through history. A good trick if you know where you stand at the gates of dawn. 

Many artists have pulled of this trick:  Lord Byron, David Bowie, Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol...

''We choose our paths and we follow them, collecting all our vices and loves with relish along the way, no matter how fucked up that makes us. But in our own eyes we're immaculate. I've always loved the ending scene of Teen Wolf, I'd like to achieve something similar to that one day. Instant nirvana, I'd like the films to be like potions and Indian ink.'' Fabrizio Federico

FILMography:
  
Black Biscuit (2012)
Pregnant (2015)

Shorts

Virgin Rebel (2012)
Demon (2012)
Who Killed Vanilla Ice? (2014)

Music Videos
  
Wu Lyf - Heavy Pop (Stoned Version) (2011)
Marc Reeves - Home (2011)
Black Biscuit (Soundtrack)  - Knocks (2012)
Iceage – You’re Nothing (2013)
Sex Pistols - USA tour 1978                                                                                  
Mao - (Cuckoo Opera (2012)  
Mao - Possessed (2013)
Abram Taber - Alexander (2013)

Daniel Angelus - Dead Romantic (2012)

Sinéad O'Connor - War - SNL (Voodoo Blues - Version) (2015)
The December Sound - Painkiller (2013)
Avoxblue - Dreaming Thru Your Eyes (2013)
The Difference Engine - Lights I (2013)

 

 

 

 

Fabrizio Federico - new pics 2015

Photos by Kelly Daniels

Fabrizio Federico - Culture Vultures interview

Deemed as one of the most bizarre interviews on Cultured Vultures.
I sat down once again to chat with film director Fabrizio Federico about his newest movie Pregnant.
http://culturedvultures.com/interview-fabrizio-federico-director-pregnant/

Grolsch Filmworks - Pregnant directed by Fabrizio Federico

Grolsch Filmworks chats about the Pink8 film manifesto and the new feature film Pregnant.
http://grolschfilmworks.com/ca/news/fabrizio-federicos-pregnant-is-an-assault-on-the-senses

Fabrizio Federico director of Pregnant