A wonderful review rant by V. Vale about DIY movies and “Die Gstettensaga”.
Leaving beautiful black humor behind is perhaps the most lasting form of
immortality (think Buster Keaton, Luis Bunuel, Nelly Kaplan (“A Very
Curious Girl”), and films like Mad Max 2, La Jetee, the Seven Voyages of
Sinbad, certain Twilight Zone episodes, etc. AT LEAST YOU DID
SOMETHING…
Okay, this rant was inspired by a couple viewings of the monochrom feature film “Die Gstettensaga,”
written by Johannes Grenzfurthner and Roland Gratzer; directed and
location-scouted by J. Grenzfurthner, and all-in-all produced and made
possible by a great alliance of monochrom friends and supporters. We
were struck by the beautiful imagery and sound, mythological plot
dimensions, memorable moments, and lots of IDEAS which will appeal to
all who sense an impending global financial-political-social “apocalypse”—the likes of which we have not yet seen. No wonder the
favorite genre of “young people” appears to be dystopian/zombie/vampire
films… HUMOR is the best response to the prevailing emotional climate of
uncertainty and insecurity. So, Let Humor Show Us The Way…