Sunday, January 18th, 2009 - Donkey Punch (2008) & Dante 01 (2008)

span>Donkey Punch, the feature debut of Oliver Blackburn, writer of Fabrice Du Welz's excellent sophomore film, Vinyan, one of the best films I got to see in Toronto, 2008. FYI, Donkey Punch revolves around the fun little sexual move most of us have experienced. The survival of the fittest sort of maneuver. A supposedly dark and titillating little thriller, I've been looking forward to this for some time. Of course I will be serving homemade drinks that share the same nostalgic title. You know, the drink that costs something like $15 dollars at Chino Latino, the trendy little sycophant restaurant/bar in Minneapolis. FYI, this hasn't shown in theaters yet (beyond the festival circuits), which seems to be our theme for Sunday's films.

Our second feature will be Dante 01, the first solo feature of Marc Caro, one of the brilliant minds behind Delicatessen (1991), and City of Lost Children (1995). Caro's co-director on both films, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who went on to direct Alien: Resurrection (1997) -- you should be able to gauge what I think of that effort --, Amelie (2001), and A Very Long Engagement (2004), are all excellent, so it's wonderful to see Caro directing his own little weird French Sci-Fi film which appears to be full of strange Biblical symbolism (having to do something with Dante's "Inferno"). Starring Jeunet regular, Dominque Pinon and Linh Dan Pham (Indochine - 1992). This film was not released for American audiences. I love my trusty multi-region DVD player. F-off global bureaucracy.

Hope to see you bunnies there about 6PM, an hour earlier than usual, for the Sinema Degradation.

More on the way about things I've seen and heard.........