Film/Video THE CULT OF JOSÉ MOJICA MARINS COFFIN JOE: THE STRANGE WORLD OF JOSÉ MOJICA MARINS DIRECTED BY ANDRÉ BARCINSKI AND IVAN FINOTTI THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2001, 8 PM FREE AUDITORIUM

Brazilian journalists and co-authors of the José Mojica Marins biography The Damned, Barcinski and Finotti take the audience on a guided tour into the filmmaker's mad world of cheap thrills and haunting stories. Combining clips from Marins' legendary horror masterpieces with interviews with the filmmaker himself, the film provides an excellent introduction to Marins' cult and addresses complex issues such as the limits of artifice and method acting and the fine distinctions between the cinema and so-called "reality." 2000, Brazil, color and BW, video, in Portuguese with English subtitles, 66 minutes.