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director: cory
McAbee
Stingray Sam is a lounge singer that you feel comfortable having
Runtime: 70mins created by that master of cosmic your postmodernism smothered
Year: 2009
gun slinging, Cory McAbee, creator in hilariousness. It’ll prove to this
and star of the amazing American new love in your life that not only
country: UsA
Astronaut (SFL1). can the avant-garde disturb filmic
Language: English
conventions, but also be kind-
A dangerous mission reunites Stingray
Format: HD
hearted and sweet, subversive yet
Sam with his long lost accomplice,
caring and generous. This is not,
source: bns the Quasar Kid. we follow these two
Productions
however, some Ice Storm or Squid
space convicts as they earn their
and the Whale coming-of-age
freedom in exchange for the rescue
whinery, no, this is the wild galactic
of a young girl held captive by the
frickin’ West. Bring your gun. Bring
genetically designed figurehead of
your dancin’ boots.” (courtesy of
a very wealthy planet.
Quiet Earth.us)
“This is a musical space western.
This was a huge hit at Sundance and
It’s cool. It’s committed to its style.
is unique in that it was designed to
Q&A It’s self-aware without being self-
be watched on everything from a
absorbed. It’s a film you want to
mobile phone to a cinema screen
bring your new love interest to,
– we’ve opted for the latter. Music
because it’ll show him or her
is by Cory’s hard-rocking American
Astronaut band. Don’t miss out on
being part of the vanguard of this
movie phenomenon.
We are also delighted to have Cory
McAbee as a guest at the festival,
and he joins us for a Q&A after the
movie. See page 41 for details of
Cory’s filmmaking workshop.
4 THE 8
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LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASTIC FILM 29 APRIL – 4 MAY 2009
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