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MQUP and Fantasia International Film Festival are pleased to present:
An evening honouring the late John Dunning and the publication of his memoir, You’re Not Dead until You’re Forgotten.
Join us for a special screening of Dunning’s original 1973 film, Le diable est parmi nous (a rare 35mm archival print!) followed by a book signing with Montreal journalist and author Bill Brownstein.
About Dunning’s memoir:
In You’re Not Dead until You’re Forgotten, Dunning, in forthright and charming fashion, recounts his rough-and-tumble upbringing in the Montreal suburb of Verdun in the 1930s, his modest start in the film industry behind the candy counter of his family’s movie theatre, and later, his ventures into film distribution and production. In the 1960s Dunning, along with financial wizard André Link, founded Cinepix, which eventually merged into the Lionsgate Entertainment film colossus. Specializing in such exploitation genres as raucous comedy, groundbreaking Québécois “maple syrup porn” and horror films, Cinepix churned out cult classics like Valérie, Shivers, Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS, and Meatballs. Dunning’s detailed recollections of making these movies provide a rare, candid, and witty take on how the film industry really works.
David Cronenberg has called John Dunning “the unacknowledged godfather of an entire generation of Canadian filmmakers.” Illustrated with personal photos and film stills, You’re Not Dead Until You’re Forgotten finally gives this pioneer Canadian filmmaker his long-overdue spotlight.
To celebrate the launch of the late John Dunning’s autobiography You’re Not Dead Until You’re Forgotten, we are proud to present a rare 35mm copy of this film co-produced by Dunning and Yrene Nold. Though it once circulated on VHS, it has never had a DVD release or undergone restoration. There remain, in fact, few existing copies of the movie. Le diable est parmi nous (The Possession of Virginia) is a strange, surrealist, paranoid film.
Horror was not a genre often explored in Quebec cinema. While English Canada produced a number of notable works of horror, Quebec generally demurred — and so Le diable est parmi nous is a true curiosity. Our films dealing with esoteric conspiracies and pacts with the devil are all too rare. A soundtrack blending funk, disco, pop, atmospherics and classical music, care of François Cousineau, is definitive of its era. Toss in some nightmarish visions, howl-worthy dialogue, and one of Quebec’s first on-screen gore murders, and you’ve got a vital piece of local film history. More info
To learn more about You’re Not Dead Until You’re Forgotten, click here.
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