Compilation of Argentine Super-8 home movies from the 1970s and 1980s (selected by Sergio Subero and Sergio Brauer) shows daily city life and views of the countryside. This eye-cavalcade portrays the Argentinian collective memory and is presented with a live music performance based on drone/psychedelic/abstract-noise specialist Alan Courtis.
Guitarist and improviser extraordinaire Alan Courtis (Buenos Aires, 1972) is not only a figurehead within the Argentinian underground scene, but also often appears in the international spotlights. His CV shows endless releases and collaborations with the likes of Lee Ranaldo, Damo Suzuki or Francisco Lopez. Courtis was the co-founder of the sadly defunct REYNOLS, maybe the finest example of true outsider-music in recent years (see also Looking for Reynols, IFFR 2006) with which he brought out more than 100 releases.
Featured afterwards are Gangpol und Mit, a duo from Bordeaux that provides the perfect mix of visual innovation and electronic music. They create a pleasantly crazy cartoon world with abstract apocalyptic narratives inhabited by colourful, geometric creatures. The exciting music employs fluent melodies that deconstruct a variety of styles and then put them together again: ‘coconut swing, boogaloo noise, tango massacre and imaginary folklore’ are not empty fabrications in the world of Gangpol und Mit.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Argentina
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 120'
- Medium/Format
- -
- Premiere status
- None
