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Jon Moritsugu (born 1965 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American cult/underground filmmaker. He started filmmaking in high school in the early 1980s and then attended Brown University, where he studied semiotics and critical theory. His senior thesis film, "Der Elvis", was called by critic J. Hoberman "one of the top 50 films of the eighties." Moritsugu's films are defined by their "lo-fi" aesthetic, and were initially shot on 16mm film stock to give them a gritty, visceral quality. The movies themselves are often absurdist comedies that feature actress, co-writer, co-producer, and wife, Amy Davis. Moritsugu writes all of his films, and also serves as producer, editor, as well as distributor. Fellow underground filmmaker Todd Verow served as cinematographer on three of Moritsugu's features: Terminal USA (1993) Mod Fuck Explosion (1994) and "Pig Death Machine" (2013).
His films have been featured at Sundance, Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, MoMA, Guggenheim, Whitney and numerous other festivals and museums. Fame Whore was considered for an Academy Award in 1999, but was rejected because it was screened in 16mm, and at the time, all Academy Award considerations had to be screened in 35mm.
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Jon Moritsugu - Mommy, Mommy, Where's My Brain?
JON MORITSUGU feature film retrospective trailer
PIG DEATH MACHINE official teazer
NUMBSKULL REVOLUTION!!!
CAAM interview with Jon Moritsugu 2007 SFIAFF Bad Boys Panel
TERMINAL U.S.A. (1993)
Mishka Fall 2015 Lookbook: Cycoskuzz by Jon Moritsugu
PIG DEATH MACHINE official theatrical trailer
Film Rap: Jon Moritsugu (SCUMROCK, FAME WHORE, MOD F**K EXPLOSION)
I Am A Ghost Trailer
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MISHKA "cycoskuzz" fall 2015 fashion lookbook
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Jon Moritsugu - Mommy, Mommy, Where's My Brain? 1986
new JON MORITSUGU feature movie coming soon! total mindfuck! indie/underground feverdream freak-out!!! and we need your help! Indiegogo link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jon-moritsugu-s-new-feature-numbskull-revolution/x/13404935#/
CAAM got a chance to talk with Jon Moritsugu at the 2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Produced by Michella Rivera-Gravage Cinematography and Sound by Jim Choi Edited by Jonathan To
Shop the МИШКА Fall 2015 Collection: https://goo.gl/NWkHOs The sun is bright, the dirt is sacred and the weed is dry 7,000 feet above sea level. Really dry. And every hit is harsh. Time stands still here. The land is challenging and mankind's presence is sparse. There's a lot of nothing and the vast stretch of space leaves you lonesome. Welcome to The Land of Enchantment: Santa Fe, New Mexico. Population: Who knows? Who cares? Google it. We'll be out in Taos running with the coyotes and lookin' for the jackalope. No gods, no newsfeed. Directed by: Jon Moritsugu Written by: Jon Moritsugu & Amy Davis Produced by: Andrew Fanelli Fearturing: Sachiko Royer as "Strawberry" Gabriel Kessler as "Motor" Kim Frick as "Minty" Manuel Quintana as "Orion" Hair by: Max Sanders Shot & Edited by: Apathy...
Thee new feature by JON MORITSUGU and AMY DAVIS, "Lifetime Achievement Award" Winner at the 2013 Chicago Underground Film Festival. Trailer by: ZACH CLARK
Warren Etheredge of The Warren Report gets edgy with cult-favored filmmaker Jon Moritsugu, creator of the marquee-unfriendly flicks: SCUMROCK, FAME WHORE and MOD F**K EXPLOSION. (Presented in partnership with IndieFlix and Sin In Linen.)
