My attempt to maneuver around four-letter words is more a rough-hewn Scotch tape-&-staple job of
“edits” than it is some mad profesh, seamless-as-a-pair-of-Cervin Paris Rive Gauche
silk-stockinged affair.   All the same, long overdue this post—yes, though
it is

h e r e ✷ finally ✷ h e r e

Embedded in the rectangle above?

A nine minute, 25 second-long exploration of Hollywood’s illustrious Gemini Manor, a locale as eclectic
as the “subjects” presented in this clip: namely, a coterie of fashion vigilantes filmmaker Ramzi Abed
recruited to populate his latest feature, the “darkly romantic horror ensemble mystery” known as Noirland.

Noirland stars James Duval (Donnie Darko, The Doom Generation) † Rena Riffel (Showgirls, Mulholland
Drive) † Lorielle New (The Pit & the Pendulum, Grindhouse) † Lenora Claire (The Devil’s Muse,
Toxic Avenger IV) † Zoetica Ebb (ChinaShop mag; co-founder Coilhouse) † La Carmina (CNNGo journalist &
travel TV host) † Yukiro Dravarious (Queen Bitch Supreme, Tokyo underground) † Aldo Vento
(“Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman”) † Maxim Eskertin (Bunraku, Violent Blue) † & me,
Clint Catalyst (“In The Spotlight,” “Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman,” recLAmation)

The film’s killer cast (Velveeta-laden double-entendre too delish to resist, sorry/kthnx) also boasts luminaries
Twink Caplan (forever chambertombed to mine heart as “Miss Geist” from Amy Heckerling’s Clueless) †
Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger, Horrorween) & a slew of other IMDB repeat-offenders, but I
whittled the preceding list down to the folks featured in this footage
that awaits your ogling

✷ now ✷

Yes, that includes Mr. Duval—even if his appearance is the veritable “Where’s Waldo?” of the bunch.
Moreover, while actor/producer Edwin Santos‘ countenance is absent from such an implicitly
poised-for-viral-domination* collection of digital frames, if it were not for his kind role as our
impromptu DP, this footage would not exist.

Thanks again, Edwin!
—ditto, Ramzi; ditto, Alex—

Oh, &
re: the asterisk?

*(It’s called humor, people…)

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So yeah, June? June’s a busy month ’round the Clintsville.

Apart from my hustle peddlin’ word at The Poetry Brothel and collaborating with Paris Sadonis and Zoetica Ebb for a special performance at Salt Lake City’s Dark Arts Festival 2010,

this month I’m honored to be part of two feature-length premieres.

✷ (And yes, I plan on being at both events!) ✷

Up first, we’ve got

“just another” genre-hopping, stop-motion animation experiment in contemporary celluloid communications, interspersed with autobiographical super 8 docudramitization of writer/director Hilary Goldberg‘s disparate experiences spanning a wasteland of family, palm trees, a violent car salesman and a stint in a mental institution…

before fact is eclipsed by the story-line of a fictive post-apocalyptic, “unincorporated community formerly known as Los Angeles,” where riot police, Amy Goodman, and Queer Superheroes run rampant.

Uh-huh. You read that correctly, and I may or may not very well play the role of a character known as Gaylord Wilshire (I’m sorry, what was that about a ‘cape’?!)

Guess you’ll have to wait until its world premiere at the National Queer Arts Festival 2010

“Hilary Goldberg’s recLAmation is a feature-length experimental documentary/narrative film shot on Super 8 in which capitalism in contemporary Los Angeles is overthrown, and queer superheroes navigate a possible future. recLAmation illuminates historic connections between private and public systems of oppression, and explores how worldview shifts caused by personal trauma rendered the capitalist paradigm nonsense.

In the first two sections  1) Consumption and Colonization, 2) Collapsepersonal narratives interact with moving images of contemporary Los Angeles, stop motion animation, and sound design. Writer/director Goldberg’s memoir unfolds, offering reflections on time spent with her mother’s violent fiancé and in a mental hospital. Then, a fictional narrative envisions a dream of Los Angeles after it has been liberated from capitalism. Queer superheroes explore a possible future for the city that includes housing for all, truly free markets, the end of prisons, and more. The World Premiere Film Event is accompanied with live narration.”

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

8 p.m. at The Garage,

975 Howard, San Francisco, 94103

Tickets range from $12-20, and are available on-line through

The Queer Cultural Center

★ ☆ ★

Then, four days later…

Same city, different festival—and an incomparable project to contrast:

Renown documentarian Christopher Hines is “following fast on the heels” of his success last year with The Butch Factor, by examining not only mannerisms and varying degrees of masculinity among gay men, but also the broad spectrum of ways in which the pursuit for perfection—or perhaps merely a desire to “belong”— manifests [itself] physically.

For those of you whom I haven’t seen in a while (or ever?), watch for me in the first 60 seconds of this clip. I’m the tan guy, no shirt, pecs so pumped-up; you might as well call ‘em “mam”s.

See me there? No, not that one, and definitely not that one…are you kidding me? I’m that one, there, by the dude wearing a baseball cap!

“Do looks matter? When it comes to the male physique in the gay community, the answer is of course a resounding YES. In this fascinating, thought-provoking documentary, filmmaker Christopher Hines (The Butch Factor, Frameline33) turns his camera on guys of all shapes and sizes to explore how body image affects status among gay men.

