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clicking
the --> viewing link
in
each
movie
section below and watched on Smart TVs, computers,
and iPads (not phones!).
For the best picture quality and sound,
I recommend purchasing a DVD ---> here.
DVD rentals
of
most
of
these
films are available
in Portland OR
at Movie Madness.
~ ALL IMAGES BELOW LINK TO PRODUCTION DETAILS ~
"BLUE FIRE" (2023; 90 min)
My final film...
"BLUE FIRE" (2023; 90 min. Color) A Cyber-Fi Fever Dream. An elite A.I.coder is on
a
collision
course between
the
algorithms of the VR worlds he's
creating
and
the
archetypal
dimensions
of
the
greater Collective
Unconscious. BLUE FIRE
spins the controversial
A.I. phenomena beyond the
consensus narrative of destroying the
world VS. saving the
world and towards a radical vision of the future.
Soundtrack by Sylvi Alli,
Choronzon
and others. Cinematography,
editing, screenplay,
and
directed by Antero Alli.
Click images for production details.
It is to Alli’s credit how well he wove the avant-garde visions into a coherent storyline,
strengthening both. The final images are especially spellbinding and tint your entire
perspective of what you just watched. Blue Fire is another worthy installment in the
oeuvre of Alli’s cinematic mind expansion. - Michael Talbot-Hayes for filmthreat.com
---> Viewing link
DVD Purchases ...DVD Rentals (Portland Only)
"THE CELEBRANTS" (2023; 32 min)
"THE CELEBRANTS" (2023; 32 min. Color and B/W) A Paratheatrical Experiment.
Made without a script,
this video
experiment
follows three performing artists - a dancer
(Douglas Allen),
singer (Sylvi Alli),
guitarist (Antero Alli) - who meet
and discuss
how
each
one approaches a
creative
state
before
testing
their
notions
in
a
spontaneous
performance. Developed as
a
collaboration
based on a story idea by Antero.
Videography, editing, and staging by Antero. Click images for production details.
The Celebrants manages to perfectly balance it’s three centers of interest: Theory, Practice,
and Life. The improvisation itself is such a compelling act of spontaneous creation, full of
hauntingly beautiful moments and miraculous interconnections, that I had to both respect
and celebrate the combination of artistic skill and self-knowledge that allows these three
individuals to find such depth of expression and to bring it spectacularly to life. It’s a vision
of a fully integrated mode of being which is not simply a cause for celebration, it is celebration.
- David Finkelstein, Lake Ivan Film Journal
---> Viewing Link <---
(DVD not available).
"TRACER" (2022)
"TRACER" (2022; 93 min. Black&White) A Psi-Fi Noir. With recent advances in Russia’s
remote viewing experiments, coupled with
the measured use of their new designer drug C-9,
operatives now locate their
targets by entering their dreams. Tracers, the highly trained
mercenaries of the
Russian mafia, are also using this psychic technology to their own ends.
A former gunrunner's past catches up to him when his nocturnal
dreams begin
taking on
new meaning in his daily life
when a tracer starts tracking his whereabouts. TRACER is a cat
and mouse yarn unraveling through a maze of underworld drug
culture, quantum nonlocality,
and a fractured family trying to pick up the pieces. Soundtrack by Sylvi Alli & others.
Cinematography, editing, screenplay, and direction by Antero. Click images for details.
Written, directed, cut, and shot by indie auteur Antero Alli, the eyebrow-launching
feature Tracer is proof of the existence of secret cinematic kicks you didn’t know
were to be had. By marrying experimental film elements to a genre storyline,
the
filmmaker indulges in some boundary-breaking while the story’s pace remains
intact.
I became engaged early on and remained so throughout. A very muscular
story
structure provides an excellent jungle gym for the acidhead escapades.
- Michael Talbot-Hayes for filmthreat.com
---> Viewing link.
"THE ALCHEMY OF SULPHUR" (2021; 107 min. B&W and color) On Reinventing the Romantic.
Hope is writing a short story for ArtLit magazine. When her boyfriend relationship unravels,
she attempts to escape heartbreak by writing herself
into
the story
as
a fictional character
who
falls in love with Phineas, the
story's
central character. As her story develops, her romantic
literary projections begin to unexpectedly trigger a series of real world repercussions catalyzing
a spiritual awakening. THE ALCHEMY OF SULPHUR explores the creative writing process as an
insurrection of the Poetic Imagination.
