Slamdance. American Zombie.

"I won't say with any confidence that American Zombie [site; watch that trailer!] is an allegory about Muslims or undocumented immigrants or anything else specific," writes Salon's Andrew O'Hehir. "It might just be a goof on the silliness of contemporary media that gets a little broader and darker as it goes along. But the mere fact that [Grace] Lee can make both a media satire and, in the end, a creepy horror flick, while at least alluding to bigger social issues, suggests the breadth of her wit and intelligence."

Lee blogs at indieWIRE: "The audience was great - they really seemed to get the movie and were troopers, after a couple of nervewracking technical problems. While they were fixing the sound, Austin Basis, who plays Ivan, started passing out one of his Slamdance special edition 'zines and people went apeshit."

Back in February, Grady Hendrix noted that "the most interesting thing about it is that it's entirely produced by a Korean company, iHQ. This company is planning to produce a whole raft of English-language pictures, the same way Columbia Tristar has an arm that produces Chinese-language movies."

Update, 1/27: In a blog entry, Grace Lee wraps her Slamdance experience.

Update, 2/1: Bloody Disgusting interviews Grace Lee.

Coverage of the coverage: The Park City Index.

Posted by dwhudson at January 23, 2007 2:29 AM