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Thursday
May 1
The Duke of York 8.00pm
The completely whacked-out Happiness of the Katakuris.is
a horror movie. It is a comedy. It is a musical. It has
melodrama. It has a Bollywood-style song-and-dance scene.
It even has a karaoke sing-along, with captions so you
can join in with our suddenly overly-made-up stars sing
earnestly under disco lights.
The Katakuris are a multi-generational family that open
a lodging house in the mountains. The scenery is gorgeous,
the house is big and well-cared for, and they are eager
to serve. One lone traveler arrives on a dark and stormy
night. But when the family goes to check in on him the
next morning-he is dead on the floor with a knife through
the neck. Like anyone else would do in that situation,
they immediately break into a heavy metal song and kick
down the walls of the house with an interpretive dance.
And that is just the beginning. There is some romance,
some drama, more mysteriously dying guests, and literally
lots of song and dance.
Butterfly by local filmmaker Glenn Marshall is a journey
from life to death and back. It is a kaleidoscope of colour,
sound and movement that lies somewhere between art and
entertainment, speaking eloquently and subtly of the cycle
of life and the transience of the moment.
“Butterfly is a truly beautiful piece. What’s
so fantastic about it is that you forget that you are
watching digital animation, because it is so atmospheric
and organic.”
IDI Design Awards Judges.
Admission free
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