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Quick Sundance/Slamdance Recap

I went to Park City, UT for Sundance and Slamdance* last week, only my second time in person (the first was 2010). My primary purpose was to meet with filmmakers and to promote filmmaking in the Rochester/Finger Lakes region; I did, however, make some time to see some films. When I’m participating in a festival or event for work, I choose the films I see based on a set of criteria – it’s not about what Tim WANTS to see, it’s about seeing the work of filmmakers I’ve connected with or hope to connect with. The nice thing about this is that I usually don’t even read a synopsis of the film before I see it, so I get to experience the film without preconceptions – which means surprises.**

This is a rundown of last week in Sundance/Slamdance screenings, in the order I saw them, with brief reactions. Each and every one of these films is worthy of a lengthy review and discussion, and I’m more than happy to chat about them – but this is a document of my week in movies in Park City, not really about the films themselves.

Mutt (Sundance, Eccles Theater, Monday, 1/23 2:55 PM – PREMIERE) 24 hours in the life of a young trans man in NYC, during which individuals from various parts of his past enter his life, each challenging and illuminating aspects of his identity. I got to the theater by the skin of my teeth – the Sundance pre-roll had already begun. There was some confusion about the buses – I met a couple of filmmakers from LA, and we followed the advice of a very friendly person who seemed to know what she was talking about, but almost certainly added ten minutes to our ride to the theater. The lower level of the Eccles theater was packed, so I was up in the balcony. The screening was open captioned, I’m sure because several of the characters are bilingual, but also perhaps because of a push for accessibility at Sundance screenings.

Love Dump/Mahogany Drive (Slamdance, Treasure Mountain Inn Ballroom, Monday, 1/23 8:00 PM) Mahogany Drive is a wild short about three Black men who discover their Air BnB is killing white women. Love Dump is a parody of Hallmark romances about a couple finding each other among the trash in Chicago. My first Slamdance screening! The ballroom is small, with risers and individual chairs for perhaps 60 people. I met the filmmakers (director, writers/stars, and DP) in the hallway as they were encouraging people to see the film (it hadn’t sold out). I also met a young guy from New Hampshire who was attending film festivals in lieu of film school, and chatted with him about (relatively) obscure Cronenberg films.

Fremont (Sundance, Virtual, Tuesday 1/24) Fremont is the story of a young woman who served as a translator for the US Armed Forces in Afghanistan, and is now working at a fortune cookie factory. Wry and understated, Fremont is a delightful film.

Fuzzy Head/Write a Song About Heartache (Slamdance, Treasure Mountain Inn Ballroom, Tuesday 1/24 3:15 PM) Write a Song About Heartache is a clever short about a country singer and his unusual songwriting partner (you have to see it!). Fuzzy Head is a trip through the cluttered and unreliable recollections of a young woman whose mother has died of a gunshot wound – and the question of who pulled the trigger. Back to the ballroom at the Treasure Mountain Inn! Wendy McColm, Writer/Director/Star of Fuzzy Head had left printed sheets with ornate poetry and metal keys on strings with QR codes taped to them by hand. The QR codes led to her website (https://www.wendyfilms.com/). I found this personal touch, this engagement with the audience, to be very moving, and emblematic of the attitude of Slamdance filmmakers. I took one of the keys for my four year old niece, who I hope will use it as inspiration as she develops her creativity. I spoke with the Fuzzy Head team (Wendy herself, and her producers, cast, and art director) – they’re passionate filmmakers and lovely people.

Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (Sundance, Virtual, Tuesday 1/24) With echoes of Ernest P. Worrell, online character Onyx the Fortuitous makes his feature debut in a story involving a devil worship cult, a haunted mansion, and some precious action figures. What’s remarkable to me about this film, which is described as a “throwback,” is how it melds internet culture with tried and true genre filmmaking – to me, it seems less of a throwback and more of a bellwether. Frustratingly, I was fighting sleep for the last part of the film, so I’m very much looking forward to revisiting it.

