ParaTheatrical ReSearch and Vertical Pool presents
A PARATHEATRE VIDEO DOCUMENT BY ANTERO ALLI
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A RARE PUBLIC SCREENING
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21st, 2007. 8PM
GRACE NORTH CHURCH, 2138 CEDAR ST., NORTH BERKELEY.
Admission: $10. Proceeds to benefit Grace North Church.
Filmmaker in person.
"CRUX is a unique documentary, a fascinating look into one of Antero Alli’s
paratheatrical research labs. In CRUX, we are given tantalizing glimpses into
the results this ritual exploration has on each participant: shots of insane,
uncontrollable laughter; screaming, wailing, and writhing; wild movement
and energy that seems to possess them at times."-- TRIP MAGAZINE
CRUX... the process
Seven individuals undergo an intense paratheatrical process to encounter the crux of what they were living for. Their story is narrated by the director and the group through interviews and excerpts from their personal ritual journals. What unfolds is a series of confessions and confrontations with what it means to be crucified to the cross of one’s own existence, to wake up to that reality and live with it. This is not a film about Christianity but a paratheatrical excavation of the universal crucifixion archetype. The ritual technology used in "CRUX" is chronicled in Antero Alli's book, "Towards an Archeology of the Soul" (Vertical Pool, 2003). (USA. 1999. 80 minutes.)
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT "CRUX"
"CRUX delves deeply into each participant's inner world, so strikingly
brought to the surface by the self-questioning nature of Alli's ritual technology.
We take a look at the personal history of the ritualists, their life conditions at
the time of the ritual, their personalities, their identifications. Alli's pointed
questions lead them to expose those essential qualities that define each
character, allowing the camera to record moments of intimate honesty."
LAPO on CRUX (click link for full commentary)
"CRUX carries the same kind of weight that a view through the peephole into the
world of people working on themselves with random abandonment and passion
in the privacy of an asocially supportive environment carries. Somewhere
between Marat Sade and enjoying a cool drink of fresh water -- screamingly
objective and deeply penetrating; in other words, I loved it!"
ZOE ALOWAN, artist/dancer
Photographed, directed & edited by Antero Alli.
Written by Antero and the group. Produced by Vertical Pool
ANTERO ALLI, SYLVI PICKERING, KYRA AUERBACH, DIARMID BAILLIE,
LEA BENDER, MARIT ELVERLAND, JULIAN SIMEON and NICK WALKER.
Second camera, PARIS FOX. Music by SYLVI ALLI.
About the Filmmaker
Antero Alli has been writing, directing and producing original work in paratheatre and theatre since 1975 and, making experimental video documentaries and feature fiction films since 1993. His paratheatre work is documented in his book, "Towards an Archeology of the Soul" (Vertical Pool, 2003) and in his videos "CRUX", "Archaic Community" and "Orphans of Delirium". Alli's 2005 docufiction feature, "The Greater Circulation", incoporates paratheatre processes in a critically acclaimed cinematic treatment of poet Rainer Maria Rilke's "Requiem for a Friend". Since 1996, Antero has been conducting group paratheatre labs in Berkeley California where he currently resides.
"Non-Sectarian Crucifixion Archetypes"
Antero interviewed on the making of CRUX
Paratheatre Background
training, productions, photos (since 1970)
Filmography
completed works, clips, reviews (since 1991)
PARATHEATRE VIDEO DOCUMENTS NOW ON DVD
"CRUX"
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"ARCHAIC COMMUNITY" and "ORPHANS OF DELIRIUM"
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