Soundtrack by Sylvi Alli & others. Cinematography, editing,
screenplay, and direction by Antero. Click images for production details.
Overall, the pace is measured and contemplative, but expertly crafted
so that,
once you get pulled into its slower pace, every moment counts,
and the pauses
and silences are full of expressive nuance. In The Alchemy
of Sulphur, we have
the master’s voice at the top of his game, allowing
the language, story, images
and sounds to distill out of the ether and
arrive in our consciousness in crystalline,
perfect form, a true act
of cinematic alchemy. - David Finkelstein Lake Ivan Film Journal
"THE VANISHING FIELD" (2020)
"THE VANISHING FIELD" (2020; 72 min. B&W and color) A Monastic Drama. Disenchanted
with the corruption of society, Jakob X joins a monastery
in the hopes of escaping the world.
One day
he starts using meditation
to "hack the bardo" with this idea of reincarnating into a
better life.
However, the astral world he discovers soon shakes the
very ground of his being
and pushes
him into a dangerous abyss from which there may be no return. Filmed mostly
at the Great Vow Zen monastery in Oregon, THE VANISHING FIELD was chiefly improvised
on site with the monks playing themselves. Soundtrack by Sylvi Alli & others. Story by Antero.
Cinematography, editing, and direction by Antero. Click either image for production details.
"Alli has the sense and the courage to engage directly with
the reality
of life
in a monastery. It is his exceptional accomplishment to make
this adventure
riveting and suspenseful without relying on a convoluted
plot. “The Vanishing
Field” is a poetic investigation of very real
experience, not a science fiction
fantasy. It is also a gem of a
motion picture and an astonishingly original
masterpiece."
- Charles Kruger for Flickstorm, San Francisco
DVD not available
"OUT OF THE WOODS" (2015/final cut in 2021; 87 min.) A Drama of Magical Realism.
A former professional Mentalist is interviewed by a documentary filmmaker about how he
came upon his mind-reading talents after a fatal fall in the forest and how he mysteriously
came back to life but with amnesia. Wandering the dark woods, he hears disembodied voices
until discovering they are actually the thoughts of those he encounters along the way. OUT OF
THE WOODS follows one man’s journey down the rabbit hole of haunted dreams, weird luck,
and worldly ambitions to discover his true nature and...his one true love. Soundtrack by Sylvi
Alli & others. Edited with Chris Odell. Cinematography, screenplay, and direction by Antero.
Click images for production details.
Out of the Woods carries the virtues of Alli’s canon: handsome
cinematography, a screenplay that is not afraid to take the viewer
into
difficult intellectual terrain (how often do you see an anthropomorphic
tree spirit in a contemporary film?) and devious flashes of dry humor,
particularly when Charlie is positioned into using his mentalist powers
for audiences. And Sylvi Alli, the filmmaker’s real-life and reel-life
collaborator, is here as the elusive forest entity and as one of the
creative
forces on the haunting soundtrack.
- Phil Hall, NYC
THE TRAILER
DVD available here
"THE BOOK OF JANE" (2013; 117 min. color) An Urban Feminist Fable. Alice, a Professor
of Comparative Religion, is writing a book on pre-Hellenic goddess mythologies. One day she
meets Jane, an enigmatic homeless older woman who roams the university campus, sleeps
under a bridge, and rattles Alice with her disturbing insights. THE BOOK OF JANE is a fable of
three fiercely feminist women attempting to embody the values of an ancient culture but at a
cost none of them expected. Soundtrack by Sylvi Alli & others. Edited with Chris Odell.
Cinematography, screenplay, and direction by Antero. Click images for production details.
"The central performances by Luna Olcott and Marianne Shine
are astonishing. The women brilliantly absorb the idiosyncratic
failings and triumphs of their respective characters, resulting in
a pair of in-depth creations resonating with a myriad of emotions.
The concepts raised in “The Book of Jane” are profound
and
often
complex, this film is also
one
of
Alli’s
crowning achievements."