The Accidental Getaway Driver (Sundance, Virtual, Wednesday 1/25) An elderly rideshare driver picks up three prison escapees; they kidnap the driver and over the course of their time together, unexpected bonds develop, existing bonds are tested, and the four men’s pasts are uncovered as their futures become increasingly certain. It’s an intense, involving film that melds thriller elements with character study.

MiND MY GOOFiNESS: the Self Portrait (Slamdance, Virtual, Wednesday 1/25) Shot in portrait mode, this is a day in the life of one guy in LA who bounces from encounter to encounter – with friends, relatives, and strangers – with each encounter revealing at least some of how he sees himself. Quirky, engaging, and offbeat – a bit of a riff on Slacker.

Space Happy: Phil Thomas Katt and the Uncharted Zone (Slamdance, Virtual, Wednesday 1/25) A straightforward, pleasant, engaging documentary about Pensacola, FL local celebrity and late night television personality Phil Thomas Katt, whose lo-fi music videos for an eclectic group of would be local stars took YouTube by storm in the late aughts. There are moments in this doc that moved me more than anything else I saw during the week.

Past Lives (Sundance, Ray Theater, Thursday 1/26 8:15 AM) After emigrating from Korea as a child, a woman reconnects with a childhood friend years later at very different points in their lives. This was an early morning screening and it was fun to start the day with an excited audience.

Free LSD (Slamdance, Treasure Mountain Inn Ballroom, Thursday 1/26 5:00 PM – PREMIERE) Free LSD is a nearly indescribable sci-fi/horror/fantasy head trip starring the members of punk supergroup OFF! as parallel versions of themselves who have to save the world through their music. And drugs. The closing night film of Slamdance 2023, this was a super cool experience – an excited crowd, filmmakers who were seeing their film, a true labor of love, with an audience for the first time, and a film festival putting the closing exclamation on an exuberant year of programming. The best thing for me: the guy I’d met at the Love Dump screening sat with me, and after the film looked at me and asked, “Have you ever seen anything like that?” And – I mean, yeah, I have, sorta, but I’m twice his age, and it was so exciting to be there for someone having a singular, eye-opening filmgoing experience.

Jamojaya (Sundance, Virtual, Friday 1/27) A young Indonesian rapper is in Hawaii to record his major label debut and to shoot the accompanying video, when his father (and former manager) shows up unexpectedly, creating unforeseen complications. It’s a simple setup for a complex, ornate, stylish film that examines complex relationships across cultural boundaries.

The Persian Version (Sundance, Ray Theater, Friday 1/27 2:15 PM) A young writer explores her history and that of her family, from her parents marriage in Iran in the 1960s through her childhood in the 1980s and 1990s spent between Iran and the US. (Honestly, I don’t know how to describe this film in one sentence – I think I kind of did it, but I know I didn’t sell it. It’s a magical film that dances (sometimes literally) among tones, among generations, and through the lives of its characters. See it!) I bought my ticket to this screening about an hour before the Sundance awards were announced – this one won both the audience award and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award in the U.S. dramatic competition. I was even more excited to see it, and the theater filled up with people making last minute decisions to see the film. It was wonderful to laugh and cry (not me, but the rest of them) with an audience through an utterly unpredictable film. I sat next to a young Sundance Industry volunteer from LA who had a loud and infectious laugh.

A Perfect Day for Caribou (Slamdance, Virtual, Saturday 1/28) An old man reconnects with his adult son and seven year old grandson in a cemetery on the day he plans to commit suicide. Offbeat, droll, often very funny, and gorgeously shot in black and white, A Perfect Day for Caribou explores generational rifts and the complexities of relationships defined largely by shaky memories and secondhand recollections.

Young. Wild. Free. (Sundance, Virtual, Saturday 1/28) In a weird mashup of Bonnie and Clyde, Something Wild, and Menace II Society, a Black high schooler meets a free spirited foster kid who pushes and pulls him through new experiences that range from mischievous to dangerous to exciting and ultimately to tragic. This is the only Sundance film I saw (out of eight – nine if you count Infinity Pool, see below) that did not fully work for me. Avoiding spoilers, I will just say that the narrative problems created by the ending are not justified by any dramatic contributions it makes to the film as a whole.