The 13th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival 2012 (November 1-9) I AM A GHOST Not since Jon Moritsugu parked a motorcycle in the middle of Asian American cinema and set it ablaze has there been a major Asian American film as unbeholden to tradition, as unencumbered by any cause, and as joyously liberated as H.P. Mendoza's I AM A GHOST. It's also terribly fun and uncommonly scary, and destined to be a cult classic. I AM A GHOST is a haunted house story told from the other side: the perspective of the haunter. In this case, she's an unknowing, accidental one -- a ghost (played by Anna Ishida) in discovery of her identity, going through daily routines of cooking and mopping in a cycle of surprise, denial, and fear. A medium is hired by the haunted family to speak to her, in hopes that she ...
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JON MORITSUGU writer/director. www.jonmoritsugu.com Fashion video lookbook for MISHKA fall 2015. Directed and edited by Jon Moritsugu, written by Jon Moritsugu + Amy Davis, produced by Andrew Fanelli, hair by Max Sanders. Shot in Santa Fe, NM in 12 hours.
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Anarchy in Asian America Panelist and Rock Star Jon Moritsugu and wife/muse Amy Davis, Low On High, Performed for the After Party At USC's Tommy's Place!
On March 24, 2017, Gregg Araki, Roddy Bogawa, Marcus Hu, and Jon Moritsugu talked about their careers in film for USC's Visions & Voices: "Gregg Araki, Roddy Bogawa, Marcus Hu, and Jon Moritsugu—the “bad boys” of Asian American cinema—have exploded notions of identity and identification through a radicalized indie-film aesthetic inspired as much by the anything-goes energy of the underground music scene as by the formalist experimentations of directors like Godard. Join us for a panel discussion and concert exploring how indie cinema has been transformed by their punk-influenced, sexually and artistically transgressive, DIY filmmaking."
Watch Terminal USA Now ►[http://smarturl.it/xvykl6] Terminal USA is the story of a Japanese-American family with more than their fair share of quirks. Ma (Sharon Omi) is stealing grandpa's morphine, Airhead sister (Jenny Woo) is having sex with the family lawyer, One brother (Jon Moritsugu) gets perfect grades but is hiding a secret gay love of skinheads, and the other brother (also Jon Moritsugu) is a wastoid druggie. The tension leads to an explosion of absurd violence as crazier and crazier things happen to the family. #Terminal USA
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On March 24, 2017, Gregg Araki, Roddy Bogawa, Marcus Hu, and Jon Moritsugu talked about their careers in film for USC's Visions & Voices: "Gregg Araki, Roddy Bogawa, Marcus Hu, and Jon Moritsugu—the “bad boys” of Asian American cinema—have exploded notions of identity and identification through a radicalized indie-film aesthetic inspired as much by the anything-goes energy of the underground music scene as by the formalist experimentations of directors like Godard. Join us for a panel discussion and concert exploring how indie cinema has been transformed by their punk-influenced, sexually and artistically transgressive, DIY filmmaking."
No Wave cinema classic with german subs, as shown at the Berlinale Festival 1981 // starring Bill Rice, John Lurie, Robbie Coltrane, Cookie Mueller & Amos Poe himself. Uploaded solely for entertainment, if not academic purposes.
The 2007-2008 NC State University Millennium Seminars Series kicked off Wednesday, Sept. 12, as acting U.S. Surgeon General Kenneth P. Moritsugu traveled to Raleigh for a seminar titled "3 Guides to Action for Underage Drinking."
http://www.adrianololli.com/ Un cortometraggio di Piero Tempesti realizzato in occasione dell'innaugurazione dell'Osservatorio Astronomico di Campo Imperato sul Gran Sasso d'Italia. Con Margherita Hack e Agostino di Paoloantonio
CAAM got a chance to talk with Jon Moritsugu at the 2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Produced by Michella Rivera-Gravage Cinematography and Sound by Jim Choi Edited by Jonathan To
Jon Moritsugu - Mommy, Mommy, Where's My Brain? 1986
Warren Etheredge of The Warren Report gets edgy with cult-favored filmmaker Jon Moritsugu, creator of the marquee-unfriendly flicks: SCUMROCK, FAME WHORE and MOD F**K EXPLOSION. (Presented in partnership with IndieFlix and Sin In Linen.)