- Phil Hall for filmthreat.com (5 stars)
EXCERPT #1
EXCERPT #2
DVD available here
"FLAMINGOS" (2012 color; 90 min). An Outlaw Romance Noir. Twin sisters Beatrice and
Zoe are in love with Ray, a bank robbing junkie obsessed with apocalyptic visions. Though
Beatrice and Ray are married, after a bank heist Ray absconds with free spirited Zoe to the
Flamingo motel where they plot their future together. Meanwhile, two mysterious entities
observe their hijinx from behind the veils of appearance. FLAMINGOS is a heady cocktail
chaser of amour fou, metaphysical mayhem and karmic retribution. Soundtrack by Sylvi Alli
& others. Edited with Chris Odell. Cinematography, screenplay, and direction by Antero.
Click images for production details.
FLAMINGOS is thoroughly remarkable in the way it packs
dense,
engaging layers
of honest emotional and spiritual
musings in an
extremely constricting framework.
Sometimes
the most intense
spiritual
journeys happen when one has
nowhere to go."
Mike Everleth, Underground Film Journal, Los Angeles
"TO DREAM OF FALLING UPWARDS" (2011/final cut 2021; 2 hours; color) A Zany Occult Thriller.
The elder Magus of the Thelemic Temple of Horus is on his deathbed when his biological son
fraudulently inherits The Temple. Jack Mason - a promising young sex magickian and rightful heir
to the Temple - plots revenge against the son. He soon enters a dizzying maze of underworld
encounters with professional psychopaths, desert brujas, and a twist of fate he never saw coming.
Or did he? Meanwhile, Jack assigns his two hot-headed apprentices the ego-corrosive ritual of
going
into business as clowns. TO DREAM OF FALLING UPWARDS is a harrowing, hilarious collision
between
the contrary occult worlds of urban and rural sorcery. Based on a true story. Soundtrack
by Sylvi Alli
& others. Edited with Chris Odell. Cinematography, screenplay, and direction by Antero.
Click above images for production details.
"The complex, expertly constructed story involves a struggle
for succession,
a murder,
and a demonic possession. The twists
of the story kept me
glued
to the screen through
several viewings.
Absolutely riveting, the cinematography
is gorgeous,
the film's
great
depth and power will keep you thinking for a very
long time."
- David Finkelstein for filmthreat.com (4 stars out of 5), NYC, NY
THE OPENING SCENE (3 min.)
Nudity, sexual situations, drug use.
DVD available here
"THE INVISIBLE FOREST" (2008; 111 min.; color) A Paratheatrical Docufiction. Alex, an
experimental theatre director (Antero Alli), brings his troupe into a forest to explore his vision
of French Surrealist Antonin Artaud's magic theatre of ghosts, gods, and demons. In the woods,
Alex is haunted by disturbing dreams of Artaud as a caustic feral fashionista. With his sanity
pushed to its limits, Alex visits a psychotherapist who suggests hypnotic regression to remedy his
vexing problem. THE INVISIBLE FOREST follows Alex's journey through his Subconscious mind in
this chiefly improvised film inspired by Alli's deep history directing paratheatrical events. Edited
with Chris Odell and directed by Antero. Additional text by William Shakespeare and Antonin Artaud.
Soundtrack by Sylvi Alli & others. Click images for production details.
"The 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.
Since, in real life, Alli is engaged
in paratheatrical
research,
the film’s
fictional story is constructed
out of documentary
elements."
- David Finkelstein, filmthreat.com (4 stars), NYC NY
"THE MIND IS A LIAR AND A WHORE" (2007; 91 min. color) An Anxious X-mas Comedy.
A quirky Berkeley household - a heartbroken Astrologer, a closet Satanist, an Inuit opera singer,
a Gulf War vet, and a WebCast diva - are forced to remain indoors during an alleged bioterrorist
attack. Havoc and hilarity prevail as they all grasp for conclusions about what they think is happening
during their escalating uncertainty. THE MIND IS A LIAR AND A WHORE is a prescient tale mirroring
the anxiety of the current era of fear-based politics and government-imposed social restrictions.
Soundtrack by Sylvi Alli & others. Edited with Chris Odell. Written & directed by Antero.
Click images for production details.
"Smart dialogue, compassionate and perceptive character writing,
a heightened
sense of both the comic and dramatic potential of the
situation,
and
powerful
performances all come together in a film
where
comedy
and drama serve as
a means to explore the roots
of what it
means
to
be human, and live in a
dangerous and highly
unpredictable world."
