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Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway Miguel Llansó. 2019

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Fantasia 2024: INFINITE SUMMER - A Kaleidoscopic Journey Into Drug Culture

There's a lot to like in Infinite Summer, it's budget might be the ultimate culprit. Llansó clearly has vision and ambition, but not always the support to see his ideas through to the end.

Changing norms around recreational drug use and drug culture have shifted drastically in the last ten years. With shows like Euphoria and Industry making substance use part of their characters’ day-to-day life, this world deserves further exploration in modern film. That’s not to say there have not been movies addressing the subject, but it’s been a minute since a truly surrealist vision helped…

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Fantasia Announces First Wave of Titles for Its 28th Edition

The Fantasia International Film Festival will celebrate its upcoming 28th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 18 through August 4, 2024, returning yet again at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screens and events at Montreal’s Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée.

Poster art by Donald Caron The festival’s full lineup will be announced on July 3, but in the meantime, Fantasia has revealed a select first wave of premiere titles, along with a first look at its 2024 poster art. The festival’s 2024 poster art, created by Montreal visual artist Donald Caron, brings back two of the festival’s most beloved characters from earlier editions, returning by popular demand. The cinema-loving cat and pug, barreling into the future on a sidecar motorcycle, embody the excitement, playfulness, and absurdity that Fantasia has championed since its inception in 1996.

28th Fantasia International Film Festival

CHUCK RUSSELL RETURNS TO HORROR WITH WITCHBOARD, A WILD RE-IMAGINING OF THE CLASSIC 80'S FRANCHISE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr0d00hy1h8 From A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS and the beloved1988 remake of THE BLOB to THE MASK, ERASER, and THE SCORPION KING, director Chuck Russell has no shortage of imaginative fantasy/horror classics under his belt. Now he returns to the genre he’s marked so brilliantly with a radical reinvention of Kevin S. Tenney’s 1986 Canadian cult favorite WITCHBOARD. Emily (Madison Iseman, ANNABELLE COMES HOME) and her fiancé Christian (Aaron Dominguez, Hulu's Only Murderers in the Building) discover an ancient Wiccan artifact, a pendulum board, as they prepare to open a bistro in New Orleans' French Quarter. Emily becomes obsessed with the board's powers, exposing her to the ancient spirit of the Queen of Witches. Desperate to help his fiancé, Christian seeks the advice of occult expert Alexander Babtiste (Jamie Campbell Bower, Netflix's Stranger Things, the TWILIGHT saga), but Babtiste has dark secrets of his own. Shot in Montreal by cinematographer Yaron Levy (UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING). Also starring David La Haye (TRUE NORTH), Charlie Tahan (Netflix's Ozark), Antonia Desplat (AppleTV+'s Shantaram), and Mel Jarnson (MORTAL KOMBAT).

PRESENTED BY MIKE FLANAGAN, CHRIS STUCKMANN’S SHELBY OAKS IS HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4u3Z72KhN8 A woman's desperate search for her long-lost sister, a famous YouTuber who investigated paranormal happenings, falls into obsession upon realizing that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real. After a successful Kickstarter campaign that broke records across the platform, the highly anticipated feature debut feature from YouTube creator Chris Stuckmann is finally here and ready to scare the pants off the world. SHELBY OAKS delivers in all departments. Starring Camille Sullivan (HUNTER HUNTER), Brendan Sexton III (DON’T BREATHE 2), Sarah Durn (RENFIELD), Keith David (THE THING, NOPE), and Michael Beach (AQUAMAN). Produced by Aaron B. Koontz, Cameron Burns, and Ashleigh Snead, and Executive Produced by Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy, among others.

MIGUEL LLANSÓ’S INFINITE SUMMER IS A TRIPPY, TRANSHUMANIST FEAT OF FILMMAKING Estonia-based Miguel Llansó (CRUMBS, JESUS SHOWS YOU THE WAY TO THE HIGHWAY) is a singular gift to cinema. Fantasia is proud to be bringing the visionary iconoclast back to Montreal for the World Premiere of what may be his most compelling creation yet: INFINITE SUMMER, a trippy transhumanist sci-fi exploration vibrant with humor, poignancy, and gonzo invention. On a summer break, Mia and her friends try a meditation app that that’s somehow related to the operating system of the Tallinn Zoo, changing in the body chemistry of its users into something between pollen and cosmic dust. Mia will need to choose between saving her friends or joining them.  An astonishing film, produced by legendary US producing partners Allison Rose Carter and Jon Read (EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, AMERICAN HONEY), Rain Rannu (CHASING UNICORNS, THE INVISIBLE FIGHT), and Tõnu Hiielaid (KRATT), and Llansó himself, starring Hannah Gross (Netflix’s Mindhunter), Johanna Rosin, and Teele Kaljuvee-O'Brock.