Shop the МИШКА Fall 2015 Collection: https://goo.gl/NWkHOs The sun is bright, the dirt is sacred and the weed is dry 7,000 feet above sea level. Really dry. And every hit is harsh. Time stands still here. The land is challenging and mankind's presence is sparse. There's a lot of nothing and the vast stretch of space leaves you lonesome. Welcome to The Land of Enchantment: Santa Fe, New Mexico. Population: Who knows? Who cares? Google it. We'll be out in Taos running with the coyotes and lookin' for the jackalope. No gods, no newsfeed. Directed by: Jon Moritsugu Written by: Jon Moritsugu & Amy Davis Produced by: Andrew Fanelli Fearturing: Sachiko Royer as "Strawberry" Gabriel Kessler as "Motor" Kim Frick as "Minty" Manuel Quintana as "Orion" Hair by: Max Sanders Shot & Edited by: Apathy...
Warren sits down with Jon Moritsugu (Mod F**k Explosion, Scumrock, Famewhore) to discuss the struggles of independent movie making, why Shawn of the Dead got it wrong, and Nietzsche got it right. http://www.sininlinen.com http://www.indieflix.com http://www.jonmoritsugu.com http://www.thewarrenreport.com
"I made it before Der Elvis. It's a black and white 10 minute movie in 16 mm. I made a movie before that that I hate, but [Mommy Mommy Where's My Brain is] the first movie that I made that I like, Mommy Mommy is so punk rock. This is before things got complicated, so I was like, 'Bad Brains, Pay to Cum I like that song, I'm just going to use it. Oh ACDC I'm going to use it, oh Joan Jett, I'm going to use it. It was like fuck the world, I'm going to make my movie and I'm going to use the coolest music.'" - director Jon Moritsugu in an interview with Giant Robot magazine (conducted August 11, 1994). Mommy Mommy Where's My Brain is a hard and fast film that showcases all the best hand-made qualities of the Cinema of Transgression.
I know the difference between cerise and cherry, Art Nouveau and Art Deco, a three buttoned suit and a blazer with slacks including the right executive length socks to match. I completely understand the Pricilla scalloped drape, balloon valence with duvet and matching bed skirt, for what it truly means. My only wish is to continue my silent fight to acknowledge the inner Catalogue Decorating Homo in us all. In lieu of donations, please apprise OUTtv on a kind timidity not to insult their suave audience and to properly pronounce The Culture Snob as The Culture Fag, as he certainly has the shoulders to carry it off.
Richard Brody was at the IU Cinema to present a partial retrospective of the films of Jean-Luc Godard titled "Everything is Cinema" in November of 2013. http://www.cinema.indiana.edu/ https://www.facebook.com/iucinema Compliments to Joseph Toth and his team!
Jon Moritsugu - Mommy, Mommy, Where's My Brain? 1986
new JON MORITSUGU feature movie coming soon! total mindfuck! indie/underground feverdream freak-out!!! and we need your help! Indiegogo link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jon-moritsugu-s-new-feature-numbskull-revolution/x/13404935#/
CAAM got a chance to talk with Jon Moritsugu at the 2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Produced by Michella Rivera-Gravage Cinematography and Sound by Jim Choi Edited by Jonathan To
Shop the МИШКА Fall 2015 Collection: https://goo.gl/NWkHOs The sun is bright, the dirt is sacred and the weed is dry 7,000 feet above sea level. Really dry. And every hit is harsh. Time stands still here. The land is challenging and mankind's presence is sparse. There's a lot of nothing and the vast stretch of space leaves you lonesome. Welcome to The Land of Enchantment: Santa Fe, New Mexico. Population: Who knows? Who cares? Google it. We'll be out in Taos running with the coyotes and lookin' for the jackalope. No gods, no newsfeed. Directed by: Jon Moritsugu Written by: Jon Moritsugu & Amy Davis Produced by: Andrew Fanelli Fearturing: Sachiko Royer as "Strawberry" Gabriel Kessler as "Motor" Kim Frick as "Minty" Manuel Quintana as "Orion" Hair by: Max Sanders Shot & Edited by: Apathy...
