- Above image links to movie -
In The Celebrants, Antero is
interested in how
a person
gets
into
that state of mind where things get
created
out
of
nowhere.
I wasn’t sure where this was going,
but I sure knew
when
I got
there and why. This is an underground film made for the people.
Antero Alli is
one
of the last great
practitioners of
American
experimental cinema...and
this
is
another great spell.
-Michael Talbot-Haynes, filmthreat.com
"THE CELEBRANTS" (2023; 32 min. Color and B/W) Made without a script,
this video
experiment
follows three performing artists - a dancer (Douglas Allen),
singer (Sylvi Alli),
guitarist (Antero Alli) - who meet
and discuss
how
each
one approaches a
creative
state
before
testing
their
notions
in
a
spontaneous
performance. Developed as
a
collaboration
based on a story idea by Antero. Videography, editing, and staging by Antero.
Sylvi Alli, Antero Alli, and Douglas Allen
Douglas Allen
Douglas Allen
Sylvi Alli, Antero Alli
Sylvi Alli, Antero Alli
RELEVANT LINKS
Douglas Allen and Sylvi Alli
Filmmaker Vision Statement
Why I Make Films
"A Cinema of Otherness"
Subverting Mainstream Values & Standards
Where my Films screen and can be seen
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Filmography
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