VERTICAL POOL PRODUCTIONS
presents
an ANTERO ALLI film (2003; 96 minutes. USA.)
A Supernatural Romance
"...where "Under a Shipwrecked Moon" triumphs is Alli's extraordinary dream
and
hallucination sequences which take the imagination into new and daring
realms
that few artists could ever aspire to conceive..." PHIL HALL -- filmthreat.com
NEXT PUBLIC SCREENING WEDNESDAY JUNE 29th, 7:30pm HUMANIST HALL, 390 27th St (nr Broadway) Oakland
Admission $10. donation. Filmmaker in person.
The comatose patriarch (JOHN K. ROBERTS) dreams of his true love (SYLVI ALLI)
A Mystical Romance. The power of a long-buried family secret becomes
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, directed, and
photographed
by ANTERO ALLI
with an
original
soundtrack
by
SYLVI ALLI.
The Gambling Raven clan and Timo, the drowned ship captain (CHRISTOPHER TRIAN)
GABRIEL CARTER as Raven and RICHARD GOODMAN as Hedgehog
"There are suggestions of a Kalevalan spirit throughout "Under a Shipwrecked Moon".
Animal spirits seen as ravens and hedgehogs dance around on a giant chessboard.
The cinematography is excellent, changing continually along with the moods of
the story. Arranged by the talented Sylvi Alli, a rich musical soundtrack drives
the film and features her unique rendition of Sibelius' Finlandia on the piano."
-- HARRI SIITONEN for NEW WORLD FINN
LINKS TO CAST & CREW, MEDIA, PRODUCTION DETAILS, DVD
click image for IMDb file ANTERO ALLI (b. 11/11/1952) is a Finnish born, West Coast-based underground filmmaker whose feature-length art films screen in rare, limited runs on the west coast arthouse circuit and garner critical praise at filmthreat.com. Alli is also the founder/director of ParaTheatrical ReSearch (since 1977), an ongoing exploration of group ritual dynamics that often informs and inspires his films. He resides with his wife, the singer/composer Sylvi Alli, in Berkeley CA.