TRUTH BE TOLD, CONFESSION IS A MASTERFULLY CRAFTED SINGLE-LOCATION THRILLER Every Winter since Sayuri’s tragic disappearance sixteen years ago, Asai and Jiyong climb the mountain where it happened to honor her memory. However, an intense blizzard and a catastrophic injury convince Jiyong he’s done for and, before forcing Asai to leave him to die, he shares a devastating revelation. Asai returns, however, after finding a nearby cabin and now, isolated for the night, the two have to deal with Jiyong’s not-so-last words... the hard way. Two award-winning Fantasia legends, director Nobuhiro Yamashita (LA LA LA AT ROCK BOTTOM) and actor/writer/director Yang Ik-june (BREATHLESS), along with superstar Toma Ikuta (THE MOLE SONG trilogy), team up to adapt a beloved manga into a narrative and technical achievement, one of the best single-location thrillers ever created. With stellar performances and masterful direction using every inch of his set to generate maximum tension, CONFESSION flirts with perfection at every level - and must be experienced in a theatre.

JAYRO BUSTAMANTE’S RITA WILL HAUNT YOUR MEMORY AND BREAK YOUR HEART Following up on the international success of his brilliant LA LLORONA (2019), director Jayro Bustamante’s RITA fuses mythical fantasy and whimsical imagery with themes of childhood innocence and the potent emotional register of a story based on a harrowing real-life event, wherein 41 young women needlessly burned to death inside a Guatemalan orphanage in the midst of a protest about inhumane conditions. At its core is the powerful performance of Guiliana Santa Cruz, who speaks for all the young women who suffered. As a result, the story speaks much to the power of female anger, and yet, not once does the director lose sense of the fact that at its heart, Rita’s tale is one of girlhood, of dreams, of an innocence lost, and regained within the bosom of female solidarity.

THIS MAN BLENDS WESTERN INSPIRATIONS WITH J-HORROR TROPES IN A PERFECT MELTING POT OF TERROR An inexplicable wave of tragic deaths plunges two investigators into the heart of a fateful whirlwind, where logic and facts have no value as a far-fetched urban legend seems to come true. A mother plagued by terrifying dreams, seeing her friends and colleagues disappear one after the other, and her family witness the horror unfold. Director and screenwriter Tomojiro Amano (TRAPPED IN MAKYO) skillfully fuses the styles of Eastern and Western classics, referencing RINGU, IT FOLLOWS, and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET among others, to create an intimate, oppressive work that constantly keeps viewers on the edge of their seats as it slowly and subtly unveils the pandemic-like slaughter outside. At the crest of the international horror-film harvest of 2024, already a banner year, THIS MAN is sure to lodge itself in viewers' memories. With such potential, a Hollywood remake wouldn’t be surprising.

LOWELL DEAN’S DARK MATCH CONJURES SIX-TIME CHAMP CHRIS JERICHO AS A CULT LEADER! After his success with the WOLF COP films, Canadian filmmaker Lowell Dean switches it up and takes horror to the ring! When small-time wrestlers get a big payday for a private gig, they jump at the chance for fame and fortune, but the event, run by a mysterious leader who calls himself “The Prophet,” demands plenty of blood on the mats and involves a sinister, demonic deal! Set in the wrestling heyday of the 80s, DARK MATCH is an action-packed rumble on the ropes shot by acclaimed cinematographer Karim Hussain (INFINITY POOL, POSSESSOR). Starring wrestling legend Chris Jericho as the charismatic leader of its bloodthirsty cult, Ayisha Issa (TRANSPLANT), and Steven Ogg (AMC’s The Walking Dead), you’ll get more than your share of intrigue, action, and gore inside this ring! Septentrion Shadows section.

A SAMURAI IN TIME IS WORTH THE TIME AND TRAVEL TO SEE An Edo-period swordsman is flung into the future, arriving in modern Kyoto to confront utter confusion—and an acting career. The medieval warrior transported to modern times is a variant of the time-travel subgenre that has been explored many times around the world. Award-winning writer/director Junichi Yasuda (GOHAN), however, offers a take on the theme that’s not only clever, funny, and distinctly Japanese, but remarkably poignant. Shot on location at Toei Studios Kyoto, A SAMURAI IN TIME is held together by the subtle and convincing performance of lead actor Makiya Yamaguchi. More than just a fun fish-out-of-water fantasy, it’s an homage to samurai cinema as it wanes as surely as the shogunate once did.

