VIDEO DOCUMENTS(dvd)
Written, directed & edited by Antero Alli
"CIRCA 2012"
(September 2012 release)
This forthcoming instructional video offers a demonstration and explanation of the fundamental principles and techniques of Alli's ritual technology for Self-initiation as applied by eight individuals at varying levels of experience -- beginning, intermeidate, and advanced -- in this work. Also featured: the development and execution of the Paratheatre Dreaming Ritual plus interviews with Alli and the participants. Click above image for more details.
Pre-sale purchases start June 21, 2012.
"ORPHANS OF DELIRIUM"
(2004; 84 min.)
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"The actors in these rituals look like a cross between a person, an elementary force such as a river or a storm, and a wild animal. Watching the rituals is a little like looking through a window at a particularly dramatic and captivating bit of weather. It doesn’t look like a “play,” but it is absolutely mesmerizing to watch these elemental forces gathering themselves and affecting each other." (four stars) -- David Finkelstein, FilmThreat
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PRODUCTION NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR AND TWO PERFORMERS
"CRUX"
(1999; 80 min.)
Nick Walker (above). Click images for production details.
Eight ritualists use paratheatre techniques to to explore and embody the crucifixion archetype. The rituals developed for this project were all focused around the excavation of a series of visceral and spiritual responses to two ongoing questions:
1) "WHAT AM I LIVING FOR?
2) "WHERE AM I CRUCIFIED TO THE CROSS OF MY EXISTENCE?"
Though the Christian crucifixion metphor was never emphasized, it did emerge in various degrees of conflict and affinity for participants. In the end, however, the primary crux point turned out far more personal and non-sectarian -- resulting in a reframing and revisioning of the crucifixion archetype. Antero's narrative is accompanied by words spoken by the others from their private ritual journals. The CRUX lab ran five weeks in the summer of 1999 for three times a week at four hours per session. (Color and B/W; digital 8 video)
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DIRECTOR INTERVIEWED ON THE MAKING OF CRUX
"ARCHAIC COMMUNITY"
(1991; 77 min.)
Camille Hildebrandt (above). Click images for production details.
In the fall of 1991, a group of ritual novices randomly responded to a poster on the streets of Seattle calling for "marginal men and women to explore how rituals work without dogma". Alongside footage of the rituals themselves, participants share their impressions of what happened in this first ParaTheatrical ReSearch video document. This group met for three months, three times a week, for 3-4 hours each session. (Color and B/W; hi-8 video)
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PURCHASES & POLICIES
DVDs are $25. each (inc. shipping).
PAYPAL is available for all three dvds.
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send bank check or money order to:
ANTERO ALLI
PO Box 10144, Berkeley CA USA 94709
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re: public broadcasts and screenings
These videos are released for private home-viewing only. Public screenings or broadcasts on any public media require my written consent. If you wish to screen or broadcast any of these videos, please contact me at: [email protected] - Antero Alli
re: THE DVD-R FORMAT
The actual disc is recorded in "dvd-r" formatwhich will play on most computers and most dvd players but not all of them. If these dvds do not play on your player,your payment will be refunded upon receipt of the returned dvd.
OTHER ANTERO ALLI FILMS ON DVD
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PARATHEATRE LINKS
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STATE OF EMERGENCE (PARATHEATRE MANIFESTO)