The ZRC Visits the Drunken Zombie Film Festival
So, before I could realize that I had apparently inflamed the tender egos of much of the nerdy world with a brief post dissing a silly video bashing Zombies, the Zombie Rights Campaign went on a trip to cloudy, grey Peoria, Illinois to see some short films in the Drunken Zombie Film Festival.
This marks our least productive travel time to outreach time ever, I think; 2 hours of shorts, 7 hours of driving. Huzzah for efficiency!
On the other hand, we did get to see a few new films, a few classics from previous festivals (unrelated to Zombies), and caught Cabine of the Dead again; no, repeat viewing doesn’t improve it, I’m afraid.
I’m working on reviews of all the Zombie-related shorts as we speak; in the meantime, have some pictures from the trip below the cut:
The best part of the long drive to Peoria is going through some nice windfarms in Northern Illinois. They’re gorgeous to watch out the windows.
Peoria has some bridges with these weird supports underneath.. I haven’t seen this design before, but I kind of like it.
The Peoria Theatre, where the DZ film festival was held, is the dictionary definition of a hole-in-the-wall.
Check out this fantastic interior though; it’s like the 80s gorged on neon and threw up inside the lobby.
The screening room itself is pretty small, but servicable. Still, it has to be said, nothing beats the charm of a classic space like the Portage in Chicago, or the Orpheum here in Madison.
Well, that’s it for the impressions. We only saw the short film section, but it was a fun little get-together, and hey, it gave the ZRC a reason to go to a new town and hang out with some new people, so, thanks go to the Drunken Zombie Film Festival for having us.
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Don’t you think wind farms are a bit creepy too? They’re definitely entrancing, it’s hard to drive by one and still pay attention to the road.
That’s how Helpless was born: http://www.amazon.com/Helpless-Michelle-Hartz/dp/1449933084/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289229670&sr=8-1
(Yes, shameless, I know, sorry. But hey, my shameless promotion is better than all the other blog comments you’re getting right now.)
Hiya Michelle.
Don’t worry about the shameless promotion; at least it’s on topic here. No kidding as to the rest of the comments.
As soon as I’m through reviewing a slate of movies and games I was planning to get to Helpless, as a matter of fact, but I trust that no matter the ZRC’s rating you won’t send dozens of ill-mannered internet demons to plague our comments section ranting about penises and teh gay.
As for wind farms themselves, I’m of two minds. During the day, they’re cheerful and harmless. At night, though, the huge towering, moving, shadowy figures are inherently creepy. It’s probably a survival trait; large objects moving in the shadows usually meant something wanted to eat you in prehistoric times. Windmills don’t do that, of course… for now. *dun dun dun*
…except in Japan, where everything is a robot that is trying to kill you.
Oh, Jenny, I hadn’t thought of that. I smell sequel! ;)
That’ll be the big hit of the 2011 anime season. Roughly translated the title might be ‘GO GIANT WINDMILL MONSTER: OF GREAT BURNING JUSTICE’