The McCarricks
Thursday June 8th 7.30pm
The McCarricks perform 'Music from The Third Floor' to films by PG Logo, Miki Takahashi, Pil & Galia Kollectiv, Jo Ueno, Diana and Archie Bennett, alongside the UK premiere of
HANDICAP CITY
A film by Burke Roberts
Burke Roberts grew up on a ranch in Colorado: the opposite of an urban
cowboy .he was a rural punk. He found himself fighting the tide in Hollywood
by eighteen, and quickly decided he was not interested in conforming (or
auditioning) for the mainstream. ..a novel idea in the city of angels.
Enduring endless nay-sayers, he proved to create very high production value
short films on impossible shoestring budgets.
In the current explosion of
Guerrilla film, Roberts could even be considered 'oldschool' - pioneering
unique underground films in Los Angeles years before pro-sumer equipment
brought D.I.Y. filmmaking to the masses. To do this he founded BIZZURKE
ARMY; an ever expanding underground film network - encompassing hundreds of
artists and technicians, who devote their time and talents to bringing his
film's to fruition. Robert's film, JESUS RIDES SHOTGUN, debuted at Cannes in
1997 (midnight festival 'Cannes you dig it') , and although baffling
Hollywood's mainstreamers, it had cult audiences on their feet. He continues
to receive winks and nods as people in and out of the business realize that
he is a visionary unlike most. In the words of novelist/filmmaker; Jennifer
Chambers Lynch - " Through his films a sense of freedom is born.a need to
converse. Burke is able to speak the truth, humour, horror and hope of the
human condition - weather you want to hear it or not "
Along with several screenplays slated for production, Robert's has completed
multiple other motion pictures, (shot on either 35mm or super 16mm) that
have screened at independent theatres and fine art galleries from L.A. to
New York, London to Berlin, and dozens of cities in between. His films deal
in challenging and political themes such as; Oppression, Fanaticism and
insanity - both personal and societal. Works like: HANDICAP CITY, ECHO OF A
MAN, and INSULT TO INJURY attempt to pave the road to a new generation of
creators and voyeurs.
His latest passion is the creation of, 'The Engine'. A piece of art itself,
it is a mobile projection system. In the same way that independent bands
tour - now too can films. This is yet another pioneering step for Roberts
who maintains the belief that: The 'Movie Business' can not been changed..
"it is better to perpetuate the growth of a powerful underground to rival
it."