1999 New York Underground Film Festival
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These are the films shown at the 6th New York Underground Film Festival
, held from March 10–14, 1999
New York Underground Film Festival
Founded in 1994 by filmmakers Todd Phillips and Andrew Gurland, the New York Underground Film Festival was an annual event that occurred each March at Anthology Film Archives in New York City from 1994 through 2008...
, held from March 10–14, 1999
| Film Name | Director | Type | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Beers in 10 Minutes | Jesse Sugarman & Mike Long | Experimental Video | 12:00 | |
| A Domestic Hole | Gritt Uldall-Jessen | Short Video | 7:00 | |
| Alex the Clown Goes To Hell | Keith Schofield | Animation Video | 2:00 | |
| Balls Out! | Tara Spartz | Short 16mm | 7:15 | |
| Bang Bang | Jeff Scher | Experimental 16mm | 6:00 | |
| Beauty Knows No Pain | Dana Discordia | Documentary Video | 23:00 | |
| Birth of a Nation 1965 | Alfred Leslie | Experimental 8mm/35mm on video | 24:00 | |
| Bite My Boohonkus | Xan Price | Short 16mm | 16:00 | |
| Bovine Vendetta | Bob Judd | Experimental Video | 2:30 | |
| Brainspotting | Colm Wood | Short 16mm | 12:12 | |
| Brothers | Paul Suderman | Short 16mm | 14:00 | |
| Bury Me in Kern County | Julien Nitzberg | Feature 16mm | 90:00 | New York Premiere |
| Chi Girl Chi Girl Chi Girl is a 1999 award-winning film produced, directed, written by, and starring Heidi Van Lier. The film is in a mockumentary style in black-and-white film.... |
Heidi Van Lier | Feature 35mm | 88:00 | New York Premiere |
| Cloven Hoofed | Dietmar Post | Short 16mm | 12:00 | |
| Crack | Jon Moritsugu Jon Moritsugu Jon Moritsugu is an American underground filmmaker.Jon Moritsugu started filmmaking in 1985 when he went to school at Brown University. His Thesis film "Der Elvis" was called by critic J... |
Short 16mm | 0:45 | |
| Crawley | Ben Edlund Ben Edlund Ben Edlund is a comic book artist and writer and television screenwriter. Prior to his involvement in TV, he was best known as the creator of the satirical superhero character The Tick. He is currently an executive producer and staff writer for The CW series Supernatural.-Background:Edlund was... & Lisa Hammer Lisa Hammer Lisa Hammer is a filmmaker, actress, composer and singer and is the sister of director James Merendino... |
Short Super-8 on video | 7:00 | |
| Crudbucket | Mike Gaut | Documentary Video | 66:00 | New York Premiere |
| Culture | Ari Gold Ari Gold (filmmaker) Ari Gold is an American filmmaker, actor and musician. His short film Helicopter, about the aftermath of his mother's death, won him a Student Oscar. His feature debut Adventures of Power premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and made its European debut at the 2008 Karlovy Vary International... |
Short 35mm | 1:00 | |
| Destroy All Mobsters | Duncan Reekie | Experimental Super-8 on video | 10:00 | |
| Devil Tour '94 | John Geary | Documentary Video | 3:00 | |
| Do You Think I'm Creepy? | Jana Ritter | Short 16mm | 9:00 | |
| Do You Think I'm Creepy? | Jana Ritter | Short 16mm | 9:00 | |
| Dresden | Ben Speth | Feature 16mm | 82:00 | New York Premiere |
| Eat In | Mark Locke | Short 16mm | 9:30 | |
| Evil of Dracula | Martha Colburn | Animation Super-8 on 16mm | 2:00 | |
| Farewell to the Deuce (excerpts from work in progress) | June Lang | Video | 6:00 | |
| Fife Vanderplough, the Wild Naked Boy of the Lemondrop Forest | Glenn Ficarra | Short 16mm | 8:40 | |
| Films by Jeff Keen | Jeff Keen | Experimental Super-8 on video | 5:00 | |
| Fin | Gabriela Marti | Short 16mm | 9:00 | |
| Fishing for Brad | Nicole Koschmann | Experimental 35mm | 6:15 | |
| Footage of 42nd Street | June Lang & Jeffrey Arsenault | Super 8 on video | 4:00 | |
| Fun For Men! | Arn McConnel | Animation Video | 13:00 | |
| Gladys Nolen's House | Arthur Bradford | Documentary Video | 28:00 | |
| Goldfarb | Jeremy Saulnier | Short 16mm | 15:00 | |
| Gradually Going Gonzo | Jim Heneghan | Short 16mm/Video | 4:00 | |
| Graham Cracker Cream Pie | Huck Botko | Documentary Video | 10:00 | |
| Herd | Mike Mitchell | Short 16mm | 17:00 | |
| How's Your News? How's Your News? How's Your News? is an American television series and also a feature film. It aired Sundays on MTV in the United States, and the feature film based on the same concept was released in 2003. It stars a group of reporters with developmental disabilities who interview celebrities and politicians... |
