Film Screening - Blood, Boobs & Beast February 20, 2009

2/20

Blood, Boobs & Beast

Location: 600 4th St, West Sacramento. That's the corner of 4th & F in West Sac, just over the river from downtown. Parking lot entrance is off of F St between 4th & 5 streets.

7PM and 9:30 PM

Admission: $5.00

“If you don’t have those three things, then your film is not going to be successful”. - Joe Ripple, director

Blood, Boobs & Beast tells the compelling story of Don Dohler, whose movies have been called everything from oddly brilliant to some of the worst films of all time. Despite his critics, Dohler has gotten all 9 of his sci-fi and horror films distributed internationally, as well as TV syndication for his first film, The Alien Factor. Dohler has also inspired artists and filmmakers such as Robert Crumb (Fritz the Cat), J.J. Abrams (Creator of TV show Lost) and Art Speigelman (Maus) with his underground comix character ProJunior, and his DIY filmmaking magazine, Cinemagic.

Mild-mannered and unassuming, Dohler started making wholesome sci-fi films in the Baltimore area in 1976, but later began including nudity and gore in his movies to please distributors. At age 59 he’s just finished his most gratuitous movie to date and it’s selling well, yet Dohler feels “sick of the exploitative stuff” and is considering giving up the “blood, boobs and beast” formula.

Shot and edited over two and a half years, Blood, Boobs & Beast provides a fresh and humorous look at low-budget filmmaking through the unassuming eyes of Don Dohler. With revealing interviews and beautiful cinematography, Blood, Boobs & Beast is a touching portrait of Dohler’s career, his family, and his struggle to just make a good movie.

With JJ Abrams (whose first job was on a Dohler movie), Troma's Lloyd Kaufman, Tom Savini, Tom Sullivan (who worked on the Evil Dead films), and Skizz Cyzyk, who was involved with The Guatemalan Handshake, a title we showed in 2007.

This does have blood, and it does have boobs and it most definitely has beast in it, but as the synopsis says, it's also surprisingly quite touching.

“an intimate and affectionate portrait” - Baltimore City Paper

“a compelling portrait of an intricate man” - The Baltimore Sun

"…director John Paul Kinhart has done the rest of us a public service…shining a much deserved spotlight on a likable, low-key geek and committed family man.” - FilmThreat

“a quiet and gentle movie about a quiet and gentle man…definitely recommended” - TwitchFilm

Official Website: http://www.shiny-object.com/screenings/