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Cine-Excess III The Third International Conference on Cult Film Traditions Curzon Soho Cinema and Odeon Covent Garden, London, 30th April - 2nd May 2009
Home Cine-Excess III News Booking Presenting at Cine-Excess III Accommodation Cine-Excess I Cine-Excess II The Cult Film Archive Cult Film and Television MA Cine-Excess Blog Cine-Excess Network Contact Us	CINE-EXCESS III: BIGGER, BOLDER EXCESS! Cine-Excess III: the Third International Conference on Global Cult Film take place between Thursday 3oth April 2009 and Saturday 2nd May 2009 and celebrates and re-evaluates some of the biggest trends, icons, auteurs and periods of global cult film production To encompass the biggest Cine-Excess International Cult Film Conference and Festival to date, this year’s event takes place at two high profile London media venues: the Odeon Covent Garden and the Curzon Soho Cinema. Both venues are located on Shaftsbury Avenue within two minutes walk of one another and the wider, vibrant entertainment hub of London’s Soho district. CINE-EXCESS III GUESTS OF HONOUR Cine-Excess III is delighted to confirm that Italy’s iconic horror legend Dario Argento (Director of Deep Red, Suspiria, Tenebrae, Opera and Sleepless) and his long-time composer Claudio Simonetti (of rock-supergroup ‘Goblin’ fame) have just been confirmed as this year’s Guests of Honour. Argento and Simonetti will receive Cine-Excess Lifetime Achievement Awards for their work on the groundbreaking supernatural thriller Suspiria (1977) at a special ceremony/on-stage panel discussion at the Odeon Covent Garden on Friday 1st May at 4pm. Suspiria will then be re-released in a Platinum Edition DVD version on the new Nouveaux Pictures-Cine-Excess label in July 2009 (see news page for further details). The Curzon has also announced a special screening of Suspiria, newly restored and looking better than ever, introduced by director Dario Argento and composer Claudi Simonetti (“Goblin”) to take place at 11.30pm on Saturday 2 May. For details contact 0871 703 3988. Cine-Excess III is also delighted to announce that Indie feminist cult director Anna Biller will be attending the event. The Los Angeles Times have defined Biller as an auteur with a ‘unique vision’ who produces works that combine startling imagery with ‘camp travesty musical’ aesthetics. Anna Biller will be presenting an exclusive screening of her acclaimed new film Viva at Cine-Excess III, as well as participating in an on-stage discussion on the topic of women in sexploitation cinema. UNDEAD AND DEAD CENTRAL: THE CINE-EXCESS III CONFERENCE Cine Excess III will be staging the three day conference Beyond Life: The Undead in Global Cult Media between 30th April -2nd may 2009. ‘Beyond Life’ examines representations, cults, fandoms and different cultural traditions surrounding zombies, vampires, mummies and other undead from a range of different approaches and disciplines as well as in different media - film, TV, games, internet and comics. Beyond Life: The Undead in Global Cult Media features two high profile keynote addresses by Associate Professor Jeffrey Sconce (author of the influential article ‘Trashing the Academy’ [1995] and Editor of Sleaze Artists: Cinema at the Margins of Taste, Style, and Politics [2007]) and Professor Chris Jenks (author of noted volumes including Transgression [2003] and Subculture: the Fragmentation of the Social [2004]). Beyond Life: The Undead in Global Cult Media also features over 40 talks, panel discussions and plenary sessions by leading critics and theorists including: Stacey Abbott, Michael Ahmed, Costas Constandinides, Ian Cooper, Emma Dyson, Darren Elliott, Robbie Edmonstone, Rachel Freedman, Basil Glynn, Kim Toft Hansen, Julia Hedstrom, Daniel Hickin, Russ Hunter, Beth Johnson, Steve Jones, Lorna Jowett, Tanya Krzywinska, Adam Locks, Daniel Martin, Mariano Paz, Alison Peirse, Steve Rawle, Dolores Tierney, Glenn Ward, Helen Warner, Milly Williamson, Andy Willis and Nicola Woodham. Beyond Life: The Undead in Global Cult Media takes place at the Odeon Covent Garden at the following times: Thursday 30th April 2009 (10am-5pm), Friday 1st May 2009 (10am-5pm) and SATURDAY 2nd May 2009 (10am-2pm). A full conference schedule for Beyond Life: The Undead in Global Cult Media is downloadable as a PDF on the Cine-Excess News Page CINE-EXCESS III SCREENINGS CINE-EXCESS SCREENING 1: VIVA (Anna Biller, 2007) Thursday 30th April 9pm. CURZON SOHO