David Finkelstein, filmthreat.com (4 stars) NYC
"THE GREATER CIRCULATION" (2005; 93 min. color and B&W) A Poetic Docufiction.
Over three fever-dream nights in the Hotel Biron, Paris 1908, poet Rainer Maria Rilke
encounters
the ghost of his friend, artist Paula Modersohn-Becker, who died shortly after
birthing her first child.
In response to his loss, Rilke transforms his grief into an epic prose work,
"Requiem for a Friend",
about a woman at the crossroads between Art and Motherhood. Meanwhile a hundred years later,
three women and their director prepare to stage Rilke's
"Requiem" as a performance ritual with
reverberations echoing between tje two centuries. Soundtrack by Sylvi Alli & others. Edited with
Chris Odell. "Requiem for a Friend"
in its entirety by Rainer Maria Rilke (Stephen Mitchell, trans.).
Screenplay & direction by Antero. Click images for production details.
"…a deep, provocative and often disturbing drama which
poses
questions
of love, art,
mortality and grief with the grace
and
majesty of Rilke’s work, “The Greater Circulation” is among
Alli's
finest works. Anyone seeking lessons
on how to create a
wholly
original
work of motion picture genius can start here."
- Phil Hall, filmthreat.com (5 stars out of 5) NYC New York
---> viewing link
4 MIN. EXCERPT
3 MIN. EXCERPT
"UNDER A SHIPWRECKED MOON" (2003; 96 min. color) An Ancestral Romance.
The power of a long-buried family secret becomes unleashed when
the extreme rituals
of a young punk rocker catapults his consciousness into the spirit realm in search of his
Finnish father, a ship captain who
drowned in the Bering Sea. His father's mother was
a Sami sorceress whose shamanic powers were passed on to her grandson, powers
he uses as he navigates the dreams of his Finnish grandfather
who lies comatose
in
the
hospital. Under a Shipwrecked Moon is a surrealistic fable of true love,
ravens and
hedgehogs,
and
the mystical depths of ancestral bonds.
Soundtrack by
Sylvi Alli
& others.
Edited with Chris Odell. Cinematography, screenplay,
and direction by Antero.
Click images for production details.
Under a Shipwrecked Moon presents the classic mythic tale
of a hero
on a vision quest, but places it in a naturalistic setting
where the fabulous
and
the visionary are seen as a part of daily
life providing
a metaphorical
guide
to the forces underpinnings
life’s
dramas. In doing so,
Alli
enables the
viewer to build a bridge
between
the quotidian and the
visionary,
the living
and the dead.
- David Finkelstein, filmthreat.com (4 stars) NYC New York
"HYSTERIA" (2002; 83 min. color and B&W) A Magical Realist Drama. During the Serb-Croatian
war
(1991-95), Ikar - a young Catholic soldier - unwittingly drinks hallucinogenic datura tea triggering
a full
blown vision (or hallucination?) of
the
Holy Virgin Mary who grants him a mission.
To fulfill his
religious
destiny, he migrates westward to Oakland California and starts pugilist training in preparation
for his incendiary apotheosis. HYSTERIA was made in early 2002 in response to the rampant racial
profiling of Middle Eastern people after the 9/11 attacks in NYC. Written and produced by Antero Alli
and Jakob Bokulich (who also plays Ikar). Soundtrack by Sylvi Alli & others. Edited with Chris Odell.
Cinematography and direction by Antero. Click images for production details.
HYSTERIA is a profound and frequently disturbing work
of intelligence
that
forces viewers
to weigh in on emotional
issues that haunted America
as a result
of the tragic events
of 9/11:
the damage created by religious
dogma, the terror
in dealing with inner fears, and the inability
to justify
a societal
mind frame built on a foundation of selfish behavior.
-
Phil Hall, filmthreat.com (5 stars out of 5) NYC New York
"ROADKILL" (2001; 26 min, B&W) MAX & CLIO (Paul D'Addario and Carla Negri) are
madly
in love, mad about each other and mad
at
each
other. They
inspire each other's
obsessions.
