THE DVD CATALOG
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DVDS ARE $25. EACH (INC. SHIPPING) ON PAYPAL. FOR PURCHASES
WITHOUT
A CREDIT CARD,
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"THE INVISIBLE FOREST"
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(2008; 111 min.) a psychological drama. A theatre director
pursues the radical ideas of French
Surrealist Antonin Artaud
through
hypnotic regression and the internal landscape
of his
dreams and memories.
(color HDV & Super 8 film, B/W mini-dv).
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THIS FILM REVIEWED
"THE MIND IS A LIAR AND A WHORE"
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(2007; 92 min.) a dark comedy. An Astrologer, a Closet
Satanist,
an Inuit Opera Singer and a WebCast Diva are
forced indoors
during an alleged bioterrorist attack in their
city,
resulting
in havoc and hilarity.
(color HDV and mini-dv).
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THIS FILM REVIEWED:
"THE GREATER CIRCULATION"
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(2005; 93 min.) a poetic docufiction. A cinematic
treatment of poet Rainer
Maria Rilke's epic lament,
"Requiem for a Friend",
and the actors
who staged
this prose as avante garde theatre 100 years later.
(color HDV, b/w Super 8 film).
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THIS FILM REVIEWED
"UNDER A SHIPWRECKED MOON"
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(2003; 96 min.) a supernatural family drama.
As a Finnish patriarch returns to the family fold he
suddenly
collapses into a coma and dreams of his first love,
who
passed
away fifty years ago,
beckoning
him
towards
the
great beyond.
Meanwhile, his family visits him at his hospital bedside sharing
previously unspoken stories, secrets and demands.
(Color Super 8 film, B/W & color mini-dv).
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THIS FILM REVIEWED
"HYSTERIA"
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(2002; 83 min.) a suspense thriller. A Croatian Catholic
soldier
is haunted by dreams and visions of the Virgin Mary after mistakenly
drinking
datura flower tea in this cautionary tale exposing the link
between
violence and
religious fundamentallsm.
Made during the
months
following the 9/11
attacks (color & B/W; DV).
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THIS FILM REVIEWED
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"TRAGOS"
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(2000; 105 min.) a cyber-noir drama. An modern urban tribe
of
technopagans practice their ecstatic rites using Virtual Reality
technology until one of them abuses the device as a suicide machine,
igniting the obsessions of a
fundamentalist Christian attourney who
accuses them of being a "satanic suicide cult."
(B/W & color mini-dv).
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THIS FILM REVIEWED
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"THE DRIVETIME"
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(1995; 88 min.) a cyber-fi experimental narrative. A federal librarian
from
the
year 2023 returns to Seattle circa 1999 via flawed time travel
technology
to obtain politically sensitive
video footage of
police riots.
Note: This film was made four years prior to the 1999 Seattle WTO riots.
(Color & B/W BetaSP, super 8 film, dv)
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THIS FILM REVIEWED
"LOADED VISIONS: VideoPoems"
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(1991-2001; 74 min.) a series of experimental shorts using poetic text as
oblique nonlinear narratives for invoking spirits and images in the poem itself
(color & B/W DigitalVideo and super-8 film)
NO TRAILER AT THIS TIME.
Featuring
THE BOOK OF QUESTIONS (1993; 6:00), text by Pablo Neruda
COLD FORCE (1994; 4:00), text by Antero Alli
WITCH BURNING
(1998; 4:00), text by Sylvi Plath
A.A. ANTI-PHILOSOPHER (1999; 4:00), text by Tristan Tzara
MOUVEMENT (2001; 4:00) and
FAIRY (2001; 4:00), text by Arthur Rimbaud
D.U.I. (1991; 8:00) and THE WORD, WEIRD (1993; 6:30), text by Antero Alli
SOME
PASS THIS WAY (1994; 8:00), text by Sean Blosl
and LILY IN LIMBO (1996-2001; 27:00), text by Hilda Doolittle (HD)
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"LOADED VISIONS" REVIEWED
PARATHEATRE VIDEO DOCUMENTS ON DVD
"Orphans of Delirium", "Crux", "Archaic Community"
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Camille Hildebrandt in "Archaic Community" (1991)
Since 1977 I have been developing a paratheatre
medium inspired by the earlier work of Jerzy Grotowski yet
defined more concretely by my own extensive background in
theatre, dance and Zazen meditation. Since 1991, I have produced three video documents
featuring different aspects and attributes of this group ritual work that are now available on dvd (click image above for product and purchasing details). For more information on this work, please refer to Paratheatre FAQ and my book, "Towards an Archeology of the Soul" (Vertical Pool, 2003). -- ANTERO ALLI
DVD PURCHASES, RENTALS & DETAILS
DVD PURCHASES
All DVDs are $25. each (includes shipping).
PAYPAL is available for all DVDs on this page.
If you do not wish to pay by credit card, send bank
check or money order payable to:
Antero Alli,
PO BOX 7518, Berkeley CA USA 94707.
PAYMENT IN U.S. FUNDS ONLY.
DVD RENTALS
Some of these DVDs can be rented at: Elephant Pharmacy,
1607 Shattuck (at Cedar) in Berkeley CA. Call 510-549-9200
for current dvd availability (rentals are $1. per day)
re: THE DVD ITSELF
These dvds are copies from our own original masters; the dvd package you receive is also not shrink-wrapped. The actual disc is recorded in "dvd-r" format, rather than the pro-dvd format (such as can be rented and purchased at outlets like Blockbusters and NetFlix). The dvd-r format will play on most computers and most dvd players but not all of them. If our dvd does not play on your player, we will refund your payment in full upon receipt of the returned dvd. We are a very small, artist-run company that duplicates very small runs of our films. When we are ready to duplicate 100+ runs of each title, we will switch over to shrink-wrapped, labeled and pro-dvd format.
re: public broadcasts and screenings
These films are released for private home-viewing only.
Any and all public
screenings or broadcasts on any public
media
without written
consent
from
the producers is strictly
prohibited by law. If you wish to screen or broadcast
my work,
I would be happy to negotiate mutually agreeable
terms and
even possibly make a personal appearance to help
promote
your event. For
further details regarding booking
these
films
for Public Event Production, click this. - Antero Alli
All films listed on this web page © 1991-2008
Antero Alli and Vertical Pool Productions
All rights reserved.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
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"Alli's films are not for the easily distracted. They are challenging and
sometimes cryptic in their dissection of human emotions and societal
interactions. Repeated viewings, however, reveal layers of wisdom
and wit that may not have been obvious in the initial screening."
Phil Hall -- Encyclopedia of Underground Movies
Antero Alli (b. 11/11/1952) is a Finnish born, Berkeley-based underground filmmaker
whose works have exhibited at Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley), Portland Art Museum,
UC Irvine Film Dept., Red Vic Movie House (S.F.), Mills College Concert Hall (Oakland), Northwest Film Forum (Seattle), Hollywood Theatre (Portland) and other west coast arthouses. His soundtrack-driven movies often combine Super-8 film, innovative CGI and various video formats to explore mystical themes that defy easy categorization. Antero is also the founder/director of ParaTheatrical ReSearch and an author of numerous books. He resides with his wife, the composer and singer Sylvi Alli, in Berkeley CA.
VISION STATEMENT and FILMOGRAPHY
List of titles (since 1991), film clips, stills, reviews
ANTERO ALLI at IMDb
Internet Movie Database
CONTACT INFO
antero (at) paratheatrical (dot) com or click this
voicemail: (510) 464-4640
MP3
"Liminal" from 'TRAGOS"
music by Sylvi Alli ("Dream of the Blue Moth")
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