SWIPE RIGHT ON ELRIC KANE’S DATING APP CHILLER THE DEAD THING A young woman, lost in a series of meaningless connections through dating apps, falls in love with a charismatic man who is hiding a dark secret that turns her affair into a dangerous obsession. Smart, tragic and unsettling, Pure Cinema host Elric Kane’s first solo-directed feature is a character-driven supernatural nightmare that explores the demons of modern dating in ways that are both horrific and disturbingly relatable.  Swipe right on this profound piece of genre cinema that is destined to become a horror classic. Staring Blu Hunt (Netflix’s Another Life), Ben Smith-Petersen (MAD MAX: FURY ROAD), Katherine Hughes (ECHO 3), and John Karna (SCREAM). Co-Written by Webb Wilcoxen (The Frontier). Produced by Monte Yazzie, Matt Mercer (BLISS), and Rebekah McKendry (GLORIOUS).

MASHING UP GENRES, MASH VILLE IS A KOREAN CULT CLASSIC IN THE MAKING Someone has died after drinking the bootleg liquor brewed by Se-jong and his two younger brothers. While on a mission to retrieve their deadly booze before another person perishes from it, they come across two homicidal cultists who are terrorizing the villagers. The love that director Hwang Wook (LIVE HARD, DOG EAT DOG) harbors for the Western, action, and comedy genres shines through from start to finish with stylish cinematography, quirky characters, and an incredibly entertaining screenplay. Most importantly, pitch-black humor abounds. Hwang and company commit to their absurdity, and it’s an absolute blast, a genre-mashing crowd-pleaser sure to be a Korean cult classic as time goes on.

LUCÍA PUENZO’S ELECTROPHILIA CASTS A SUBVERSIVE NEW VISION A woman wakes up from a coma six weeks after being struck by lightning and finds herself compulsively drawn to electric currents as her body’s workings begin to change. She soon joins an underground support group of strike survivors led by a dangerously charismatic doctor, opening a doorway into unexpected new explorations. A gripping, sensorial experience with a visceral emotional core, ELECTROPHILIA is the latest creation from Cannes-award-winning Argentinian filmmaker and novelist Lucía Puenzo (THE FISH CHILD, XXY). Reminiscent of CRASH-era Cronenberg, it is a subversive and beautiful genre work, a different kind of self-discovery tale, and a new breed of dramatic thriller. Starring Mariana Di Girolamo (Pablo Larrain’s EMA), German Palacios (EL RAPTO), and Guillermo Pfening (THE GERMAN DOCTOR).

A MORALLY CHALLENGING TALE OF REVENGE, PENALTY LOOP TAKES A FAMILIAR THEME ON A DEVILISHLY TWISTED PATH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-uwF0-__uY Left bereft by the wanton and inexplicable murder of his girlfriend, Jun chooses his own justice, carefully planning the perfect murder of the man who led him to become what he wants to eliminate. Once the vengeance is consummated, he wakes up with a confirmed sense of déjà-vu and his target alive and well, repeating the same routine as the day before. Offering a breathless, dark, and innovative variation on the time-loop concept, writer/director Shinji Araki (THE TOWN OF HEADCOUNTS) establishes himself as a sure thing in contemporary Japanese genre cinema with this unpredictable, shocking narrative that constantly twists and turns toward a conclusion that’s as satisfying as it is devastating. Carried by a convincing duo of actors in perfect sync, PENALTY LOOP is an accomplishment condemning Araki to return to the forefront with each of his future projects.

THE ADAMS FAMILY BIRTH CREATURES AT A SERBIAN FRACKING SITE IN HELL HOLE A road trip through Canadian oil fields conjured up fantasies of secrets deep in the dirt for the Adams family, and inspired them to create HELL HOLE, an indie rock-n-roll monster movie set at a far-away fracking site. Known for their DIY ethos, John and Lulu Adams and Toby Poser, partnering with Shudder, have joined the team behind The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs and FX legend Todd Masters to shoot their latest in Serbia with a local cast and crew. Absurd, mutinous, and transgressively comical, Hell Hole is old-school sci-fi horror, yet in typical family fashion, they subvert the genre with textures of biological and environmental horror in tandem with questions of gender and bodily autonomy. This will be the fourth time that Fantasia World Premieres work from the gifted filmmaking family, following launches of THE DEEPER YOU DIG, HELLBENDER, and WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS.