She is an artist and must
draw
him;
he wants her and must
have
her. Theirs
is a love of...
exquisite annoyance. PAULA & OTTO (Susan Schramm
and Dana
Bergeman)
are peas in a pod, compatible in
love
and their work as
successful nature photographers. Their pictures
hang
in
an
art
gallery until the
Art
dealer
(Jean Mazzei) drops them. ROADKILL is an a deep look-see into two types of intimacy between two couples;
parallel lives sometimes meet.
ROADKILL was improvised on site based on story and character ideas by Antero. Soundtrack by Sylvi Alli & others. Edited with Andrew Damon. Cinematography & directed by Antero.
Click images for production details.
"...uncomfortable
and cathartic, not unlike the
feeling of
gazing up a car crash:
a difficult sight
to behold, but also
too intriguing not to look at
and
there is also
the hidden
sensation of knowing the heavy
damage belongs to
someone else;
an excellent short film." (4 stars out of five) - PHIL
HALL, filmthreat.com
Click
this for the entire review
DVD not available
"TRAGOS" (2000/01; 105 min. B&W w/color) A Cyber-Noir Witch Hunt. An urban tribe of
technopagans perform their ecstatic rites in "Tragos", a virtual reality program. One night their
leader, Bella Luxor, overamps the program and goes blind, while her sister Vivika is assimilated
into the program. Robert Logos, a fundamentalist Christian attorney views the tribe as a Satanic
suicide cult and hires an unemployed actor to pose as a detective to secure their demise. TRAGOS
explores the modern tragedy of soul loss in a virtualized, hyper-digital society of spectacle.
Soundtrack by Sylvi Alli & others. Edited with Chris Odell. Written & directed by Antero.
Click images for production details.
TRAGOS is an intellectual adrenaline rush of hypnotic strength
and
emotional depth.
Alli envisions a future where the desire to
escape from
government and media
thought-control drives people
underground. Though
perhaps the future is a lot closer
than we think,
since the parallels between
Tragos' futuristic tale and the assault on
many
basic contemporary liberties
seems too close for comfort.
- Phil Hall for filmthreat.com (4 stars out of 5) NYC New York
"LILY IN LIMBO" (1996/2001; 26 min. color & B/W) A Poetry Film. Soon after we became mates
(1995),
Sylvi underwent a profound spiritual crisis dissolving her sense of identity. I asked her
if she
wanted to make a film together that might mirror her
experience
and maybe alleviate
or
transform
her
existential angst. After some coaxing,
she
reluctantly
agreed to play the central
(and only) role
in the film, her first ever appearance
as
a film actress. There was no script or
screenplay. We didn't
feel we needed one since she was already
living the story, the vision,
of
a soul trapped between worlds,
neither awake nor sleeping, wanting neither escape or saving.
We were drawn to the refined
symbolist
poetry of Hilda Doolittle (aka HD), as a floating
narrative
throughout Lily's internal
landscape (voiced by
Sylvi and myself). This was our first
true collaboration
in a major project and remains
one of my
very
favorite films
I've been
privvy to be part of. - Antero Alli
"A (small) epic poem about a woman’s spiritual quest Liliy In Limbo is set to
excerpts
from H.D.’s visionary poem “Trilogy.” A woman wavers between
her
waking life and a complex dream she is trying to recall. The dream footage,
shot mostly
on grainy, pulsating film, contrasts nicely with the crisp black and
white video imagery of her waking life.
The film ends with a stunning, poetic
sequence which depicts something I would have thought impossible
to capture
on film: the sensation when one lets go of preconceptions, and one is flooded
with a feeling
of spiritual enlightenment. -- David Finkelstein, filmthreat.com
DVD available ("Loaded Visions")
"THE DRIVETIME" (1995; 86 min. color and B/W) A Cyber-Fi Experiment. In the hopes of
obtaining politically sensitive video footage of police riots, a federal archivist from the year 2023
uses a primitive Time Travel device to return to Seattle circa 1999 via the dreams of a video activist.
THE DRIVETIME was created during the birth of the internet within the seething underground Seattle
subculture, circa 1995, four years before the 1999 WTO riots ignited mayhem in the streets there.
Edited with John Comerford. Written and produced with Rob Brezsny. Cinematography and
direction by Antero. Click images for production details.
"One of the most chilling yet innovative cinematic essays
on
the flaws
of today's
technology-obsessed society. This work
should be seen by
anyone who mistakenly
believes that all's
calm and well in our little
digital sphere. Alli's iconoclastic view
of a future world projects a
dazzling stream-of-consciousness
skein of technical
wizardry and
provocative wordplay."
