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Retro-Futurism: The Films of Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn
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Directed by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn | 6 mins | 2006
News of a gonorrhea infection only briefly sours the mood in this early Kalman and Horn short, which telegraphs a cheerful and occasionally violent beach party set in a winkingly lo-fi future.
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L for Leisure
Directed by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn | 73 mins | 2014
Only ’90s kids will remember: in this affectionate but ironic throwback, structured as a series of piquant, deadpan vignettes, grad students on vacation lounge and mull over matters both petty and metaphysical. Captured on sparkling 16mm, t... -
Blondes in the Jungle
Directed by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn | 48 mins | 2009
As much inspired by "Degrassi Junior High" (1987-1991) as Warhol’s "Lonely Cowboys" (1968), Kalman and Horn’s kaleidoscopic 1987-set first feature has the titular blondes, a trio of heedless teens, plunge into the Honduran jungle in search ...
