WHOLPHIN
Q&A with Wholphin curator Brent Hoff & others
From the publishers of McSweeney’s comes this quarterly anthology of strange and wonderful short films. Wholphin curator Brent Hoff presents doc surprises include some astoundingly funny and disturbing documentaries from the last few issues of Wholphin.
The selection will include a Slovenian film called “Arsy Varsy” that is perhaps the most cathartically wonderful and uplifting documentary short film Brent has ever seen; an engagingly single shot piece called “How To Explain It To My Parents” that documents artist Arno Cohen attempting to explain his art to his father; a film about deep underground backyard wrestling called “Here Comes Greatness” that must be seen to be believed… among various other funny surprises.
Running time: 90 minutesScreened: April 12, 2011 8:00 pm
Related Blog Posts: Wholphin: Strange and Wonderful Shorts
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