Unicorn Boy (Slamdance, Virtual, Saturday 1/28) A young animator in Los Angeles becomes entangled in the affairs of a parallel world filled with unicorns and rainbows and fantastic creatures, while trying to come to terms with personal crises in their real life. Okay – the only possible negative about this film is that I think it’s overlong, but it’s a wildly creative and very moving independent animated feature. It’s great.

Waiting for the Light to Change (Slamdance, Virtual, Saturday 1/28) A group of friends spend a week at a lake house belonging to one of their relatives; during the time, relationships are grown, tested, altered and redefined. Sort of a lo-fi, modern take on The Big Chill, the film is quiet and restrained, chilly, sincere, and honest.

*For those who may be unaware: the Slamdance Film Festival runs concurrently with Sundance in Park City, and is a festival with a very different vibe and energy – punkier, scrappier, smaller, but just as devoted to filmmakers and film lovers.

**For instance – most of the films I sought out were American productions, but I was surprised when nearly every one from Sundance heavily featured non-English dialogue – Spanish in Mutt, Dari and Cantonese in Fremont, Vietnamese in The Accidental Getaway Driver, Bahasa Indonesian in Jamojaya, Korean in Past Lives, Persian in The Persian Version.

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supermariomamafucker · 1 year

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I Partied With Phil Thomas Katt on "Welfare Wednesday" in 2001

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loughie · 4 months

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I <3 mark gormley

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ptkmerch · 1 year

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Ptk Merch

Phil Thomas Katt, sometimes called PTK, is a singer/songwriter, filmmaker, music video producer, and radio DJ from Pensacola, Florida. He is the creator and host of The Uncharted Zone, a weekly, web-based program that showcases the music videos of both local musicians and artists across the globe. Buy Ptk Merch Here!

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mitchfynde · 6 years

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Conan - Volt Thrower

I am sharing this purely for the fact the living meme Phil Thomas Katt has graced this music video. That being said, this is a pretty fucking massive track from these doom metal barbarians.

#conan #phil thomas katt #doom metal #sludge #metal #doom #volt thrower #music video #2018

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badass-at-fandoming · 4 years

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Also I agree I always saw him as like a slightly doughy academic type, he looks a lot like Phil Thomas Katt imo lol

I had to Google who Phil Thomas Katt is, but yeah!!!! That’s what I’m talking about!! He needs to be A Unit.

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ronaldreagancutupwhiletalking · 3 years

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i wish i had phil thomas katt type swag

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mooveeposters · 5 years

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Space Happy: The Phil Thomas Katt Documentary (2020)

#IMP Awards: Recently Added Movie Posters

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takeeachdayonebookatatime · 2 years

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Some of The best TV themes. Part 2

They make you want to listen to them again. More TV theme songs that are amazing.

Facts of Life

A spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes that ran from 1979 to 1988 it starred Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Nancy McKeon, Cloris Leachman, Sherrie Krenn, Julie Piekarski, Julie Anne Haddock, John Lawlor, Jenny O'Hara, Felice Schachter, Molly Ringwald, Pamela Segall, Mackenzie Astin, George Clooney. The pilot for the show was first aired as the last episode of season one of Diff'rent Strokes and was called "The Girls' School (a.k.a. Garrett's Girls).

Opening theme: The Facts of Life Theme.

The Greatest American Hero

Ran from 1981 to 1983 it starred William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca, Michael Paré and Faye Grant. The series follows Ralph's adventures after a group of aliens give him a red and black suit that grants him superhuman abilities.

Opening theme: Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not).

Wings

Ran from 1990 to 19970 it starred Tim Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard, Thomas Haden Church, David Schramm, Rebecca Schull, Tony Shalhoub, Farrah Forke, Amy Yasbeck and Brian Haley. The show is set in fictional "Tom Nevers Field" airport, a small two-airline airport in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Opening theme: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959, Rondo: Allegretto.

Laverne & Shirley

Ran from 1976 to 1983 it starred Cindy Williams, Michael McKean, David Lander, Eddie Mekka, Phil Foster and Betty Garrett. Best friends, roommates and polar opposites Laverne and Shirley work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee.

