January 15, 2008
Crispin Glover's Middle Name is Really "Hellion"
February 9-11
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown (320 E 6th Street)
Feb 9, 9:45 pm / Feb 10 & 11, 7 pm
[info & tickets]
The two films being shown on Glover's Austin weekend are two parts of a trilogy (the third of the triptych has yet to be released). The film screening on the 9th and 11th, It is Fine! Everything is Fine!, which was released in 2007, was written by its star, Steven Stewart, a cerebral palsy patient. Glover described the film as "an autobiographical, psycho-sexual, fantastical retelling of [Stewart's] point-of-view of life." It's supposed to be suspenseful and twisted. Sounds like an awesomer, less sweet Diving Bell and the Butterfly. On the 10th, Glover will screen What Is It?, which was released in 2005, and stars actors with Down Syndrome as well as some naked, masked porn stars. It's also supposed to question and upend our cultural ideas about race and prejudice. Tall order, that, but in Hellion we trust.
These movies won't be released widely, or be easily available on DVD, so the chance to see them in February should not be passed up. That's why we're telling you about this so far ahead of time. Tickets are available now to all Fantastic Fest badge holders, past or present. The remaining tickets will be available to the general public this Friday the 18th.




I'll be there. Glover might be a wing nut, but he's also frickin' genius.
I can't wait to see What Is It? After all, he won my heart with his contribution to Apocalypse Culture II, which was his essay by the same title.
I am inexplicably attracted to him. Is that wrong?