Last month, this writer had the opportunity to check out a pair of films that screened as part of the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City. Here are my thoughts on the Bigfoot-centric documentary Big Fur as well as the experimental film Majnuni from directors Kouros Alaghband and Drew Hoffman.
Big Fur: In Big Fur, we’re introduced to Ken Walker, who is a taxidermist living in Canada with an extreme passion for the off-beat art form, which makes him a bit of an odd duck. But the thing is, Ken is one of the best in the game, and he has numerous awards and a ton of prestigious projects to prove just how skilled he is with rebuilding all types of wildlife. Beyond his proclivity for crafting taxidermy projects, Ken is also an avid believer in the legend of Bigfoot, to the point where he’s even hoarding baggies...
Big Fur: In Big Fur, we’re introduced to Ken Walker, who is a taxidermist living in Canada with an extreme passion for the off-beat art form, which makes him a bit of an odd duck. But the thing is, Ken is one of the best in the game, and he has numerous awards and a ton of prestigious projects to prove just how skilled he is with rebuilding all types of wildlife. Beyond his proclivity for crafting taxidermy projects, Ken is also an avid believer in the legend of Bigfoot, to the point where he’s even hoarding baggies...
- 2/10/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Taking place alongside Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Slamdance Film Festival is also a thrilling place for discovery of new talent, having featured work from the likes of Bong Joon Ho, the Safdies, Steven Soderbergh, Ari Aster, Jeremy Saulnier, Sean Baker, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Ana Lily Amirpour, Christopher Nolan, and more. As we look towards this year’s 26th edition, one of the titles on our radar is Majnuni, directed by Iranian-American filmmaker Kouros Alaghband, who was mentored by Béla Tarr and the film came out of his unique film school.
Set during the night within a war-torn Sarajevo, the enigmatic feature debut follows a man who stalks a broken family on a path to his old love. “Dreamlike and haunting, Majnuni periodically reminds me of Holy Motors by Leos Carax. It is intriguing, provocative, and beautiful as well as puzzling,” said Jonathan Rosenbaum.
“I met my lead actor,...
Set during the night within a war-torn Sarajevo, the enigmatic feature debut follows a man who stalks a broken family on a path to his old love. “Dreamlike and haunting, Majnuni periodically reminds me of Holy Motors by Leos Carax. It is intriguing, provocative, and beautiful as well as puzzling,” said Jonathan Rosenbaum.
“I met my lead actor,...
- 1/23/2020
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
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