THE DVD CATALOG
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xTHE INVISIBLE FOREST (2008; 111 min.) A Hypnogogic Drama. A theatre troupe camps out in a forest to enact their vision of French Surrealist Antonin Artaud's magic theatre of ghosts, gods and spirits. During their forest experiment Alex, their director (Antero Alli), is haunted by a reoccurring nightmare where Artaud appears and mocks his ambitions. With his sanity pushed to its outer limits, Alex visits a psychologist and undergoes hypnosis to find the source of his disturbance. Conceived and directed by Antero Alli with writings by William Shakesepare and Antonin Artaud. Music by Sylvi Alli, Diatonis, Sean Blosl, Andrew Vernon, David Rosenbloom & others. (color HDV & Super 8 film, B/W mini-dv). Click image for more product details.
xTHE MIND IS A LIAR AND A WHORE (2007; 92 min.) A Dark Comedy. An Astrologer, a Closet Satanist, an Inuit Opera Singer and a WebCast Diva. A typical Berkeley household is forced indoors during an unexpected citywide lockdown initiated by the federal government. Ona, the webcast diva with her own show, thinks the Feds are shifting into a fullblown police state. Her roomies think she's paranoid. Havoc and hilarity prevail as they all scramble to their own conclusions during their current state of escalating uncertainty. (color HDV and mini-dv). Written and directed by Antero Alli. Music by Sylvi Alli, Andres-Tapia-Urzula, & others. Click image for more product details.
x THE GREATER CIRCULATION (2005; 93 min.) A Poetic Docufiction. Over two fever-dream nights in the Hotel Biron of Paris 1906, poet Rainer Maria Rilke writes his epic lament, "Requiem for a Friend", as a tribute to his friend, the artist Paula Modersohn-Becker, who died shortly after giving birth to her first child. This is a cinematic treatment enacting the central drama of Rilke's prose of a woman caught between choosing a life devoted to Art or to Motherhood. Written and directed by Antero Alli; "Requiem for a Friend" written by Rainer Maria Rilke. Music by Sylvi Alli, Loop!Station, Scriabin, Brahms, & others. (color HDV, b/w Super 8 film). Click image for more product details.
DIRECTOR'S PRE-PRODUCTION NOTES
xUNDER A SHIPWRECKED MOON (2003; 96 min.) A Supernatural Ancestral Drama. The power of a long-buried family secret is unleashed when the extreme rituals of a self-made shamanic punk rocker catapult him into the spirit realm in search of his father, a ship captain who drowned at sea. This ship captain's mother was a Finnish sorceress whose powers were passed onto the punk rocker grandson, powers that are tested when he accidentally enters the dreams of his comatose grandfather in this surreal fable of true love, giant hedgehogs and the mystical depths of family bonds. Written and directed by Antero Alli. Music by Sylvi Alli, Loop!Station, Birdsaw, The Clarendon Hills, Andy Nathan, Diatonis, Sibelius & others. (color DV, Super 8 film). Click image for more product details.
xHYSTERIA (2002; 83 min.) A Suspense Thriller. After mistakenly drinking hallucinagenic datura tea, Ikar, a Croatian Catholic soldier is haunted by visions of what he believes is the Virgin Mary who gives him a life mission. Ten years later, Ikar migrates to Oakland California to fulfill this questionable religious mission in this cautionary tale linking fundamentallsm and violence. Made during the months immediately following the 9/11 WTC attacks. Directed by Antero Alli and written with Jakob Bokulich. Music by Lumen, Sylvi Alli, Diatonis & others. (color & B/W; DV). Click image for more product details.
xTRAGOS (2000; 105 min.) A Cyber-Noir Witch Hunt. Underground San Francisco, 2012. An urban tribe of technopagans practice their ecstatic rites in a Virtual Reality world called "Tragos" until one of them abuses the device as a suicide machine. This death enflames the wrath of a fundamentalist Christian attourney who sees the tribe and their recently blinded visionary leader as a "satanic suicide cult". Written and directed by Antero Alli. Music by Sylvi Alli, Diatonis, The Mermen, & others. (B/W & color mini-dv). Click image for more product details.
xTHE DRIVETIME (1995; 88 min.) A Cyber-Fi Time-Travel Tale. In the hopes of obtaining politically sensitive video footage of police riots, a federal achivist from the year 2023 uses a a Time Travel device to return to Seattle circa 1999 and ends up in the dreams of a video activist who shoots police riots. Directed by Antero Alli and written with Rob Brezsny. Music by World Entertainment War, Jules Beckman, Sean Blosl, Contraband, Sylvi Alli and others. (Color & B/W BetaSP, super 8 film, dv) Click images for more product details.
2 DVDS OF EXPERIMENTAL SHORT WORKS
"LOADED VISIONS" & "ON LOVE & OTHER DIFFICULTIES"
1) LOADED VISIONS: VIDEOPOEMS
(1991-2001; 74 min.) Eight Experimental Shorts.
Using poetic text as oblique nonlinear narratives for invoking
the spirits and images innate to the poem itself (color & B/W
DigitalVideo, super-8 film). Featuring "LILY IN LIMBO".