DEAD DEAD FULL DEAD MUTATES THE WHODUNIT GENRE Junior police officers Balraam and Zubeida make a cute couple, but not the most diligent detectives. Called to a posh apartment tower to investigate a reported murder, the seemingly straightforward case quickly becomes a conundrum that would confuse even Sherlock Holmes. When the victim herself returns from the afterlife, matters become even more muddled, and soon enough the question isn’t who killed her... but who didn’t?! With the deadpan delirium of his debut feature, Mumbai-based editor and filmmaker Pratul Gaikwad offers a very odd, otherworldly mutation on the much-loved mystery-comedy genre. Featuring paranormal powers and multiple manias, cosmic wonders and covert class warfare, celestial bureaucracy and dysfunctional love, and even a supernaturally transformed goat, Gaikwad’s surreal whodunit offers a bit of everything... except perhaps proper law-enforcement procedure.

VOIVOD: WE ARE CONNECTED OFFERS A THUNDERING TRIBUTE TO LEGENDARY PROG METAL PIONEERS From the moment they exploded out of Jonquière in the early ‘80s, Voivod have been widely hailed as one of the most original and influential metal bands in the world. Years in the making and produced with full access to the band’s archives, Felipe Belalcazar’s illuminating VOIVOD: WE ARE CONNECTED brings the story of a groundbreaking 40+ year career to the screen with energy, insight, and a palpable sense of love. The long-awaited doc will be launched in the very province that birthed the band and Fantasia couldn’t be prouder. With appearances by Tobias Forge (Ghost), Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth), Jason Newsted (Metallica – and brief Voivod member), Zach Blair (Rise Against, GWAR), Tom G Warrior (Celtic Frost, Triptykon), and Ivan Doroschuk (Men Without Hats), among many others. Docs from the Edge section.

A FANTASTICAL JAPAN RETURNS IN FLY ME TO THE SAITAMA: FROM BIWA LAKE WITH LOVE After stealing hearts at Fantasia 2019, where FLY ME TO THE SAITAMA won the Audience Award for Best Asian Feature, director Hideki Takeuchi returns to a fantastical version of Japan—“definitely not a portrayal of any actual place”—with a completely original story independent from the ’80s manga from which it takes its name. Read the full article

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Top-5 books and top-5 films you recommend?

i couldn't just name 5 books so here are some assorted favorites:

the autobiography of assata shakur. an incredible memoir about activism, imprisonment, violence, and innocence. every chapter made me cry.

house of leaves by mark z danielewski. might not be for everyone, but it is certainly for me. a twisty turny horror that bends the borders of fiction, an experience like no other. i read it once a year.

do you dream of terra-two? by temi oh. a gorgeous and ponderous science fiction about loss and rebirth as a group of teenagers specifically trained to colonize a foreign planet deal with the mounting pressure of their journey. this one gets sad in a way i didn't expect.

notes of a native son by james baldwin. beautifully composed essays that combine memoir and cultural criticism. read for a research project and fell in love.

song of solomon by toni morrison. i remember the ending so clearly. a beautiful and simplistic narrative about privilege and fear.

less than zero by bret easton ellis. sharp, minimalistic fiction that gripped me from the first page. the film adaptation departs from the text in many ways, but is still great.

i crawl through it by a. s. king. a bizarre and abstract little novel about four outsiders and their struggle to find community.

frankenstein by mary shelley. the final third of this book is flawless gothic suspense. simultaneously made me want to cower in a corner and conquer all of my fears. worth the hype.

top 5 movies:

in her time by diane severin ngyuen. currently on view as part of the whitney biennial, the film chronicles a young chinese actress as she prepares for her first big role, playing a woman in a movie about the rape of nanking. reality, history, and fiction all whirl together til unrecognizable.

the lobster by yorgos lanthimos. there is nothing i would change about this story. a disarmingly odd critique of love and marriage that gets everything right.

border by ali abbasi. some people really hated this, i'm glad i'm not one of them. grotesque fantasy combined with a crime thriller with interesting things to say about truth, gender and oppression.

sorry to bother you by boots riley. in 3 words: so fucking weird.

jesus shows you the way to the highway by miguel llansó. absolute cinematic madness. i'm someone who likes freaky narrative structure but this is almost too much for me. i think i only rated it 3 1/2 stars on letterboxd; it's legitimately not that good but also incredible. no words.

