For Immediate Release
Jan. 31, 2005
Art.
Drugs. Madness.
DRAWING
OUT THE DEMONS: A Film About the Artist Attila Richard Lukacs
The International
Festival of Films on Art
Montreal
Museum of Contemporary Art
March 13 at
2:00pm & March 20
at 9:30 pm
Canadian
Art Film Series –
Sunday, February 27, 2005 - 5 pm
Toronto Royal Cinema
Vancouver
-- Producers Trish Dolman and Stephanie Symns of Screen Siren Pictures are
pleased to announce the Montréal
Premiere of David Vaisbord’s (Mischa;
Juicy Danger Meets Burning Man; Britannia Beach) feature documentary, Drawing
Out the Demons: A Film About the Artist, Attila Richard Lukacs.
Gifted
artist, tormented soul, egomaniacal bad-boy hyped up on crystal-meth. This
is the snapshot, circa summer 2001, as this raw and uncensored documentary
begins tracking the dramatic career of Canadian-born painter Attila
Richard Lukacs. A bold visionary whose life-size homoerotic renderings of
neo-Nazi skinheads fetch as much as $150,000, Lukacs fails in his attempt
to crack New York City and the world's toughest art scene. He spirals into
depression and drug addiction, alienates arts associates, angers his
boyfriends and pushes away his saintly parents. But the wired West Coast
artist manages to make it to the other side, retreating from his
disastrous NYC exploits to find detox, redemption and creative renaissance
in Maui.
Nearly
5 years in the making, and incorporating footage spanning 19 years, Drawing
Out the Demons is an artist’s journey. With unparalleled access and
active participation of the artist, the film is an uncensored and highly
original work that brings the audience face-to-face with one of the most
gifted painters alive today.
The
78-minute feature documentary had its world premiere at Hot Docs, North
America’s largest documentary festival last April, where it screened for
sold-out audiences. Here’s what the critics had to say:
"compulsively
watchable." -- James Adams, The Globe and Mail
“a
compelling and intimate portrait” -- Hot Docs 2004
“…think
of Cabaret, only with Dennis Hopper playing the emcee,”
-- Peter
Goddard, Toronto Star
“Drawing
Out the Demons may be the most honest and substantial documentary ever
made about a world-class artist.”
-- Atlantic Film Festival 2004
Drawing Out the
Demons is
Produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by
the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry, Telefilm Canada:
Equity Investment Program, CTF: License Fee Program; Rogers Cable Network
Fund; the province of British Columbia: Film Incentive BC; the Canadian
Film or Video Tax Credit; and Rogers Telefund.
Produced and developed in Association with BRAVO! Canada, a
division of CHUM limited. Produced
in Association with TVOntario. Developed
with the participation of British Columbia Film and in Association with
Telefilm Canada and CTV.
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Contact:
David Vaisbord cell (778) 868-2557 or e-mail: vaisbord
(at) telus (dot) net
or
Screen
Siren Pictures Tel. (604) 687-7591 or e-mail: info@screensiren.ca
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