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documentary pr
uk pr
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Mon 4tH MAY
11.00AM MonsteRLAnd
Director:Jörg
Buttgereit
Runtime:71mins
In these days of CGI overkill, They discuss their lives and work
Year: 2009
Monsterland is a documentary that with their monstrous creations,
Country: Germany
harkens back to the days when and relate to us the dark passion
Language: English
movie monsters were real. From that they share. This film is a visual
Format: Digibeta
source: Avanti
the origins of the latex monster in journey of exploration to the centres
Media devastated post-war Japan, to the of creature culture: the monster-
aliens and serial murderers of 1980s’ spawning megacity of Tokyo; the
American cinema, and on to the rise sunshine city of Los Angeles, where
of King Kong’s digital descendants knife-wielding killers roam the
and the latest 21st-century terrors. streets; and the high-rise cityscape
of New York, which in both film and
Director Jörg Buttgereit assembles
reality has been transformed into a
some of the great masters of the
doomsday panorama. Impressions of
genre, including: Gremlins creator
these places converge in the dense
Joe Dante; analytical horror director
images of old and new monster films,
John Carpenter; monster designers
and are blended with sinister, surreal
such as artist H.R. Giger, special
drawings by monster designers; views
effects guru Gregory Nicotero,
into the chambers of horror that
make-up artist Rick Baker and
are the special effects studios; and
Godzilla performer Kenpachiro
pictures of fans in bizarre creature
Satsuma.
costumes.
A must see for any genre fan.
screens with short documentary film
JEFFERY AND THE DINOSAURS (left)
dir. by Christoph Steger, 7mins,
UK, 2008
12 THE 8
TH
LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASTIC FILM 29 APRIL – 4 MAY 2009
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