Oak Street Cinema
Sunday, September 22, 7:45pm

Produced by Rick Fuller & Chris Strouth, 2002
Stan Ridgway is a musician, storyteller and New Wave Icon; but mostly he is a songwriter, his songs often read like movie plots. His characters are deep and developed; of course, not all of them are people you would want to have dinner with. He holds a flashlight to the shadowy side of human existence — our flaws, secrets, and obsessions — all with a sardonic edge that skirts morbidity. His is a balladeer style that recalls the great traditions of folk and old time country music. Even if the instrumentation is electronic.

This is a filmed version of his most recent record "Holiday in Dirt". A compilation of 14 short films by 14 different filmmakers. The directors get total artistic freedom, but a budget of only $500 dollars. Each film uses a song from the record as its basis. The filmmakers are a who’s who of MTV video makers and art film provocateurs: Phil Harder, Rick Fuller, Steve Hanft, Carlos Grasso, Jim Ludke, Chuck Statler, Katherine Gordon, Simon Blake, Dan Brown, Hernan Barangan, David Roth, Heidi Frier & Charles Bowe, and Dave Moe.

Afterwards Ridgway will play a concert at Lee's Liquor Lounge