Cine-Excess 2011 Preview: Cannibal Holocaust, Django, Franco Nero!

By Tom Fallows / June 25, 2011

the films to talk about this year (thats how is it right, Matt?), for the rest of us its bottom shelf beer and whatever movies crop up on TV. But hell, we mutter bitterly to ourselves in front of another late night Spaghetti Western, we dont want those films anyway. We want the cinema of violence, perversity and madness. Lucky for those of us back in Blightly then that the end of May sees the return of Cine Excess three day conference on global cult cinema. Now in its fifth year, Cine Excess is this time out focusing on, subverting the senses with a series of panel discussions, filmmaker interviews and rare screenings that examine the, politics and aesthetics of excess. The mini-festival begins on May 26th with a discussion on censorship, followed over the course of the weekend by over 30 separate talks on cinematic controversies. Fanning the flames of debate, well also be presented with a new edit of Ruggero Deodatos deranged masterpiece Cannibal Holocaust, a film whose verite horrors landed its director in court on a charge of murder. Deodato himself will be introducing the film and will later join a group of cult movie experts to debate, amongst other things, the trouble with censors. As if that werent enough, also in attendance is legendary Italian actor Franco Nero, on hand to introduce the 1969 oddball horror A Quiet Place in the Country (co-starring his wife Vanessa Redgrave) and to talk in depth about the classic, coffin draggin Spaghetti Western Django (which will be screened Saturday afternoon). The festival runs from the 26th 28th May and is the perfect retreat for those of us fascinated by the cinema of the extreme. For full details on the event go to www.cine-excess.co.uk