Jonathan Demme Presents: Made in Texas - Six "new" films from austin
This program includes six short films from Austin, Texas in 1980; INVASION OF THE ALUMINUM PEOPLE, SPEED OF LIGHT, FAIR SISTERS, MASK OF SARNATH, LEONARDO JR, AND DEATH OF A ROCK STAR. Each of these films represents the creative community and avant garde nature of Austin, especially highlighting the late 70s early 80s New Wave and Punk scenes.
Film and music journalist and graduate student, Louis Black, introduced director Jonathan Demme to these films and the Austin music and artistic community in 1980. So enamored with the community, Demme brought these six films to the Collective for Living Cinema in October 1981. In Black’s words, “Each of these films has a different background and a different story, but fortunately they all speak eloquently for themselves. The program came about late last spring with the Austin visit of director Jonathan Demme. A local favorite, Demme’s work has a fanatical cult following among local film people (FAIR SISTERS is a direct homage to CAGED HEAT while SPEED OF LIGHT owes much to CRAZY MAMA). Demme was interested enough in what was happening cinematically in Austin to sample for himself some locally made films, and after screening them he was inspired to put the wheels in motion which led to this program.” These films have been shown together since as a snapshot of the punk and new wave scenes of Austin in the late 70s and early 80s.
Under the guidance of Louis Black, the original six films are restored and presented together as a package for the first time since the original program debuted in 1981. Made in Texas will show at festivals across the United States and Canada, and will be available as a DVD with exciting extras including photographs from the productions, punk posters from Austin's thriving music scene, archival paper material, and much more.
Film and music journalist and graduate student, Louis Black, introduced director Jonathan Demme to these films and the Austin music and artistic community in 1980. So enamored with the community, Demme brought these six films to the Collective for Living Cinema in October 1981. In Black’s words, “Each of these films has a different background and a different story, but fortunately they all speak eloquently for themselves. The program came about late last spring with the Austin visit of director Jonathan Demme. A local favorite, Demme’s work has a fanatical cult following among local film people (FAIR SISTERS is a direct homage to CAGED HEAT while SPEED OF LIGHT owes much to CRAZY MAMA). Demme was interested enough in what was happening cinematically in Austin to sample for himself some locally made films, and after screening them he was inspired to put the wheels in motion which led to this program.” These films have been shown together since as a snapshot of the punk and new wave scenes of Austin in the late 70s and early 80s.
Under the guidance of Louis Black, the original six films are restored and presented together as a package for the first time since the original program debuted in 1981. Made in Texas will show at festivals across the United States and Canada, and will be available as a DVD with exciting extras including photographs from the productions, punk posters from Austin's thriving music scene, archival paper material, and much more.
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New Image by Jose Kessler, 2015