Jim Finn’s mockumentary Interkosmos, follows an East German secret space mission to colonize the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. This cosmonaut romance told through photographs, test and training footage, and a series of infectious specially recorded German pop songs weaves together the styles of a 70’s documentary, Hollywood musical and dry-humor comedy. Finn admits, “The story is a little ridiculous. I mean, the inmates are really running the asylum in this film.” He adds, “I wanted a communist love story; I wanted guinea pigs and a space capsule; and I wanted the radical artistic energy of the 1920s and the 60s. This is what came of it.”
Finn calls himself both an artist and a director; “I have been making small movies with miniatures, found footage, my animals, and myself as a performer for a few years. I have also established myself as a video artist.” Indeed, his award-winning films have become festival-favorites and timeless cult-finds at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, New York Underground Film Festival, and Museo Tamaya de Arte Contemporaneo in Mexico City.Jim Finn tours the South with Interkosmos from April 15 - 23. Click here for dates and locations.
Download and listen to our interview with Jim Finn (19.9 MB) - MP3 format - 21m:14s (also available from iTunes)
Official Interkosmos web site
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