Dir: Tim Rutili
USA / 2010 / 84 mins
Print Source: Glen Shermann, gs@vanacker.com
Web: http://funeralsingersfilm.com/
A unique and strange American gothic tale that focuses on the life of psychic Zel (Angela Bettis), a fortune teller who lives in a large house next to woodlands. Filled with ghosts including what appears to be a blind band (played by Califone), a bride and a priest amongst others, Zel offers her clients and the ghosts a conduit between worlds. Her daily routine consists primarily of channelling these spirits for her clients, helping the dead advise the living, until one day a light appears amongst the trees.
Punctuated with beautiful musical interludes performed by ‘post- rock’ band Califone, All My Friends Are Funeral Singers is a dream- like movie that offers a vision that combines an eclectic surrealism with an off-beat narrative sensibility.
First time director Rutili’s work showcases the return of the indie director as a visionary filmmaker, immersed within his own creative world, a welcome change from mumblecore.
Director Tim Rutili will be in attendance and engage in a post-film Q&A for both screenings
Limited tickets remain for the Thursday 21st screening.
This is guaranteed to sell out.