VBS TV has released some great programming, including a cool documentary on José Mojica Marins (aka Coffin Joe). Now, in association with Vice Magazine, VBS TV is premiering the
Vice Guide to Film, an online series which purports to cover "underground film industries
involving cocaine-bankrolled flicks in Mexico City, seedy Tokyo sex
dens, and
fat Russian men eating brains." The six-part series debuts an episode on "narco-cinema" from Mexico. Intrigued? Check out the full press release and the links provided below.
VICE & VBS.TV ANNOUNCE THE U.S. PREMIERE OF THE VICE GUIDE TO FILM
Series features VICE Founder Shane Smith Exploring the World's Most Bizarre and Freakish Film Industries.
Episodes Investigate Coke-Fueled Narco-Cinema in Mexico City, Gay Male Zombie Flicks in Russia, and the Dark Sex Clubs of Tokyo
NEW YORK, N.Y. (March 30, 2010) - VICE and VBS.TV announces the U.S. premiere of The VICE Guide to Film. Bored and disillusioned with the usual crappy mega-million dollar Hollywood productions, VICE co-founder Shane Smith and creative director Eddy Moretti traveled the globe in search of the world's most bizarre cinematic movements.
Join VICE on set as it covers underground film industries involving cocaine-bankrolled flicks in Mexico City, seedy Tokyo sex dens, and fat Russian men eating brains as part of the "Necro-realism" movement. The VICE Guide to Film not only examines films, but fixes a lens on culture, social movements and politics that surround these cinematic movements.
The six-part series debuts on March 30th on VBS.TV with a behind-the-scenes look at the narco-cinema industry in Mexico. In addition to hanging out with leading actors and directors, Smith gets a firsthand look at the huge influence the drug trade has on not just Mexico's film industry but society as a whole.
Click here to watch the first part of Mexican Narco Cinema: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-film--2/mexican-narco-cinema-part-1-of-3
Since its launch in 2007, VBS.TV, VICE's online television network, has become an industry leader in creating original content and providing online news. The channel now boasts over 40 established shows covering everything from current events to sports to investigative reporting to music.
VBS.TV also co-produced with VICE Films the critically acclaimed movie, Heavy Metal in Baghdad, a feature film documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day.
VICE was launched in 1994 as a small print zine in Montreal and has since grown into a global media juggernaut featuring Vice Magazine, VBS.TV, Vice Records and VICE Films.