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Infinte Summer - World Premiere News

Infinite Summer – World Premiere News Miguel Llansó’s Infinite Summer World Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival Latest Feature from the Director of Crumbs & Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway Screens July 27. Fantasia alum Miguel Llansó (Crumbs (2015), Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019) is excited to return to the Fantasia International Film Festival for the…

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2023

I re-watched Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway (2019)

I've talked about this film before, but I think it deserves another review this year. It's so weird and just so fun and should be beloved by weird film enthusiasts.

A dwarf employed by the CIA who is planning to retire for a better life with his true love, gets trapped in a virtual reality world known as Psychobook.

Madrid born director Miguel Llansó makes his films in Ethiopia. He is an experimental director with an insane style, which is clearly an uncompromised vision.

This film's use of 1970's and 80's film techniques, along with truly strange stop motion sequences, an unlikely casted hero, and a truly bonkers script and execution, might make it my favorite discovery of the 2010's.

The film is, as it's listed on Google, an action/thriller. It's about a CIA operative after all. But, it's also a fever dream, science fiction film and a comedy. The basic idea behind it seems to be to recreate a B-level action film through the filter of a wild dream, or just to be as strangely imaginative as it possibly can. And, in the strange B-films department it does not disappoint. You've never really seen anything like it.

Llasnó's so intentionally made every choice here. This film is so specific in every way. From The dubbed dialogue, to the look of the virtual reality world of "psychobook", to the look of the technology and the very odd choice to make Batman a major villain. These choices can seem like a grab bag of nonsense, and in some ways they are, but it's used as effortless world building.

This movie has the CIA, a virtual reality world, Batman as the president of Ethiopia, Stalin, aliens, Jesus, and that's only really scratching the surface of it's ridiculous energy.

On top of that it has a weirdly engrossing little spy story, a little romance, and never once takes itself too seriously.

Now, this is obviously not for everyone and it might be too weird for most. You gotta love B-movies and the attempt at absolute independent insanity to be in on the joke. But, this is another one that I highly recommend for anyone like me who loves anything that is able to stand out and be different, as well as embrace what makes outdated techniques so amazing.

Gather your friends and watch this movie. It deserves to be more popular and should absolutely have cult movie status.

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‎Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway, 2019, directed by Miguel Llansó.

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Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019)

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019)

Written and directed by Miguel Llansó, Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway is a mash up of Afro-futurism and Cold War paranoia that is,set in the year 2035, where Special Agent Gagano (Daniel Tadesse, Crumbs) dreams of leaving the CIA to open a business with his wife Malin (Gerda-Annette Allikas). Before he can hand in his resignation, however, a strange cyber virus attacks Psychobook, the…

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Crumbs [2015 Miguel Llansó] Ethiopian post-apocalyptic sci-fi

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Miguel Llansó’s Jesus ShowsYou The Way To The Highway To read the article click here  http://www.filmofileshideout.com/archives/miguel-llansos-jesus-showsyou-the-way-to-the-highway

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Crumbs (2015) d. Miguel Llansó (poster from Spain)

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Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway will be released on Blu-ray on September 15 via Arrow Video. Austin Hinderliter designed the new cover art; the original poster is on the reverse side.

A blend of the absurd, surreal, and dystopian, the 2019 exploitation-action-comedy is written and directed by Miguel Llansó (Crumbs). Daniel Tadesse, Guillermo Llansó, Agustín Mateo, and Gerda-Annette Allikas star.

Limited to 2,000, the set includes a second disc featuring Llansó's previous film, Crumbs. His 2015 directorial debut is a spiritual predecessor to Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway.

Special features are listed below, where you can also watch the crazy trailer.

Special features:

Audio commentary by film critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Anton Bitel (new)

From Talinn with Love - Visual essay by film critic Will Webb exploring the influence of exploitation cinema on Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (new)

Audio interview with director Miguel Llansó, conducted by film critic Josh Hurtado

Crumbs - Writer-director Miguel Llansó’s 2015 feature directorial debut

Chigger Ale (2013) & Night in the Wild Garden (2015) - Short films directed by Miguel Llansó

Proof-of-concept trailer

Theatrical trailer

Image gallery

Double-sided fold-out poster

Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway by Barry Forshaw and Crumbs by Anton Bitel

What do you get when you cross Afro-futurism, Cold War paranoia, the dystopian world of Philip K. Dick and 60s exploitation cinema, along with a hefty dose of Lynchian surrealism? The answer: Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway, the second feature by Miguel Llansó and one of the most striking and original films you’ll see all year.

