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1995 Frameline Award: Marcus Hu Preceding the world premiere of Frisk, Marcus Hu, co-president of Strand Releasing, will be presented with the
1995 Frameline Award for his immense contribution to the recent explosion in lesbian and gay cinema.
A
s a distributor, Hu first released Lino
The Frameline Award is presented annu
Brocka's Macho Dancer and set up
ally to one outstanding individual or orga
Strand Releasing as a result.
With
nization by the Board of Directors of
subsequent releases such as Roeland
Frameline, the nation's only non-profit
Kerbosch's For A Lost Soldier, Alison
exclusively dedicated to the distribution,
Maclean's Crush and Gregg Araki's
funding, promotion and exhibition of les
Totally F***ed Up, Strand has become
bian and gay film and video.
the model for cost-effective queer the
award-winners include Vito Russo, Rob
90' s. In 1995, Strand will be releasing Andre
atrical film distribution in the
Techine's Wild Reeds (winner of four Cesar Awards, including best picture), Lodge Kerrigan's Clean, Shaven, Steve
Closing Night: Frisk
Maclean's Postcards From America, and the
World Premiere Sponsored by Wilde Magazine
As a tireless visionary produc
Sun June 18 7:30pm $8 CAS 618C
A
er, Hu has been responsible for Gregg Araki's The Living
fier the buckets of advance publicity,
his own singularly chilling vision.
it's hard to imagine how Frisk could
Employing a non-linear narrative struc
possibly live up to expectations.
ture, Verow cleverly incorporates found
Actually, it exceeds them. Based on
footage, mock b&w snuff movies, pix
Dennis Cooper's infamous stranger-than
elvision and artful use of explicit sex to
fiction story of homosexuality, sadism
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and insanity, Todd Verow's' shot-in-San Francisco movie turns out to
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be a witty
and profound drama that
-vv-i.. 1d.� guides us through the
1-.
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of sexual
chronicle one man's descent into
Frisk boasts a cast of top independent tal ent including Craig Chester (Swoon and Griet), Parker Posey (Doom Generation), Alexis Arquette (Pulp. Fiction), James Lyons (Postcards From America) and
complex as the novel itself. Two broth ers traveling on a train read letters written by the protagonist, Dennis, who may or may not be a serial killer. In. what could
San Franciso's Michael Gunther. The film features a music score by Sonic
ducer Marcus Hu will
be presented with 1995 Frameline Award for significant
ture which culminate in murder.
achievement in lesbian and gay media
Although faithful to the novel's story
arts.
points, Verow has imbued the
Frisk dir. Todd Verow 1995 USA 90
film with
(Paris
Is
Burning)
Livingston's You're The Top Alison
Maclean's
With his current and upcom ing projects, Marcus Hu is sure to remain a potent force in the field of lesbian and gay cinema.
For his continuing
commitment to producing and
sent
Prior to the world premiere of Frisk, pro the
Future projects include
queer
film,
Frameline is honored to pre
bands Coil and Elph.
details his gruesome acts of sexual tor
112.
. Jennie
distributing
Youth's Lee Ranaldo and the British
be fictional letters, Dennis explicitly
and Bruce LaBruce's Super 8
Bedlam.
in all of us.
f11m adaptation is as
End, Richard Glatzer's Grief
and
madness.
obsessions and dark fantasies embedded
The structure of the
1994 Frameline Audience Award
Winner, World And Time Enough.
r
the
1995
Frameline
Award to Marcus Hu.
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