Arthur Bradford | Documentary Super-8 / Video | 28:00 | |
| Human Error In The Mechanical Age | Paul Tarragó | Short Super-8 | 11:00 | |
| I Created Lancelot Link | Jeff Krulik Jeff Krulik Jeff Krulik is a director of independent films and a former Discovery Channel producer.Krulik's work frequently explores the fringes of popular culture from an enthusiastic and appreciative point of view.... & Diane Bernard |
Documentary Video | 12:00 | |
| Jaunt | Joey Kötting | Documentary 16mm on video | 6:00 | |
| Johnny Bagpipes | Todd Korgan | Short 16mm on video | 12:12 | |
| Junk | Roddy Bogawa | Feature 16mm | 85:00 | World Premiere |
| Kitty Porn | Angela Christlieb | Experimental 16mm | 3:00 | |
| Lady Rescue | Colette Rouhier | Short Video | 4:00 | |
| Lez B. Friends: A Biker Bitch Hate Story | Steak House & Aunti Lou | Experimental Video | 20:00 | |
| Life History of A Star | Jennifer Gentile | Short 16mm | 13:30 | |
| Lift-Off | Martha Colburn | Animation Super-8 on 16mm | 3:00 | |
| Liquids | Jimmy Mazzullo | Experimental 16mm/Video | 17:00 | |
| Looking for Mr. Cole Part One | Jennet Thomas | Experimental Video with performance | 8:30 | |
| Made In New York | Yongman Kim | Short 35mm | 15:00 | |
| Millennium Bug | Lee Lanier | Animation 35mm | 1:24 | |
| Mutantis | Enzo Mazzula | Experimental Super-8 /Video | 13:00 | |
| My Brother Cicero My Brother Cicero My Brother Cicero is a 1998 comedy short film written by Louis Mandylor and Tony Nittoli starring Louis Mandylor, Costas Mandylor and Tony Nittoli... |
Tony Nittoli | Short 16mm on video | 28:00 | |
| My Sister Story | Jessica Jennings | Documentary Video | 21:07 | |
| Nocturnu | Dennison Ramalho | Short 16mm | 10:40 | |
| Outlet | Robert Banks, Jr. | Experimental 35mm | 3:30 | |
| Pervert in our Pool | Martha Colburn | Animation Super-8 on 16mm | 3:00 | |
| Phi-Brite | Jeff Koone | Animation 16mm | 2:30 | |
| Pig | Nico B & Rozz Williams Rozz Williams Rozz Williams was an American vocalist and musician of several varieties, most famous for fronting the band Christian Death, then later Shadow Project with musician Eva O, though his main project throughout his career was the industrial, Premature Ejaculation... |
Experimental 16mm | 23:00 | |
| Pop | Thomas Zagrosek | Experimental Video | 2:30 | |
| Pranks! | Jesse Brown & Morgwn Rimel | Documentary Video | 13:00 | |
| Puberty: Benji's Special Time | Luke Fannin | Short 16mm | 16:30 | |
| Puke | Matthew Harrison | Short Super-8 | 4:00 | |
| Racecar | Adam Schecter & Jesse Brown | Animation Video | 1:00 | |
| Radiation | Suki Hawley & Michael Galinsky | Feature 16mm | 85:00 | New York Premiere |
| Random Acts of Intimacy | Clio Barnard | Documentary 16mm | 15:00 | |
| Rape of the Arthuropods | Arthur Lager | Short Super-8 on video | 3:00 | |
| Red, White and Yellow | Mark Littman & Marshall Dostal | Documentary 16mm | 80:00 | |
| Release | Brant Sersen | Documentary Video | 65:00 | World Premiere |
| Revelation | S.M.X. | Experimental Super-8/Video | 1:26 | |
| Roadhead | Bob Sabiston Bob Sabiston Bob Sabiston is an American film art director, computer programmer, and creator of the Rotoshop software program for computer animation. Sabiston began developing software as a graduate researcher in the MIT Media Lab from 1986 to 1991... |
Documentary 35mm | 14:00 | |
| Sadisinfectenz | Giulia Frati | Experimental 16mm | 1:58 | |
| She-Beast: Greatest Hits from her Films | Julie Cavello | Short 16mm | 8:00 | |
| Shine on Sweet Starlet (EXCERPTS) | John Michael McCarthy | Documentary Super-8 on video | 6:00 | |
| Sin City Stopless | Richard Less & Johnny LaTrene | Documentary Video | 2:00 | |
| Sleep | Peter Calvin | Feature 16mm | 103:00 | World Premiere |
| Sodom and Gomorrha | Rudy Burckhardt | 16mm | 5:00 | |
| Split | Erik Deutschman | Experimental 16mm | 12:00 | |
| Square Times | Rudy Burckhardt | 16mm | 5:00 | |
| Strange Parallel Strange Parallel Strange Parallel is a documentary/short film revolving around the American singer/songwriter Elliott Smith. The film features interviews with Elliott himself as well as fans, friends and other acquaintances of his... |
Steve Hanft Steve Hanft Steven P. Hanft , more commonly known as Steve Hanft, is an American independent film director.-Early life:Hanft was born in Ventura, California. He started making films at the age of 11 growing up in California. His first works consisted of surf films and nature films followed later by... |
