Screening of “INSURGENTES”

30 and 31 May 2012, 8 pm
Cinematheque

From the organizer:

The Onion Cellar proudly presents 2 official screenings of INSURGENTES – a documentary / road movie about STEVEN WILSON (Porcupine Tree, No-Man, Blackfield, Bass Communion etc)

“My fear is that the current generation of kids who’re being born into this information revolution, growing up with the Internet, cell phones, iPods, this download culture, ‘American Idol,’ reality TV, prescription drugs, PlayStations — all of these things kind of distract people from what’s important about life, which is to develop a sense of curiosity about what’s out there.”

It’s this curiosity that took the artist around the world to find inspiration to create and record his music.

Insurgentes documented what happened to Steven Wilson in this journey, and is a portrait of an increasingly rare artist who works with music and media out of love and not for fame and fortune.

Through travels to different cultures and continents we meet with other personalities in the industry, including Mikael Åkerfeldt from Opeth, the Israeli superstar Aviv Geffen and the legendary producer Trevor Horn, and hear different opinions on the current and future state of music. The result, as Lasse remarks, is ‘a look at today’s download culture and the effects it has on the artists trying to create and share what is truly in their hearts and minds.’ The film looks into the issues of creating, packaging and marketing music in an era when iPods, mp3’s and download culture are changing and eroding perceptions of exactly what an album is supposed to sound and look like.

Besides painting an honest picture of Steven Wilson as an artist and as a person, Insurgentes is also Lasse Hoile’s ode to art-house cinema: its bleak and surreal images would not be out of place in an Andrei Tarkovsky movie.

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Language: English w/ English subtitles

Ticket: 50,000 VND, available now from Cinematheque’s box office (open from 2pm – 9pm everyday)

(Ho Chi Minh City screening to be confirmed shortly)

The film’s trailer:

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