For its second year, CineMayhem Film Fest is breaking tradition in order to create a truly unique experience for indie horror fans at its new location, Jumpcut Café by expanding its celebration of independent horror to three days, beginning on Friday, March 28th and running through Sunday, March 30th, but there will also be NO CHARGE for fans to attend any of the CineMayhem 2014 events. "Created in 2013 by producer and horror journalist Heather Wixson, CineMayhem Film Fest celebrates the legacy of independent horror and the films that have- and continue to- change the landscape of genre cinema.
This short will play on Sunday, March 29th. The Hourglass Figure: " A over-worked housewife discovers an hourglass that magically gives her an extra hour in her day."ĭirected by Patrick Rea, The Hourglass Figure stars Michelle Davidson. The Summoners: " Two girls invite a new friend into their secret game of summoning spirits for the thrill of being possessed."ĭirected by Christian Ackerman, The Summoners stars Trista Robinson, Wendy McColm, and Erin McIntosh. This short will play on Saturday, March 29th. Through song and dance, Scott forms a bond with George in order to inspire him to make the most bad-ass album cover ever!"ĭirected by Carl Bachmann, Miracle on Metal Street stars Jonathan Le Billon, and Frederick Lawrence. When George approaches the final hours before deadline and all hope seems lost, he is visited by Scott, an over-confident bipolar demon from hell who is a huge Rebortion fan. Plagued by artist’s block, George falls behind deadline and the band’s daunting front man, Gary, threatens to beat George to a bloody pulp. Miracle on Metal Street: " George is a timid freelance artist that has been hired by a famous heavy metal band: REBORTION. This short will play on Friday, March 28th.įound: "This short mockumentary reveals the origins of found footage horror films."ĭirected by Rebekah McKendry, Found stars Darren Lynn Bousman, AJ Bowen, and Morgan Peter Brown. Wrapping the body in tarpaulin and dragging it through the busy streets of London as a bloody Halloween prop, all goes to plan until an old school mate (Brassington) recognises the murderer and drags him along to a swanky Halloween party nearby, where a chance meeting with a beautiful girl (Tointon) takes his evening on an even bigger turn for the bizarre!"ĭirected by Paul Davis, The Body stars Alfie Allen, Hannah Tointon, Jack Gordon and Christian Brassington. The Body: " The film stars Alfie Allen (GAME OF THRONES), Hannah Tointon (THE INBETWEENERS), Jack Gordon (PANIC BUTTON) and Christian Brassington (BURKE & HARE) and tells the tale of a murderer (Allen) who uses the cover of Halloween night to causally transport his latest victim from the scene of the crime to his final resting place. Until then, we have the lineup of short films that will be playing on all three nights: If you weren't able to snag tickets for the first two nights, check back with us later this month, as we may have a surprise or two for Daily Dead readers. With the tourists taking over the cafés, Godard shot Breathless on the streets of Paris.CineMayhem 2014 already sold out for the special screenings of The Fog and Hellraiser, with a limited number of tickets still available for Vamp on Saturday, March 29th. ( The New Yorker of Augis on sale above Belmondo's shoulder.) Everyone who could deserted the city. Jean Luc Godard, letter to Pierre Braunberger describing his progress on Breathless, August 23, 1959Īugust 1-8, 1959-the "red days" of August in Paris when Deux Cheveaux Citroëns and Peugot sedans trundle in lines for the beaches. Even the film, you see, is getting breathless.” It’s as if the film itself is suffering from being used to the extreme limits of its possibilities. It’s the first time that we asked the film to give its all, making it do what it’s not made for.
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“Wednesday, we shot in full sun with Geva 36.
In the klaxons and cafés of Paris, Godard sought whatever said "fast, fresh and real." Up the boulevard from this block 60 years earlier, Raoul Coutard shot Breathless using a silent Caméflex Éclair 35mm camera that Godard concealed in postman's delivery cart.