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VFW & BLISS with GUTTER
VFW, Dir. Joe Begos, USA, 92 min, 2019
Joe Begos second film of 2019 is being described by the filmmaker as The Wild Bunch meets Night Of The Living Dead, a star-studded bloodbath where Vietnam vets Steven Lang, Fred Williamson, William Sadler, and Martin Kove have to defend their V.F.W post from a band of post-apocalyptic, drug-addicted mutants who are after a woman named Lizard who stole their stash of 'Hype' and has holed up in the bar with the aforementioned vets.
The film utilises the confines of the bar to ratchet up the tension and fill the screen with buckets of blood. It's an absolute riot seeing our grizzled crew taking out the gang by ever-more violent means. The film zips along with Begos trademark insanity and punk rock ethos and never lets up on the violence.
Our gang of old-timers play off each other perfectly and really do seem like they spend every day together getting shitfaced in the bar, their friendship and loyalty helping them deal with with a bunch of near-zombie addicts desperate to get their fix back at any cost. Killer stuff and another winner from Begos and crew. - Spencer Hickman
Special Guests
Joe Begos
William Sadler
Format
DCP
BLISS, Dir. Joe Begos, USA, 80 min. 2019
BLISS is one of two Joe Begos features landing at this years festival (the other being VFW). Without a doubt, BLISS is his most accomplished, outlandish, and downright fucked-up film yet. Dora Madison does a star turn as Dezzy, an artist that has lost her muse and is on the way to losing her agent, her apartment, and her career...that is, until her dealer gives her a hit of bliss, a new drug on the street. After dosing, she stays out all night getting wrecked and hooking up in threesomes, and awakes the next day with renewed inspiration to tackle her painting in a way she hasn't in months. Convinced she has a thirst for blood, her cravings for the drug escalate, as does her creative output; her masterpiece takes shape while she herself spirals out of control.
Youre never quite sure whats real and whats hallucinatory in BLISS eighty minute assault on the senses. Shot on 16mm, guerrilla style, Begos achieves the kind of grit and dirt exemplified in DRILLER KILLER and MANIAC. Hyper-stylised, beautifully shot and lit, BLISS is an absolutely unrelenting shotgun to the face of a film. -Spencer Hickman
Special Guests
Joe Begos + cast
Format
35mm
Preceded by:
GUTTER, Dir. Josh Ethier 2018, USA, 11 minutes
Prolific genre editor Josh Ethier steps behind the camera in his gnarly directorial debut, which follows a young woman who does what she must to survive in LAs seedy underbelly.
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LocationAmerican Cinematheque - Egyptian Theater (View)
6712 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
United States
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