Here’s a great film to get you really in the mood for Halloween. Heck, it’d be fun to watch any time of the year. It’s the documentary Halloween on 6th Street, directed by Chris Blankenship and Michelle Canning, which profiles what just might be the scariest city in America: Austin, TX. They sure do love their Halloween down there! In particular, the film follows Bud Hasert, who spends every year trying to create a massive, outrageous costume that will top the one he created the previous year. Hasert wears his creations at the humongous party that gathers on 6th Street in Austin’s historic district. Watch the entire feature film embedded above.
Hasert’s costumes are completely insane. And, after seeing what he comes up with for the specific Halloween the film covers, it’s hard to imagine that he’ll ever create anything this awesome ever again.
Hasert’s costumes are completely insane. And, after seeing what he comes up with for the specific Halloween the film covers, it’s hard to imagine that he’ll ever create anything this awesome ever again.
- 10/24/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
I've never been one for Halloween, but as a kid I always tried my best to be creative with a costume, albeit a comfortable costume... The folks in Michelle Canning and Chris Blankenship's feature doc are very serious (and very creative) about costumes and Halloween and there's no better place to celebrate than on 6th street in Austin, Texas.
The doc is now available for U.S. Residents to watch on Hulu. Here's a further synopsis. Link down below.
Austin, Texas calls itself the Live Music Capital of the World. But one night a year, the city stage transforms into the biggest Halloween celebration in the Southwest. More than 50,000 costumed enthusiasts will gather on 6th Street, Austin's notorious downtown party district. As the big night approaches, children dream and adults begin to agonize over last-minute costumes. But one seemingly average Austinite named Bud has been quietly planning all year long.
The doc is now available for U.S. Residents to watch on Hulu. Here's a further synopsis. Link down below.
Austin, Texas calls itself the Live Music Capital of the World. But one night a year, the city stage transforms into the biggest Halloween celebration in the Southwest. More than 50,000 costumed enthusiasts will gather on 6th Street, Austin's notorious downtown party district. As the big night approaches, children dream and adults begin to agonize over last-minute costumes. But one seemingly average Austinite named Bud has been quietly planning all year long.
- 10/17/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The 7th annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival is like having four different fests crammed into an exhaustive three days on Aug. 27-29. It’s an outrageous underground fest, an animation festival, a documentary fest and a horror movie festival: The culmination of a month of fests run by Atlanta’s Festival League. There’s tons of short films, documentaries, features and more.
There’s lots of great stuff to recommend, too. On the last night of the fest, there will be a screening of Chris Hansen‘s second feature film, Endings, which tells the touching story of three people spending their last day on Earth together. The film was reviewed on Bad Lit a few months ago. On the short film front, there’s Loretta Hintz‘s wild lesbian bestiality (sort of) tale, The Sheep and the Ranch Hand and two films by the perpetually awesome Neil Ira Needleman, Meeskit...
There’s lots of great stuff to recommend, too. On the last night of the fest, there will be a screening of Chris Hansen‘s second feature film, Endings, which tells the touching story of three people spending their last day on Earth together. The film was reviewed on Bad Lit a few months ago. On the short film front, there’s Loretta Hintz‘s wild lesbian bestiality (sort of) tale, The Sheep and the Ranch Hand and two films by the perpetually awesome Neil Ira Needleman, Meeskit...
- 8/18/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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