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- You are here: Home > BUFFALO JUGGALOS
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Friday, November 27, 2020 - 17:00
Cast:
Robert Hunt (aka Bobbo), Paul Fucking Mack, Sandy,Kaitlin Wentland (aka Titz), William “Noki” Galpine (aka Koz), Ryan Hanson (aka Shaggz)
Cinematography:
Nandan Rao
Editing:
Scott Cummings
Sound:
Gene Park
Music:
Locrian
Producer:
Molly Gandour, Eliza Hittman, Shrihari Sathe
Production:
Supported by The Jerome Foundation and sponsored by Fractured Atlas
If Magritte’s Treachery of Images ‘n’est pas une pipe,’ in SCOTT CUMMINGS’ own words, “BUFFALO JUGGALOS is not a documentary.” At first, it even starts off as a stylized portraiture of America’s Juggalo community, the fan base devoted to the rapcore group Insane Clown Posse (and its affiliate label bands). Hidden behind their ritualistic makeup, a procession of Juggalos stare into the camera with passive nonchalance as they are framed in commonplace suburban settings. Yet with each still-life tableaux, the comfort of suburbia is unsettled as the Juggalo ethos manifests itself, plunging us into its surreal psyche. By the end, we’re left seduced and abandoned by Cummings’ celebration of sub-cultural Americana, a visceral life-force whose life philosophy is No Fucks Given.” (Andrei Tănăsescu, BIEFF 2016)
Director:
SCOTT CUMMINGS is a Buffalo-born, New York based filmmaker. In 2014, he was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 2014 25 New Faces of Independent Film. He received his BA in Russian Studies and English from SUNY Buffalo, where he was introduced to Buffalo’s vibrant experimental film/video history.Upon graduating California Institute of the Arts, he professionally wrote scripts for adult film giant Vivid Video, until moving to New York to work for the Criterion Collection. His work has screened at MOMA, BAMcinemaFEST, Visions du Reel, CPH:DOX, Chicago Underground Film Festival, the Centre Georges Pompidou and more. His filmography includes ADVERSARY (2017), SPACEMONKEY (2012), STORM TIGER MOUNTAIN (2008) and THE HESHER (2006).
Contact:
Scott Cummings
Festivals, awards:
Main Award - Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival 2016 / Grand Jury Prize, Live Action Short - AFI Film Festival 2014 / Honourable mention - Chicago Underground Film Festival 2014 / Best Experimental Film - Columbus International Film + Video Festival 2015 / Visions du Reel 2014 / CPH:DOX 2014 / RIDM Montreal 2014 / Rotterdam International Film Festival 2015 / 25fps Film & Video Festival 2015 / Indie Lisboa 2015 / Viennale - Vienna Film Festival 2015 / FICUNAM, Mexico 2015 / Adelaide Film Festival 2015
“I’ve given up explaining that BUFFALO JUGGALOS isn’t a documentary. I come from a narrative background but I should make clear that Buffalo Juggalos is not really a narrative film either. Three years ago I decided Buffalo Juggalos would be a 30-minute film, shot on video, composed of thirty shots, each one minute long. The film would be a series of scenes featuring real Juggalos. There would be no interviews or music; if there was dialogue, it would have absolutely nothing to do with being a Juggalo. Even though there are narrative elements throughout, they have been subjugated by the film’s form. I guess I could call the film “a formal fictional experimental portrait of real people. My hope is that through the film the myth of the Juggalo deepens and they become more mysterious, more other and more confrontational. That when you are confronted by the film you are confronting that face in war paint. That you actually live the Dark Carnival for thirty minutes and come out not knowing what you’ve just seen”. (SCOTT CUMMINGS)