- WIRED Magazine
"THE ORACLE" (1993; recut in 2021; 58:30 min; color) A Poetic Bardo Drama. On the final
day of his life, a cynical patriarch lapses into an intermittent coma where his sleep is interrupted
by spontaneous mutterings. Much to the bewilderment of his anxious daughter tending his bedside,
his mutterances are pure poetry (from "The Book of Questions" by Pablo Neruda). His grandaughter,
Ariadne reappears in the internal landscape of his dreams as a guide to the great beyond. Meanwhile,
his estranged son Brandon visits him and finds himself participating in an unexpected ritual of ancestral
healing. THE ORACLE is the filmmaker's debut feature made soon after the sudden daeth of his young
daughter, Zoe (see "Director's Notes" below). Cinematography, editing, screenplay, and direction by
Antero. Click images for production details.
The Oracle is a visionary exploration of an elderly bedridden
man's
interior journey toward death and beyond. It's also a
sometimes
humorous,
sometimes heartrending portrayal of
his family's changing
perceptions of
the processes of death.
The film resonates meaningfully
long after
you've left the theater. - Paul Goetz, Washington Free Press
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
"THE ORACLE", my debut feature art film was made six months after
the sudden death of my second daughter, Zoe. It was
a collaboration
with
her mother Camille Hildebrandt who also appears
in the story as
a
wandering nomad. A few years after its Seattle premiere,
I took it
out
of circulation as it felt too personal to keep sharing publically.
After watching it 25 years later, I felt that time had healed
something
in me and I felt ready to share it again. Though this online version
suffers
a bit from video compression and occasional
uneven audio
quality,
I'm surprised at how well it actually holds up. - Antero
DVD not available
The VideoPoems (since 1992)
"Set to poetic texts, often to excellent music by his long time collaborator
Sylvi Alli, these films show Alli’s command of film editing and visual language,
and his
ability to draw performances of deeply grounded power from dancers
and actors, to
create visions which are indeed loaded with the ability to evoke
deep longings, exaltations, cultural memories, and altered spiritual states."
- David Finkelstein for filmthreat.com (4 stars)
Rilke's Dream #1 - Rainer Maria Rilke and
"A Poison Tree" - William Blake
---> The VideoPoems viewing links
LIVING WITH A SORCERESS (4:05; 2020) text, Antero Alli
MOUVEMENT (4:00; 2001) text, Arthur Rimbaud
FAIRY (4:00; 2000) text, Arthur Rimbaud
FEARS (8:30; 2001) text, Rainer Maria Rilke
REQUIEM FOR A FRIEND (19:36; 2005) text, Rainer Maria Rilke
RILKE'S DREAM #1 (3:00 2005) Rainer Maria Rilke
RILKE'S DREAM #2 (4:00; 2005) Rainer Maria Rilke
WITCH BURNING (4:00; 1994) text, Sylvia Plath
BOOK OF QUESTIONS (6:00; 1993) text, Pablo Neruda
BOMBS & PRAYERS (6:
00; 1993/96) text, Rob Brezsny
THE ANGEL (4 min. 2018) text, William Blake
A POISON TREE (3:41; 2018); text, William Blake
BLACK SEA (4:00; 1992); text, Antero Alli
DVD available of most of the VideoPoems
"A WIDER LIGHT" (2019) bird&wolf music video
---> bird&wolf Music Videos viewing links
Sylvi Alli, vocals, accordian & lyrics; Antero Alli, guitar & video
These "music videos" betray the commercial agendas of traditional
music
videos with their slick overly-produced, multiple fast cuts of
the
featured
singer, musician or band. By deconstructing the genre,
I was
free
to follow the creative impulse.
The music and
songs
in
these
videos
are by individuals and bands
I personally know who
granted
me
permission
to interpret their music in this way. - Antero
"UNDER" (2018) Sylvi Alli and ParaTheatrical ReSearch
---> Other Music Video viewing links
Science of Deduction, Michelle Bellerose, Sylvi Alli
DVDs not available
"COLD FORCE" (1993) and JIZO GARDEN/DIAMOND SUTRA (2020; 2:42)
Since 1992, I've been creating short videos that don't really fall
into any
existing
categories besides maybe 'experimental.' These
fifteen
videos (titles listed below link) include descriptions
on
how
each one developed
as a specific experiment. - Antero
---> Experimental Shorts viewing links
THE CELEBRANTS (2023; 32 min)
THE BEACH TRILOGY (2021; 3 shorts, under 3 min. each)
WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES, ANOTHER OPENS
(2021; 8:44)
PEARLS & PERILS OF COURTING THE MUSES (2020; 9 min.)