Includes:
BOOK OF QUESTIONS (1993; 6:00), text by Pablo Neruda
COLD FORCE (1994; 4:00), text by Antero Alli
WITCH BURNING (1998; 4:00), text by Sylvi Plath
A.A. ANTI-PHILOSOPHER (1999; 4:00), text by Tristan Tzara
MOUVEMENT (2001; 4:00) and FAIRY (2001; 4:00), text by Arthur Rimbaud
D.U.I. (1991; 8:00) and THE WORD, WEIRD (1993; 6:30), text by Antero Alli
SOME PASS THIS WAY (1994; 8:00), text by Sean Blosl
and LILY IN LIMBO (1996; 27:00), text by Hilda Doolittle (HD)
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COLD FORCE, text by Alli, MOUVEMENT, text by Rimbaud
Watch "MOUVEMENT"
"LOADED VISIONS" REVIEWED
2) "ON LOVE & OTHER DIFFICULTIES"
(1992-2001; 61 min.) Five Experimental Short Videos.
Includes ROADKILL (2001; 26 min), INERTIA (1994; 17 min.),
BLACK SEA (1992; 4 min), FEARS (2001; 8 min.) and BOMBS &
PRAYERS (2003; 6 min.) Color & B/W DigitalVideo.
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Left: "ROADKILL": SUSAN SCHRAMM and DANA BERGEMAN
Right: "INERTIA": RICHARD WAUGH and KRISTEN KOSMAS
"ROADKILL" REVIEWED xxxxx WATCH A "ROADKILL" EXCERPT
....Carla Negri
"BOMBS & PRAYERS" (1994; 8:00) Text & voice by Rob Brezsny (left)
"FEARS" (2001; 8:00) Text: Rainer Maria Rilke featuring John M. Doyle (center)
"BLACK SEA" (1992; 4:00) Text & voice by Antero Alli (right)
WATCH "BLACK SEA" xxxxxLINER NOTES FOR THIS DVD
"ON LOVE & OTHER DIFFICULTIES"
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"THE 8-CIRCUIT BRAIN"
A Lecture by Antero Alli, author "Angel Tech"
The 8-Circuit Brain"
XTHE EIGHT-CIRCUIT BRAIN (2009; 87 min.) Lecture. Antero Alli is also the author of ANGEL TECH (1986; Original Falcon Press), a comprehensive study and application of Dr. Timothy Leary's 8-Circuit Brain model for Intelligence Increase. In this animated lecture Alli introduces the true origins of this system, how his approach differs from Leary's, the nature and function of shock, the vertical connectivities between upper and lower circuits and much, much more. Videotaped on Oct. 11, 2008 at the EsoZone conference in Portland OR USA. Click image for more product details.
Watch excerpt #1 (7 min.) xxxxWatch excerpt #2 (7 min.)
THE 8-CIRCUIT BRAIN
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PARATHEATRE VIDEO DOCUMENTS ON DVD
"Orphans of Delirium", "Crux", "Archaic Community"
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Since 1977 I have been developing a paratheatre medium inspired by the earlier work of Jerzy Grotowski yet defined more concretely by my own extensive background in theatre, dance and Zazen. Since 1991, I have produced three video documents featuring different aspects and attributes of this group ritual work that are now available on dvd (click image above for details). For more information on this work, please refer to Paratheatre FAQ and my book, "Towards an Archeology of the Soul". -- ANTERO ALLI
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PURCHASES
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First Special Offer: Buy any 4 DVDS and get a fifth DVD free of your choice. After making the PayPal purchases for all four dvds, e-mail Antero and tell him which film you want as the fifth free dvd. Or, if you are paying by Postal Money Order or Bank Check, list all five dvds in a note with your return address (please print clearly). Second Special Offer: Buy 3 DVDs and get a BONUS SOUNDTRACK CD! Please print legibly your name and return address on each order; include your e-mail if possible. All correspondence should be sent to anteroalli@yahoo.com
re: the DVD media
These dvds are copies are recorded in "dvd-r" format, rather than the pro-dvd format (such as can be rented and purchased at outlets like Blockbusters and NetFlix). The dvd-r format will play on most computers and most dvd players but not all of them. If our dvd does not play on your player, we will refund your payment in full upon receipt of the returned dvd.
re: public broadcasts and screenings
These films are released for private home-viewing only. Any public screenings or broadcasts on any public media without written consent from the producers is strictly prohibited by law. If you wish to screen or broadcast my work, I would be happy to negotiate mutually agreeable terms and maybe make a personal appearance to help promote your event. For further details regarding booking these films for Public Event Production, click this. - Antero Alli
All films listed on this web page © 1991-2009
Antero Alli and Vertical Pool Productions
All rights reserved.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
"Alli's films are not for the easily distracted. They are challenging and
sometimes cryptic in their dissection of human emotions and societal
interactions. Repeated viewings, however, reveal layers of wisdom
and wit that may not have been obvious in the initial screening."
Phil Hall -- Encyclopedia of Underground Movies
Antero Alli (b. 11/11/1952) is a Finnish born, Berkeley-based filmmaker whose idiosyncratic films defy easy categorization in their exploration of what he calls "the metaphysics of social collapse". His films have garnered high critical praise from filmthreat.com while screening the west coast arthouse circuit; Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley), Portland Art Museum, UC Irvine Film Dept., Red Vic Movie House (S.F.), The Mills College Concert Hall (Oakland), Northwest Film Forum (Seattle), Hollywood Theatre (Portland) and others. He resides with his wife, the singer/composer Sylvi Alli, in Berkeley CA where he serves as director of ParaTheatrical ReSearch, a group of dancers and ritualists dedicated to the somatic expression of kinetic properties found in dreams.
VISION STATEMENT and FILMOGRAPHY
List of titles (since 1991), film clips, stills, reviews
CONTACTS
anteroalli (at) yahoo (dot) com
PO BOX 7518, Berkeley CA USA 94707
voicemail: (510) 464-4640