Through intimate interviews with men across the United States, including several from the Bay Area, Hines uncovers the very common, often unsettling reality of how many gay men struggle to achieve and maintain a particular image in order to be accepted. As he talks with experts and everyday folks, we hear how body discrimination can lead to feelings of inadequacy, as well as issues around drug abuse and severe eating disorders that transcend sexual orientation.

One especially muscular guy admits that even though he knows it’s superficial, he “feels more respected and accepted” when people compliment his look. Hines explores how these issues trickle into other areas of our modern world by looking at everything from the gay porn industry to a naked yoga class in San Francisco that helps students feel more comfortable with their bodies.

The Adonis Factor deftly balances diverse viewpoints and voices to paint a picture of a complex world where beauty is too often considered skin deep.” — BRENDAN PETERSON

★ ☆ ★

The Adonis Factor World Premiere

★ ☆ ★

Saturday, June 19, 2010

2 p.m. at The Victoria Theater,

2961  16th Street, San Francisco, 94103-3633

Tickets vary in cost for those who are organization members versus non-members, and if you’re able to actually find those exact figures at

Frameline 34 – San Francisco International LGBT Festival ?

You’re a more astute person than I!

*(Please comment or send me a message via the “Contact Clint” option, and I’ll be happy to update this listing.)

★ ☆ ★

Oh, & HI—

Official Event Flyer

★ ☆ ★

& Movie Poster

Below…

★ ☆ ★

Hope to see you there!

All Best,

Cx

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Congratulations are in order for auteur Matthew Mishory—in whose biopic  “Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait Of Derek Jarman” I’m honored to appear—for winning The Eastman Kodak Grand Prize for Best Short Film at this year’s US Super 8 and DV Film Festival!

:: forthcoming :: screenings ::

March 4, 2010 & March 6, 2010

at

The Durango International Film Festival in Colorado,

March 5, 2010

at

The Hole On The Hill Gallery & Art Space in Seattle,

as well as

March 10, 2010:

Australian premiere at the
Byron International Film Festival.

“The more personal and affectionate paeans to Derek’s life and work that are out there, like this gorgeous little film, the better.”

– Scott Treleaven, visual artist and filmmaker

Previous Festivals/Retinal Treats:

Delphinium Review by Osmosis.tv

:: click here :: to visit the official website :: delphinium

Remember that gorgeous independent film I’m in? You know, “Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman”?  The one I yammered about a while ago. Well, it’s screening at Sundance, and…yeah. As an Angeleno transplant, over the years I’ve acclimated to the freon-tinged climate shady people imbue this brightly-lit place.  To fair the “whether,” the most important reaction I could have is: act as if this news isn’t very important at all.

It’s a tricky thing, this More-Jaded-Than-The-Orient sense of feigned indifference—because if “reality” T.V. cameras are added to the equation?  Flip it. Be so real it’s Faux Real…and it will be: on film.

Semantics and human behavior are complicated.  But how I feel?  How I feel, for once, is pure and simple and precise. I’m so excited; I’m spinning around like tinsel on a majorette’s baton at half-time.

That being said, the vitals are:

Friday, 22nd January, and Saturday, 23rd January 2010, 2pm

ShowWX Presented by MicroVision at The Sundance Film Festival

Cinema Lounge at 333 Main Street, Park City, UT

Curated by Shade Rupe,

The program includes new work by

Floria Sigismondi, Sean Pecknold, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Rodrigo Gudiño

and

Matthew Mishory

More Info “Beneath The Jump”

In The Director’s Words:

“Both are high-concept screenings utilizing the groundbreaking new Microvision handheld tapeless HD projector.   In three galleries over two afternoons, films will be projected onto ten-foot ice sculptures, giant ceiling installations, and onto the backs of nude art models, who will be simultaneously drawn.  We are thrilled to have been curated for such a unique program that, in addition to my film, includes new works by Floria Sigismondi, Sean Pecknold, Helene Cattet, Bruno Forzani, and Rodrigo Gudino.  There will be a panel on the 22nd with attending filmmakers.  Hope to see some of you there!”

Click Here For Mishory’s Interview by Arianna Gremingi

also linked, a

Review of “Delphinium” in Seattle’s Nark Magazine

Also, since I’ve received a surprising number of requests for candid/”real life” shots lately,

here’s a ‘still’ taken of me on set, by the incomparable Lili Wilde

As one with a proclivity towards the “tl;dr” of it all, I’m fighting the urge to piece together random flashes of memory: the first time I flipped through the crisp pages of Rue Morgue, Rodrigo Gudino’s horrific literary magazine; the spontaneous pupil-swell of intoxication as my senses engaged Floria Sigismondi’s self-portrait…

Flashes. Frames. Strips of film, Spliced Together/

This Time, Next Week/I’ll Be In Park City, Utah

both now & then, however—I’m in the same film:

visit the official website :: delphinium

(O.K., so maybe I’m not the best at feigning innocence…)

At any rate, this Friday evening, the 13th of November 2009

at 9:30 p.m.

My chum/ “co-star” Aldo Vento and  I

will be making a personal appearance at the screening of

“Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman”

at

The Olympia Film Festival

(Among “Delphinium”‘s roster of November Screenings…

This one is paired in conjunction with a live performance by  Steven Severin

of  Siouxsie and the Banshees and
The Glove,