Thee new feature by JON MORITSUGU and AMY DAVIS, "Lifetime Achievement Award" Winner at the 2013 Chicago Underground Film Festival. Trailer by: ZACH CLARK
Warren Etheredge of The Warren Report gets edgy with cult-favored filmmaker Jon Moritsugu, creator of the marquee-unfriendly flicks: SCUMROCK, FAME WHORE and MOD F**K EXPLOSION. (Presented in partnership with IndieFlix and Sin In Linen.)
The 13th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival 2012 (November 1-9) I AM A GHOST Not since Jon Moritsugu parked a motorcycle in the middle of Asian American cinema and set it ablaze has there been a major Asian American film as unbeholden to tradition, as unencumbered by any cause, and as joyously liberated as H.P. Mendoza's I AM A GHOST. It's also terribly fun and uncommonly scary, and destined to be a cult classic. I AM A GHOST is a haunted house story told from the other side: the perspective of the haunter. In this case, she's an unknowing, accidental one -- a ghost (played by Anna Ishida) in discovery of her identity, going through daily routines of cooking and mopping in a cycle of surprise, denial, and fear. A medium is hired by the haunted family to speak to her, in hopes that she ...
Anarchy in Asian America Panelist and Rock Star Jon Moritsugu and wife/muse Amy Davis, Low On High, Performed for the After Party At USC's Tommy's Place!
On March 24, 2017, Gregg Araki, Roddy Bogawa, Marcus Hu, and Jon Moritsugu talked about their careers in film for USC's Visions & Voices: "Gregg Araki, Roddy Bogawa, Marcus Hu, and Jon Moritsugu—the “bad boys” of Asian American cinema—have exploded notions of identity and identification through a radicalized indie-film aesthetic inspired as much by the anything-goes energy of the underground music scene as by the formalist experimentations of directors like Godard. Join us for a panel discussion and concert exploring how indie cinema has been transformed by their punk-influenced, sexually and artistically transgressive, DIY filmmaking."
Watch Terminal USA Now ►[http://smarturl.it/xvykl6] Terminal USA is the story of a Japanese-American family with more than their fair share of quirks. Ma (Sharon Omi) is stealing grandpa's morphine, Airhead sister (Jenny Woo) is having sex with the family lawyer, One brother (Jon Moritsugu) gets perfect grades but is hiding a secret gay love of skinheads, and the other brother (also Jon Moritsugu) is a wastoid druggie. The tension leads to an explosion of absurd violence as crazier and crazier things happen to the family. #Terminal USA
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On March 24, 2017, Gregg Araki, Roddy Bogawa, Marcus Hu, and Jon Moritsugu talked about their careers in film for USC's Visions & Voices: "Gregg Araki, Roddy Bogawa, Marcus Hu, and Jon Moritsugu—the “bad boys” of Asian American cinema—have exploded notions of identity and identification through a radicalized indie-film aesthetic inspired as much by the anything-goes energy of the underground music scene as by the formalist experimentations of directors like Godard. Join us for a panel discussion and concert exploring how indie cinema has been transformed by their punk-influenced, sexually and artistically transgressive, DIY filmmaking."
No Wave cinema classic with german subs, as shown at the Berlinale Festival 1981 // starring Bill Rice, John Lurie, Robbie Coltrane, Cookie Mueller & Amos Poe himself. Uploaded solely for entertainment, if not academic purposes.
The 2007-2008 NC State University Millennium Seminars Series kicked off Wednesday, Sept. 12, as acting U.S. Surgeon General Kenneth P. Moritsugu traveled to Raleigh for a seminar titled "3 Guides to Action for Underage Drinking."
http://www.adrianololli.com/ Un cortometraggio di Piero Tempesti realizzato in occasione dell'innaugurazione dell'Osservatorio Astronomico di Campo Imperato sul Gran Sasso d'Italia. Con Margherita Hack e Agostino di Paoloantonio