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LOVE GOD (1997) presented by STL Video Society w/ Underground Cinema Pre-Show @ 6:30 pm
July 14 : 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SAINT LOUIS VIDEO SOCIETY digs deep in its extensive archives to present the weirdest, wildest, most incredible VHS obscurities. Always free, always presented by Video Society archivist James Milam!
“Dazzling, frustrating and altogether original, LOVE GOD isn’t afraid to jump-start a fresh new way of approaching cinema.” – Steven Puchalski, Shock Cinema Magazine
July’s SAINT LOUIS VIDEO SOCIETY PRESENTS selection, LOVE GOD (1997), is a reality-bending experiment in digital filmmaking—from innovative and iconoclastic director Frank Grow. A film that’s not so much watched as experienced, LOVE GOD’s “plot” centers around the emptying of mental hospitals in NYC, while the head clinician searches for a slimy, subterranean worm creature. Be warned, it’s breakneck editing, optical effects, and wild puppetry may induce psychotic episodes.
After only a handful of domestic, film festival screenings, LOVE GOD went far, far underground, with no physical media releases (not VHS, DVD, or Blu-Ray) in the US. Fortunately, it was briefly released in English on Japanese VHS where its highly recommended for fans of psycho-splatter, punk films like TETSUO: THE IRON MAN, 964 PINOCCHIO, and BURST CITY!
This screening is a RARE opportunity to be one of the few people to view this film theatrically, so don’t miss out! Pre-Show at 6:30pm will feature Grow’s earlier 18min short, RED & ROSY, as well as a few underground cinema odds and ends.
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