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Friday, 6 October 2017

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE ** LOON [FILM] (2017) ''PC CULTURE IS DEAD!''

LOON (2017) Dir: Fabrizio Federico

''It was a tough shoot, there was a major power struggle going on during shooting, non of the cast parted as friend's, we all hate each other. I was even stabbed with a fork during the first week. Everyone has blocked each other on Facebook and the ouija board party was a big mistake.''

Director Fabrizio Federico is an anti-filmmaker, his movies are littered with mistakes, camera blurs and noise but its real life. No script, non-actors and lots of bad blood.
'There was some major sexual tension going on between the cousins.''

At the core of the film lies a 'folie à deux' relationship between two cousins, 16 year old kleptomaniac Charlie Sheen (who wishes to be called 'Keith' - even though nobody respects his wishes) and his poison minded 18 year old cousin Georgia, who's aggressive, cunning, sexual personality has hypnotised her younger cousin into doing anything she wants ''always do whatever I say, remember that.''

Charlie has a history of petty theft and violent thoughts.

''Charlie was actually stealing in the shopping scenes and we filmed guerrilla style when we got told not to, it's hypocritical that ''they'' can CCTV film us all day long but I cant make my movies wherever the fuck I want, that's why the film looks like CCTV footage.''

These teenagers are racist, homophobic and plain evil in many guises and the film perfectly captures that evil journey through the mind of a lost teenager. ''Political correctness is now DEAD, it started out as a good thing but it's spawned a bunch of liberal minded cry babies who dont know how to shut the fuck up about what offends them.''

From a psychoanalysis level the 'pleasure principle' of Black Biscuit is now given over to the 'death drive' theory founded by Sigmund Freud, believing that life's motivation for some is driven by an aggressive desire to self-destruct. An eerie cosmos and an unpredictable place to be, full of ugly faces, tiny monsters and lost souls.

LOON will be release on Halloween, October 31th internationally.
http://fabriziofederico.co.uk/

Monday, 13 July 2015

Fabrizio Federico - Film Interview gone WRONG

https://vimeo.com/145287576

Friday, 22 May 2015

The New Ethos in Cinema: DIY ////// Pregnant (2015) Directed by Fabrizio Federico

Semi-staged interviews, improvised dramatic scenes, tormented LSD romance, and insular self-reflectivity, regarding the modern problem of social media and technology addiction.

A riff on myth and identity.

Pregnant is an albatross that will squeeze the effete out of cinema. It transcends mere intellectual art house films and strikes a note very similar to watching an album similar to something by De La Soul, DJ Shadow or The Wu Tang Clan. Federico has called himself a ''DJ film director'', its's vibe is shamanic and surreal. What has emerged is a mixed soup of urban chaos, pop, and disturbing psychedelic visuals mixed with contemplation and silence. A whole new recipe for cinema.

The film showcases the contrast between old and new society. On one hand you have the new demented 24/7 media anarchy that has emerged in the wake of the Youtube & Facebook social media generation, and on the other hand you the lone figure of the desert drifter, who is free from the stress of society and technology, silently roaming the desert and living in the ''now''. Alone from distractions and able to connect with the idea of reaching your personal Zen.

Mixing the rituals and beliefs of Shamanism and Pagan rites to lead you on a surreal journey,

composed of movements depicting a trip through a VHS mix tape.

An enthralling mess, only too happy to make you cuckoo. But its also something more important that demands repeated viewing similar to such films like Easy Rider, Gummo or Memento. It's Federico's 'Pop Symphony for Film’.