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Wednesday May 26th,7:30pm
Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, Oakland
Admission: $5. Filmmaker in person.

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(2008; 111 min. USA.) CLICK IMAGE FOR DETAILS

 

“The Invisible Forest” is full of treasures. It is able to depict those elusive mental states which prove so hard to remember or describe when we awaken from dreams. This film incites and dares the viewer to let go of concepts and accept the risky adventure of following the free, unimpeded energies of the body and mind." - from the REVIEW by David Finkelstein, filmthreat.com (4-stars)

"The onscreen presence of Alli makes this film particularly special...his ALEX is enigmatic, sardonic, arrogant, insightful, joyful—an unpretentious but still portentous portrait of the sort of irascible, multidimensional artist who is not content to make myths but to provoke the nameless forces behind myth, and to bid them intrude." -- from the REVIEW by Erik Davis, author, "TechGnosis"

"Forests embody threshold spaces where we encounter the spirits of nature as well as ghosts of the psychic, para-spiritual world. It is here in the forest that Alli’s dreamstory begins and winds itself through a rich tapestry of labyrinthine dreams within dreams that eventually carry us through to the shattering and regenerative conclusion of Alli’s cinematic opus." - from the REVIEW by Cedrus Monte, Jungian Analyst, Zurich Switzerland.

THE TRAILER

 

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about the filmmaker

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Antero Alli (b. 11/11/1952) is a Finnish born, West Coast-based underground filmmaker whose deep background in paratheatre infuses his films with their idiosyncratic theatricality. His features screen during rare, limited runs in west coast arthouses and have garnered critical praise from the prestigious filmthreat.com. Alli is also the founder/director of ParaTheatrical ReSearch (since 1977), an ongoing exploration of group ritual dynamics that often inform and inspire his films. (click the photo for Alli's I.M.Db. profile)

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