Making Our Dreams Come True Making Our Dreams Come True.

The Jeffersons

Ran from 1975 to 1985 it starred Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Marla Gibbs, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover, Paul Benedict, Mike Evans, Berlinda Tolbert, Zara Cully, Damon Evans and Jay Hammer. "We're moving on up, to the East Side, to a deee-luxe apartment in the sky ... ." The Jeffersons are a Spinoff from "All in the Family" ; they were the neighbors to the Bunkers.

Opening theme: "Movin' On Up" performed by Ja'net DuBois.

The King of Queens

Ran from 1998 to 2007 is an American television sitcom with a total of nine seasons and 207 episodes. Doug and Carrie Heffernan are a working-class couple living at "3121 Aberdeen Street" in Rego Park, Queens, New York with Carrie's Father, Arthur Spooner.

Opening theme: "Baby All My Life I Will Be Driving Home to You" (instrumental) (season 2)

Welcome Back, Kotter

Ran from 1975 to 1979 it starred

Gabe Kaplan, Marcia Strassman, John Sylvester White, Robert Hegyes, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Ron Palillo and John Travolta. Welcome Back, Kotter is about Gabe Kotter who returns to his old high school -- this time as a teacher.

Opening theme: Welcome Back.

#factsoflife #thekingofqueens #thejeffersons #welcomebackkotter #LaverneandShirley #greatestamericanhero #wings #tvshow #TVthemes #themesongs

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hotshirt2021 · 3 years

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Phil Thomas Katt Nine Lives Cassette Collection Shirt

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erarg · 7 years

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i wanna be in a world class band just so i can have phil thomas katt direct all my music videos

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seanrugg · 7 years

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Obscure Youtube Videos Part 3

This series of blog posts is an attempt to document the obscure internet videos I find and explore what makes them so fascinating to me.

Get Ready Kathy Lyon

4 Minutes 12 Seconds - Current view count = 2984

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From the acrobatic Phil Thomas Katt (and his friend Tommy Robinetti), the same man that brought us Mark Gormley comes Kathy Lyon singing Get Ready. She won a competition, and the result of winning that competition is this music video. Congratulations Kathy... If someone could explain the look at 1:01 that would be fantastic. Kathy is a Jazz singer, so I guess Phil Thomas Katt decided it would be a good idea for her to sing a weird disco dance song. Again congratulations on ‘winning’ that competition Kathy.

My collection of calculators

5 Minutes 40 Seconds - 5928 Views

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The voice in this video could belong to a male or female from the age of 8 all the way through to 80. There are quiet pauses throughout the video where the narrator stops talking and just pushes the buttons on the calculator. I’m not sure what we are suppose to get from these moments, but it’s like they are just proving that these are really calculators, I never doubted they were calculators. Maybe it’s judgemental of me but based on this users other video’s such as ‘Smashing a fan!’ where the narrator just hurls rocks at a desk fan, I have to assume they are absolutely nuts and most likely a serial killer.

Dry Your Tears Away (edition)

1 Minute 33 Seconds - 31,017 Views

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This guy should hang out with the Industrial dance guy and create the ultimate dancing in fields in black clothes video. The dance at 0:44 is incredible.

Katana slice on bob's head

1 Minute 47 Seconds - Current view count 38,567

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‘Grandmaster Dave’ runs a martial arts school and is a self proclaimed grandmaster of taekwondo. In this particular video Dave shouts some martial art sounding noises and then runs in a little circle before placing his foot on a wall and slicing an apple on a dummy's head, he then stumbles forward almost falling over, and looks at the apple, then does a double take at the dummy as though he is surprised he managed to hit the apple.

Fatal Four Way

5 Minute 47 Seconds - Current view count 72,111

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Embedding on this video has been disabled. Wise choice you nutcases. “How about we just do it the old fashioned way and make this thing a fatal four way”. There is nothing better than getting out the camera and having a four way with your friends.

#funny #bad video #youtube #stupid #funny videos #meme #lol #lmao #dankmemes #comedy #fun #cringe

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