Earlier in 2017, acclaimed hip hop artist Flying Lotus (who is also known as Steve) celebrated the world premiere of his directorial debut, Kuso, at the Sundance Film Festival, and now, the film is heading home exclusively to Shudder today (and it also begins a one-week engagement at Cinefamily in Los Angeles too). Daily Dead had the chance to speak with Steve about transitioning from the realm of music to filmmaker, taking chances as an artist, working with his cast and more.
Great to speak with you, Steve, and congrats on finding a home for Kuso with Shudder. I would love if you could start off discussing how much your work in the music industry helped prepare you to transition to the world of film. I know you’ve been doing videos, and doing video and music work with Adult Swim too, so this seems like a natural progression for your career.
Great to speak with you, Steve, and congrats on finding a home for Kuso with Shudder. I would love if you could start off discussing how much your work in the music industry helped prepare you to transition to the world of film. I know you’ve been doing videos, and doing video and music work with Adult Swim too, so this seems like a natural progression for your career.
- 7/21/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Most aspiring filmmakers who have sunk $400,000 of their own money into their first movie, and then have the chance to premiere it in a high-profile slot Sundance, do not want initial viewer reactions to be swift, violent and highly negative. They do not want reports that numerous audience members had walked, perhaps even ran, out of the theater in Park City during its first-ever showing, unwilling to tangle with some a movie that might be described "difficult," or "in-your-face," or "gross-as-fuck."
To be fair, however, most filmmakers are nothing like Steven Ellison,...
To be fair, however, most filmmakers are nothing like Steven Ellison,...
- 7/19/2017
- Rollingstone.com
More than a dozen people walked out of a screening of Flying Lotus’ “Kuso” at the Sundance Film Festival, Pitchfork reports. The feature debut for the musician, whose real name is Steve Ellison, “Kuso” is a psychedelic dream movie set in Los Angeles after a devastating earthquake. The film premiered last Saturday in Sundance’s Midnight section.
Read More: IFC Midnight Acquires ‘Killing Ground’ — Sundance 2017
“Kuso’s” grotesque humor and trippy animated sequences proved to be too much for certain audience members at Sundance. Still, Lotus tweeted that the amount of people who left the screening was not significant given how many people were in attendance.
It was only like 20 people out of like 400 who walked out. Wasn’t as dramatic as they make it out to be. I tried to warn folks. https://t.co/j3GTtO906o
— Flylo (@flyinglotus) January 26, 2017
“Kuso” stars Anders Holm, Hannibal Buress, Tim Heidecker and George Clinton.
Read More: IFC Midnight Acquires ‘Killing Ground’ — Sundance 2017
“Kuso’s” grotesque humor and trippy animated sequences proved to be too much for certain audience members at Sundance. Still, Lotus tweeted that the amount of people who left the screening was not significant given how many people were in attendance.
It was only like 20 people out of like 400 who walked out. Wasn’t as dramatic as they make it out to be. I tried to warn folks. https://t.co/j3GTtO906o
— Flylo (@flyinglotus) January 26, 2017
“Kuso” stars Anders Holm, Hannibal Buress, Tim Heidecker and George Clinton.
- 1/26/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Last year, filmmaker Eddie Alcazar and musician Flying Lotus, also known as Steve Ellison, screened their short film “Fuckkkyouuu” at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Now, the experimental artist is returning to Park City to debut his feature film, “Kuso,” a bizarre and trippy tale starring George Clinton.
Ahead of its Sundance premiere, taking place on January 21, Deadline has shared the first trailer, in which “unbridled imaginations plunge the audience into a magical mix of filth-covered fables and hypnotic animations to reveal a film rotting from the inside out.”
Read More: Watch: Eddie Alcazar and Flying Lotus’ Mesmerizing Short Film is So Nsfw We Can’t Even Say Its Name
Co-written by David Firth and Zach Fox, the “mind-altering freakshow” follows a group of survivors after a devastating earthquake hits Los Angeles. The trailer is nothing short of strange and psychedelic, something that Flying Lotus fans can appreciate.
The film also features performances by Hannibal Buress,...
Ahead of its Sundance premiere, taking place on January 21, Deadline has shared the first trailer, in which “unbridled imaginations plunge the audience into a magical mix of filth-covered fables and hypnotic animations to reveal a film rotting from the inside out.”