Documentary 16mm | 28:30 | |
| Synergy | Valerian Bennett | Documentary 16mm | 60:00 | New York Premiere |
| Tattu | Terry Roethlein | Experimental Super-8 | 14:42 | |
| The Acid House The Acid House The Acid House is a 1994 book by Irvine Welsh, later made into a film. It is a collection of short stories, with each story featuring a new set of characters and scenarios.-Stories:... |
Paul McGuigan Paul McGuigan (filmmaker) Paul McGuigan is a film director, best known for directing films such as Lucky Number Slevin and Push. He has also directed episodes of Sherlock and Monroe.-Filmography:-Awards:... |
Feature 35mm | 106:00 | US Premiere |
| The Acid King | Brian Tane | Documentary Video | 5:20 | |
| The Atrocity Exhibition | Jonathan Weiss | Feature 35mm/Video | 105:00 | New York Premiere |
| The Bats | Jim Trainor | Animation 16mm | 8:00 | |
| The Dance of Death | Lisa Hammer (aka Blessed Elysium) | Short Video | 3:00 | |
| The Dolls House | Scott Flockhart | Short 16mm on video | 7:00 | |
| The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography | William E. Jones | Experimental Video | 20:00 | |
| The Gods of Times Square | Richard Sandler | Documentary Video | 103:00 | New York Premiere |
| The Great Coagulator! | Geoffrey Chadwick | Short 16mm | 8:00 | |
| The Kinsey 3 | Angela Robinson Angela Robinson Angela Robinson is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer.-Early life:Robinson was born in San Francisco, California and later grew up in Los Angeles. Robinson completed a B.A... |
Short 16mm | 12:00 | |
| The Last Clean Shirt | Alfred Leslie | Experimental 35mm | 39:00 | |
| The Magician | Tommy Turner | Experimental Super-8 | 10:00 | |
| The Psychotic Odyssey of Richard Chase | Carey Burtt | Short 16mm | 6:00 | |
| The Tony Montana School of Business | Langdon Doty | Short Video | 8:23 | |
| The Trip Back—Strangers With Candy: The Lost Episode | Adam Bernstein Adam Bernstein Adam Bernstein is an American film, music video and television director and screenwriter. He was born in Princeton, New Jersey... |
Short 16mm | 22:00 | |
| The Trouble With Perpetual Deja-Vu | Todd Verow Todd Verow Todd Verow is an American film director who now resides in New York City, New York. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the AFI Conservatory. Together with his creative partner, James Derek Dwyer, he formed Bangor Films in 1995. He was also the cinematographer for Jon Moritsugu's... |
Feature Video | 80:00 | World Premiere |
| Three Days | Carter Smith & Kevin Ford | Documentary 35mm/16mm/Super-8/Video | 94:00 | New York Premiere |
| Tiny Sun-Bathers | Olivier Boulanger & Martin Koscielniak | Animation 35mm | 2:05 | |
| True Gore | Monte Cazazza Monte Cazazza Monte Cazazza is an American artist and composer best known for his seminal role in helping shape the early landscape of industrial music through recordings with the London-based Industrial Records in the mid-1970s.-Career:... & Matthew Causey Matthew Causey Matthew Causey is an American actor best known for his role as Pondo Sinatra in the movie The Party Animal. Causey had a cameo in My Chauffeur.... |
Documentary Video | 75:00 | |
| TV Ministry | Mark Hejnar | Documentary Video | 11:00 | |
| Un Ga Nai - Bad Luck | Christophe Draeger & Martin Frei | Documentary Super-8/Video | 40:00 | |
| Under Chad Valley | Jeffrey Erbach | Experimental 35mm | 8:00 | |
| Wake | Albert Meycir | Animation 16mm | 3:15 | |
| Welcome | James Brett | Experimental 35mm | 10:00 | |
| What's Convenient? | Jane Gang | Experimental Super-8 | 3:00 | |
| What's On? | Martha Colburn | Animation Super-8 on 16mm | 1:45 | |
| Wheels of Fury | Dan Dinello, Paul Dinello Paul Dinello Paul Dinello is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and an alumnus of Chicago-based The Second City, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre... & Mitch Rouse Mitch Rouse Edward Mitchell "Mitch" Rouse is an American film and television actor, director and screenwriter.Rouse was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he played football at Oak Ridge High School. He attended the University of Tennessee before developing an interest in... |
Short 16mm | 14:00 | |
| Xavier | Todd Lincoln | Short 16mm on video | 6:00 | |