A PUNK ROCK BLADE RUNNER FOR ARTISTS FROM LEGENDARY PROVOCATEUR JON MORITSUGU!

With raucous, three-chord cinematic bangers such as Terminal USA (1993) and Mod Fuck Explosion (1994)—both of which played at Arkadin in 2023—the Godfather of Punk Cinema, filmmaker, punk rocker, Asiansploitation progenitor, and all-around madman Jon Moritsugu defined the trashy, rough-hewn DIY aesthetic of 1990s underground filmmaking. Arkadin is thrilled to welcome Moritsugu’s work back with the area premiere of his new film, NUMBSKULL REVOLUTION! Moritsugu’s first feature in over a decade, NUMBSKULL was created with longtime collaborator and ex-wife, Amy Davis, who co-stars as Cucumber Montgomery, alongside James Duval as Futurcide, a pair of rival conceptual artists battling for fame and funding in the near-future dystopia of Shitville, pop. 999.8 billion. As one ascends the heights of neoliberal capitalist success, the other seeks inspiration and solace in the euphoric waves of a new cyber-drug called Skullfuck. Embracing chaotic digital artificiality in a style reminiscent of Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker, NUMBSKULL combine ingenious production design and savvy location shooting to evoke the urban sprawl and rural industrial collapse against which Mortisugu frames this scathing satire of art world pretension. (adapted from UCLA note written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm)

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