THE ZEN OF ASTRAL TRAVEL (2020; 5:11.)
JIZO GARDEN/DIAMOND SUTRA (2020; 2:42.)
MARIONETTE (2015; 3:48)
THE ANIMA (2008-15; 4:32)
ROADKILL (2001; 25 min)
LILY IN LIMBO (1996/ recut 2001; 26 min)
THE RECKONING (1993/recut 2020; 4:07)
INERTIA (1994; 16 min.)
COLD FORCE (1993; 4 min.)
DRIVING MYSELF THERE (1992/recut 2020; 7:53)
THE WORD, WEIRD (1992; 5:38 min.)
DVDs not available
"Escape from Chapel Perilous" Portland OR - December 2018
ParaTheatrical ReSearch refers to a process of group ritual dynamics
inspired
by the early
work of Jerzy Grotowski that
gives
visceral, somatic
expression to Carl Jung's "active
imagination" for making
the
Unconscious,
conscious. Whenever a
given
group
reached
proficiency
in
this work,
public
performances
were developed
with
participants and
directed by myself
and
then, documented in videos for online and public screenings. -- Antero
---> ParaTheatrical ReSearch viewing links
INNERVIEW (2023; 2 hrs. 14 min.) Parts 1, 2, & 3.
4 STAGES OF WORK (2020; 10 min.)
ESCAPE FROM CHAPEL PERILOUS (2018; 59 min.)
FALLEN MONSTERS (2018; 64 min.)
SOROR MYSTICA (2017; 42 min.)
BARDOVILLE (2017; 3 min.)
A TURBULENCE OF MUSES (2016; 39 min)
DREAMBODY/EARTHBODY (2012; 80 min)
ORPHANS OF DELIRIUM (2004; 84 min)
CRUX (1999; 80 min.)
ARCHAIC COMMUNITY (1991; 87 min.)
ANTERO ALLI was born 11/11/1952 in Helsinki, Finland where he maintains citizenship. In 1993, he began writing and directing his idiosyncratic feature films reflecting his deep history in experimental theatre (since 1975). His films have been extensively reviewed at filmthreat.com and screened on the west coast arthouse circuit since 1995. Between 1992 and 2002, he curated the Nomad VideoFilm Festival, a pacific coast touring venue of experimental shorts. In 2015, he took a five year hiatus from making films to directing five intermedia performance rituals and creating a series of music videos as bird&wolf with his long term collaborator/partner, Sylvi. Antero returned to cinema in 2020 with "The Vanishing Field", in 2021 with "The Alchemy of Sulphur", in 2022 with "Tracer", and his fnal film, "Blue Fire in 2023. Antero is also the author of numerous esoteric books and the creator of ParaTheatrical ReSearch, an exploration of asocial group ritual dynamics and experimental theatre. Films made after 2010 were chiefly inspired by his experiences with the Muses Dialogue through the group ritual experiments of Paratheatre. A dedicated forest walker, he resides near several forests in SW Portland with his wife, the singer/musician Sylvi Alli.
VIDEO INTERVIEW (April 2, 2023), VISION STATEMENT, FILMOGRAPHY,
DVD SALES & DISTRIBUTION, "A CINEMA OF OTHERNESS",
I.M.D.b, FACEBOOK, EMAIL CONTACT
"The Alchemy of Sulphur" (2021; 107 min.)
April 2, 2023 Video (Zoom) Interview
Antero discusses his filmmaking process in-depth
FILMOGRAPHY and VENUE HISTORY
Movie catalog and where these films have screened
VISION STATEMENT
"Why I Make Movies"
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"The Greater Circulation" (2005; 93 min.)
DVD Sales and Distribution
The Original Falcon Press
DVD Rentals
Movie Madness, Portland OR
"A Cinema of Otherness"
Subverting Mainstream Values & Standards
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