I’m ready for my close-up: Cine-Excess 2008

July 9, 2008

I’m ready for my close-up: Cine-Excess 2008
Originally broadcast 18/04/08 on Resonance 104.4 FM

An episode of “I’m ready for my close-up”, Virginie Selavy talks to Xavier Mendik about Cine-Excess II.
Launched last year as part of Sci-Fi London, the Cine-Excess festival was so successful that it returns this year as an independent festival hosted by the ICA (London) from May 1-3. Over three days, this cult extravaganza offers academic papers alongside film screenings and talks by leading genre filmmakers and critics. The guest of honour this year is Roger Corman, who will be presented with a lifetime achievement award. We talked to Xavier Mendik, director of the Cult Film Archive at Brunel University, author of a number of books on cult cinema and organiser of Cine-Excess.
Read a transcript of this interview at www.electricsheepmagazine.com
(mp3 format, 27min 40sec / 39.8mb)

For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com

Links: Info about Cine-Excess II and the Cult Film archive at Brunel University