Read More: Watch: Eddie Alcazar and Flying Lotus’ Mesmerizing Short Film is So Nsfw We Can’t Even Say Its Name
Co-written by David Firth and Zach Fox, the “mind-altering freakshow” follows a group of survivors after a devastating earthquake hits Los Angeles. The trailer is nothing short of strange and psychedelic, something that Flying Lotus fans can appreciate.
The film also features performances by Hannibal Buress,...
- 1/19/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
This crazy image you see below is the poster for Kuso, a Sundance-premiering midnighter and feature debut from the director known just as "steve." If you don't think you know steve, you actually might. Steve is the moniker of Steven Ellison, aka the musician/artist better known as Flying Lotus (or just FlyLo -- as if this dude needed another name). Ellison has collaborated on a few out there and amazing shorts including Eddie Alcazar's awesomely named Fuckkkyouuu and last summer's Royal, which he directed. Well now Ellison/Flying Lotus/FlyLo/steve and his production outfit Brainfeeder Films have gone and made a feature film... and from the poster, it promises to be just as weird as those who have followed his previous works would expect. Described as a...
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- 1/12/2017
- Screen Anarchy
After a successful festival run that took them through the Sundance Next Festival, Fantastic Fest and on to Sundance proper, director Eddie Alcazar and Flying Lotus have released their collaborative short film Fuckkkyouuu online in its entirety. And this is one cinematic oddity that you're going to want to watch as loud as possible, in as high resolution as possible, and very likely not in a workplace environment.With the ability to travel in time, a lonely girl finds love and comfort by connecting with her past self. Eventually faced with rejection she struggles with her identity and gender, and as time folds onto itself only one of them can remain.Take a look at the short below!...
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- 1/29/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Slated to continue its festival run with an appearance at Sundance, director Eddie Alcazar's beautiful, unsettling collaboration with Flying Lotus Fuckkkyouuu will, no doubt, continue to turn quite a lot of heads. And if one of those heads is yours and you want a rare piece of memorabilia from the film, then we've got just the thing. Yep, as the headline says we've got a small handful of original posters from the film to give away and all you need to do to claim one is email me here and name the boxer who was the subject of Alcazar's previous documentary effort.With the ability to travel in time, a lonely girl finds love and comfort by connecting with her past self. Eventually faced with rejection...
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- 1/18/2016
- Screen Anarchy
The American Film Institute announced today the films that will screen in the World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, Shorts and Cinema’s Legacy programs at AFI Fest 2015 presented by Audi.
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
- 10/22/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Director Eddie Alcazar has teamed up with musical maverick Flying Lotus for his latest effort Fuckkkyouuu and with the film screening now at Fantastic Fest the first trailer has arrived online. And it is gorgeous, disturbing, and Nsfw stuff.With the ability to travel in time, a lonely girl finds love and comfort by connecting with her past self. Eventually faced with rejection she struggles with her identity and gender, and as time folds onto itself only one of them can remain.Check out the trailer below!...
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- 9/30/2015
- Screen Anarchy
A Trailer for the new Flying Lotus short film Fuckkkyouuu directed by Eddie Alcazar has just been released. The film features original music from Flying Lotus and was shot on beautiful 16mm black and white reversal film. Described as a “gorgeous and grotesque experimental trance of time travel and body horror,” the official synopsis reads, “With the ability to travel in time, a lonely girl finds love and comfort by connecting with her past self. Eventually faced with rejection she struggles with her identity and gender, and as time folds onto itself only one of them can remain.” Clocking in at just about eight minutes, the film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and recently screened at Austin’s Fantastic Fest.
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- 9/29/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Los Angeles - The third Sundance Next Fest came to a close on Sunday night and let’s hope we’re not reaching by saying it has now secured its much-needed place on the La cultural calendar. A spin-off of the main Park City festival, Next Fest started in August 2013 primarily featuring films that had premiered in January in the “Next” and (sometimes) Midnight sections. Screenings were held over a three-day weekend in different venues across the city and that gave the first edition of the festival an unintended scattershot feel. Last year, Sundance wisely made the Ace Hotel’s historic United Artists theater the event’s home base and secured the La premieres of “Life After Beth,” “Listen Up Philip,” “Kumiko the Treasure Hunter,” “The Guest” and “Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.” Oh, and performances from Tinashe and Warpaint. Considering many of those movies ended up on a...
- 8/10/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
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