This June, for 2 nights only, Spectacle is thrilled to welcome back filmmaker Rick Charnoski for two presentations of his traveling film workshop, MY FAMILY SUPPORTS DIY FILMMAKING, as well as one special encore screening of his feature film WARM BLOOD.
MY FAMILY SUPPORTS DIY FILMMAKING
Workshop by Rick Charnoski
Runtime 90-120 min.
In English
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5TH – 7:30PM
THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH – 10PM
THIS IS A SPECIAL EVENT, $10 TICKETS
MY FAMILY SUPPORTS DIY FILMMAKING is a filmmaking workshop about how to produce your own low/no budget film from start to finish. It’s also about friends helping friends make unlikely projects happen. The workshop draws from Rick’s personal films, a selection of films from the Six Stair Archives, as well as his recent book Warm Blood, published by These Days LA.
Currently touring the US screening his debut feature narrative film Warm Blood, Rick Charnoski will host this program on days off or wherever it fits in – it will be different every night. Local filmmakers are also encouraged to bring in their own projects to talk about.
WARM BLOOD
dir. Rick Charnoski
USA. 86 min.
In English.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5TH – 10PM – FEATURING Q&A WITH WRITER/DIRECTOR RICK CHARNOSKI – $10 TICKETS
Set in the underbelly of 1980’s Modesto, California, WARM BLOOD uses the real-life diary of a teenage runaway named Red (newcomer Haley Isaacson) returning home to find her father. In his narrative feature debut, director Rick Charnoski’s history as a skate video director informs the frenetic storytelling style, as he combines Rd’s nihilist musings with a collage of documentary and B-move meta-narratives that paint a seedy picture of life on the outskirts of town. Talk-radio bits and punk music underscore the auditory cacophony of doom, while frequent Kelly Reichardt collaborator Christopher Blauvelt (First Cow, The Bling Ring) lends his immersive, naturalist lens shooting on gritty 16mm film. While Red searches the streets, a constant foreboding presence looms around the chemically toxic river polluting the town. Via a cable-access news reporter interviewing the local residents about its impact, Charnoski infuses today’s growing apathy around the insurmountable nature of our man-made ecological disasters into this raw, politically subversive tale.