March 10, 2007
Tonight: Poetry on Film
Just a quick note on the fly between hither and yon (that is, buying Dalmation Mollys at Pet Connections and eating food at the Shangri-La) on an event tonight at Winnie Moore Auditorium, a fundraiser for Poetry Scores, formerlly Hoobellatoo, an org led by our own fantastic regular contributor, Chris King. And I quote from the press release, because I can't say it better:
The new local arts org Poetry Scores and the Webster University Film Series are hosting a benefit for the local film production "Blind Cat Black" at 8 p.m. this Saturday, March 10 in the Winifred Moore Auditorium, 470 East Lockwood on the campus of Webster U. Suggested donation is $5, but you can pay more or indeed nothing at all; we will still let you in. Though the Moore Auditorium is dry as a bone, an afterparty will follow at The Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest Avenue in Maplewood. At the afterparty, a cash bar will flow, snacks will be outspread and we will screen in a loop all of the footage for the film we have shot thus far.
We are billing "Blind Cat Black" as "surrealist sexy hip-hop zombie cinema from St. Louis," which pretty much sums it up. The film is being shot to the existing musical score to an epic modern Turkish poem about the Istanbul underworld. It stars local rapper Toyy Davis and features a large supporting cast of local actors, freaks and zombies, including Jason Wallace Triefenbach, Don Erickson, Ray Brewer, K. Curtis Lyle, Brad Young and many more. It is directed by amateur me, Chris King, shot by Chizmo and edited by Aaron AuBuchon. A little more info and various stills are at myspace.com/blindcatblack.
In the auditorium, we will screen rough cuts of select scenes from the film, and the director will spiel about the fine art of filming a love scene on top of a pile of zombies. Though we will let all of our naked footage roll at the Bottleworks, most of the benefit event will be dominated by the local musical performance group SHed SHot, which will premier its own short film, "Legendary Sand," and lead a live musical score to the German Expressionist silent film classic "The
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." Check out SHed SHot at myspace.com/shedshot.
THE DETAILS:
Saturday, March 10, 8 p.m
"Legendary Sand" & "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"
With live musical score by SHed SHot
Suggested donation is $5