Cult, campy and carnal! Viva is the acclaimed new retro sexploitation epic created by Indie feminist director Anna Biller. Meticulously photographed and vibrantly stylised, Biller presents a contemporary homage to the classic sixties sexploitation extravaganzas made famous by directors such as Russ Meyer, Doris Wishman and Radley Metzger. Viva is the first release from the new Nouveaux Pictures-Cine-Excess DVD label and director Anna Biller will be flying into the UK to present this exclusive screening, as well as to participate in an on-stage discussion on women in sexploitation cinema. CINE-EXCESS SCREENING 2: DEADGIRL(Marcel Sarmiento/ Gadi Harel, 2008) Friday 1st May 2pm ODEON COVENT GARDEN Slacker grunge meets Gothic romance in this genuinely unnerving undead flick. When two disaffected college teens discover a dead but desirable female zombie chained to a bed in an abandoned hospital, their darkest desires spark a tragic chain reaction that engulfs the entire campus community. This exclusive Cine-Excess pre-release screening (courtesy of Metrodome Entertainment) contains scenes that some viewers may find disturbing. CINE-EXCESS SCREENING 3: THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (Lucio Fulci, 1981) Friday 1st May 9pm CURZON SOHO Undead, uncut and unashamed! One of the most notorious ‘video nasties’ of the 1980s gets its first uncut theatrical screening in over 28 years, courtesy of Cine-Excess and Arrow Films. Directed by infamous Italian splatter icon Lucio Fulci, the film transposes the theme of Romero’s urban undead into a domestic New England setting, providing a pervasive psychoanalytical theme (not to mention a monstrous villain called Dr Freudstein!) Even after 25 years, The House by the Cemetery’s visceral realization of the undead revives unsettling scenes that are not for the faint hearted. CINE-EXCESS SCREENING 4: THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (Dennis Iliadis, 2009) (Exclusive UK Theatrical Premiere) Saturday 2nd May, 12 noon The Odeon Covent Garden Masters of horror Wes Craven and Sean Cunningham revisit their landmark film that launched Craven’s directing career and influenced decades of horror films to follow: The Last House on the Left. Bringing one of the most notorious thrillers of all time to a new generation, they produce the story that explores how far two ordinary people will go to exact revenge on the sociopaths who harmed their child. The night she arrives at the remote Collingwood lakehouse, Mari (Sara Paxton) and her friend are kidnapped by a prison escapee and his crew. Terrified and left for dead, Mari’s only hope is to make it back to parents John and Emma (Tony Goldwyn and Monica Potter). Unfortunately, her attackers unknowingly seek shelter at the one place she could be safe. And when her family learns the horrifying story, they will make three strangers curse the day they came to The Last House on the Left. CINE-EXCESS SCREENING 5: ZOMBIE VIRUS ON MULBERRY STREET (Jim Mickle, 2006) Saturday 2nd May 2009. CURZON SOHO Bringing the Cine-Excess III screening line-up to a close, is an exclusive Momentum Films preview of Jim Mickle’s recent Indiewood undead shocker. When rabid rats infect the inhabitants of a condemned New York housing project, a small group of survivors must band together to defeat the monstrous threat of the undead and the monstrously undefined forces of the American military. As with Romero before him, Jim Mickle’s film perfectly combines shock scenes with searing social commentary, focusing firmly on the plight of the dispossessed and the diseased. MIDNIGHT MOVIES Curzon Midnight Movies and Cine-Excess III host an extremely special tribute screening to the icons of cult cinema: FRIDAY 1 MAY 11.30PM: A NIGHT WITH GEORGE ROMERO Unforuntately George Romero is not able to attend, but we are pleased to announce that Dario Argento and Claudio Simonetti will the ‘Dead Trilogy’, including Dawn of the Dead, a film they all worked on. Kicking-off with live music and a free zombie cocktail in the Soho bar courtesy of Taboo (whilst stocks last), be prepared for a gore-filled night into the early hours. Scheduled to play: Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead! SATURDAY 2 MAY 11.30PM: SUSPIRIA introduced by Dario Argento and Claudio Simonetti A special screening of the film, newly restored and looking better than ever, introduced by director Dario Argento and composer Claudi Simonetti (“Goblin”). Tickets now on sale!	Our Sponsors