Carey Burtt

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Carey Burtt is a filmmaker and musician based in New York City, mainly working in the underground genre.

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Films

Burtt's films The Psychotic Odyssey of Richard Chase and The Death of Sex appeared in the second edition of Jack Sargeant's book Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression.[ citation needed ]The Psychotic Odyssey of Richard Chase was also distributed by the production company Troma Entertainment in its "Best of Tromadance Vol. 1" DVD.[ citation needed ] It was included in Other Cinema's Experiments in Terror video exhibition. [1]


Burtt's 1999 short Mind Control Made Easy or How to Become a Cult Leader was featured in the 2005 Hell on Reels: Astoria Moving Image Festival. An instructional film outlining the techniques used by destructive cults, Mind Control was also featured on Supersphere.com where it received an audience award. Fragments from Mind Control have been used by Flying Lotus' alter ego Captain Murphy on the album Duality , released in 2012. Burtt's films have been shown in several festivals including New York and Chicago Underground and The FanTasia Film Festival. In January 2009 the Boston Underground Film Festival held a retrospective screening event of his work.

In 2004 Burtt completed his first feature, A Forked World which was co-written and co-directed by Tucson Weekly film critic James DiGiovanna. [2] It won "Most Effectively Offensive" at the Boston Underground Film Festival in 2005. Burtt and DiGiovanna also collaborated on a parody of political ads, which was featured on a segment on NBC in December 2007. [3]

In 2019 Burtt completed his second feature Corpus Chaosum which won best experimental film at the 2021 First Hermetic International Film Festival. [4]

Music

Carey's Problem formed in the summer of 1986 with Cindy Brolsma and Lisa Jenio. The bank released the album Arena of Shame in 1990, produced by Dave Sardy. [5] The song "Led Zeppelin" had college radio play and was featured in the Steve Zahn film Freak Talks About Sex which played on Cinemax.

Gigi Disco Rock was formed in 1998 and put out two CDs: "Will You Love Me?" and "More Songs For Clucky."

In 1992 Burtt composed and played guitar for five songs for the 1995 album Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud by Julian Schnabel. [6] [7]

Filmography

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References

  1. Experiments in Terror: The Horror Film and Its Spawn
  2. Burtt, Carey; DiGiovanna, James (2004-12-03), A Forked World (Comedy), Bruce Bennett, Albert Cadabra, Michael Den Dekker, Forked World Produtions, retrieved 2023-11-28
  3. "'Tucker' for Dec. 14". NBC News. 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2023-11-28.[ failed verification ]
  4. Hermetic International Film Festival [ dead link ]
  5. SoundClick artist: Carey's Problem - UnPopArt, Shock Rock, Mental Illness Rock, Industrial Pop
  6. Liner notes, "Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud" Island 1995
  7. Julian Schnabel - Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved 2023-11-28