JORGE LORENZO - FILMMAKER

Direc­tor: Ian Sun­dahl
Con­tri­bu­tion: Direc­tor of pho­to­grafy and addi­tio­nal came­ra­work
Country: USA
For­mat: 16mm
Dura­tion: 14 minu­tes
Color/black and whi­te
Sound
2007

Synop­sis:

    Late film­ma­ker Geor­ge Kuchar, genius of six­ties Ame­ri­can under­ground films makes his last appea­ran­ce on cellu­loid as the sinis­ter blacks­mith who opens Pandora’s box and intro­du­ces the main cha­rac­ter –pla­yed by direc­tor Ian Sun­dahl him­self– to the dirty world of lust, desire, and the sins of the flesh. What on screen seems to be an ero­tic fan­tasy is actually an inter­es­ting ana­logy des­cri­bing the actor-direc­tor, or bet­ter yet mas­ter-appren­ti­ce rela­tionship bet­ween the pro­ta­go­nists of this las­ci­vous and pecu­liar short­film. Guest sta­rring this con­tem­po­rary under­ground gem is legen­dary “pin-up” model from the fif­ties, Bet­tie Page.

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Exhi­bi­tion:

-“Love and Lust” pre­sen­ted by Repres­sed Cine­ma. Holly­wood Thea­ter. Portland, OR, USA (2014)
-“West Coast Con­fi­den­tial NOVA” cura­ted by Jack Ste­ven­son. Brus­sels, Bel­gium (2012)
-Pho­bos Film Archi­ve. Clin­ton Street Thea­ter. Portland, OR, USA (2012)
-“West Coast Con­fi­den­tial” cura­ted by Jack Ste­ven­son. Copenha­guen, Den­mark (2011)
-“West Coast Con­fi­den­tial” cura­ted by Jack Ste­ven­son. St. Etien­ne, Fran­ce (2011)
-“Homa­ge to Geor­ge Kuchar” cura­ted by Jor­ge Loren­zo. Cen­tro Cul­tu­ral Pla­za Fati­ma. Mon­te­rrey, NL, Mexi­co (Octu­ber 2010)
-Expe­ri­men­tal Film and Video Exhi­bi­tion. Casa Tiyahui. Sal­ti­llo, Coah., Mexi­co (Octu­ber 2009)
-“Obsex­tion” cura­ted by Jack Ste­ven­son. Encoun­ters Film Fes­ti­val. Bris­tol, UK (2009)
-2008 Inter­na­tio­nal Expe­ri­men­tal Cine­ma Expo­si­tion (TIE). Pao­nia, CO, USA (Octu­ber 2008)
-Odd­ball Film and Video. San Fran­cis­co, CA, USA (2007)