The year is 2035, and Special Agent Gagano (Daniel Tadesse) dreams of leaving the CIA to open a business with his wife Malin (Gerda-Annette Allikas). Before he can hand in his resignation, however, a strange cyber virus attacks Psychobook, the CIA’s operating system, forcing Gagano to enter cyberspace via virtual reality to combat the threat. Before long, however, the virus starts to reach out into the real world, destabilising the fragile socio-political order for its own ends, and Gagano, trapped in the VR world, must find a way out before it’s too late.

Featuring encounters with an Irish-accented Joseph Stalin, a kung-fu-fighting Batman, and Jesus Christ himself, to name but a few, Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway is absurd, audacious and like nothing you’ve ever experienced before.

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Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway    [trailer]

CIA Agents Palmer and Gagano are tasked with the mission of destroying a computer virus called "Soviet Union". They enter the system using VR but the mission turns into a trap.

Funny and inventive, using creative solutions due to its very low budget.

Overall a little too weird. But it's one of those movies that one should've watched at least once.

Hard to say if the frequent use of not quite matching voice looping was intentional, or was truly necessary due to bad on set sound recording. Either way, it felt at times distracting.

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1° Lima Alterna: 'Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway', de Miguel Llansó

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway, de Miguel Llansó (2019).

Escribe: Luis Vélez.

Gran película con la que nace Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine. La inaugural de su primera edición responde al nombre de Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019) y es dirigida por el cineasta español Miguel Llansó, que con éste su segundo largometraje (el primero fue Crumbs, de 2015), se consolida como un realizador a observar con atención. Llansó ha sabido construir un lenguaje propio y vigoroso, heredero de especiales subgéneros, que han de responder a sus filias, y que hacen del discurso y su lectura un pase de vueltas.

Formalmente una comedia absurda y una sátira política de ciencia ficción, Jesus Shows You the Way To the Highway atraviesa, subvierte y se alimenta de las películas de espías, del cine de artes marciales, del de superhéroes que parecen extraídos de Bollywood o, Nollywood o Wakaliwood, y de más de una línea de explotiation y de serie B estadounidense o africana. A nivel sci-fi rescata el concepto del avatar y la misión del agente conectado al interior de un mundo de realidad virtual, a una "Matrix" en la que los enemigos son virus informáticos. El doble asunto es que con la pandemia y la adopción cotidiana de la virtualidad, con sus nuevos espacios para el desenvolvimiento, la película de Llansó inevitablemente tiene una correspondencia con la actualidad.

Placentero es que lo consiga de forma delirante; bajo una idea estética heterodoxa, kitsch, lisérgica, paradimensional y atemporal; tan atemporal que su textura fílmica y sonora se puede encontrar en las grindhouses setenteras, su tecnología futurista es noventera, y los miedos que la impregnan son los derivados de la Guerra Fría y los fascismos de todas las épocas y lugares. La historia recorre escenarios que van de la "Casa Blanca" y la "CIA" a "Psychobook" y "Beta Etiopía" (con locaciones en Letonia, Estonia y Etiopía). Elementos todos que finalmente nos llevan a apostar a cómo Jesus Shows You the Way To the Highway va rumbo a convertirse en un filme de culto. En cuanto a que Lima Alterna la haya elegido para llegar al mundo, ello es tomado como una declaración de principios.  

El 1º Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine va online del 18 al 27 de septiembre. La programación completa y la plataforma para el visionado de las películas y compra de entradas es Cineaparte.com. Jesus Shows You the Way To the Highway y el cortometraje Obatala Film, igualmente inaugural, están disponibles desde hoy 17 de septiembre a las 19:00. También hay varios títulos gratuitos. Habrá además un conversatorio con Miguel Llansó, director de este delirio fílmico, y con su productor Sergio Uguet de Resayre, este lunes 21 a las 15:00 vía FB Live en la fanpage de Lima Alterna.

Más detalles y actividades del Festival, en sus redes sociales y página web.

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Batman Gets Nuts in Coke-Fueled Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway Preview on Arrow Video Channel [Exclusive]

Miguel Llansó's Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway has been described as The Matrix on acid, exclusively streaming on the Arrow Video Channel.

https://movieweb.com/jesus-shows-you-the-way-to-the-highway-video-arrow-video/

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Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (Miguel Llansó, Spain, 2019)