Jeremy Elkin, creator of Lo-Def and Elephant Direct, is premiering his new film Poisonous Products on the big screen in New York City. The film debuts November 22nd at La Mama Theatre in New York City at 9pm with Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver +more dates to be announced. DVD copies will be available for purchase at colormagazine.ca and FREE when you purchase Color magazine 9.5.
NYC Premiere Info
Where: 74A East 4th Street (by Bowery & 2nd Ave)
When: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Time: Doors 8:00pm
Cost: By Donation (cash or non-perishable food items accepted)
Featuring:
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Aaron Herrington |
Akira Mowatt |
Bobby Worrest |
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Brian Delatorre |
Cory Wilson |
Curtis Rapp |
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Daniel Kim |
Dave Willis |
Sylvester ‘Doogie’ Eduardo |
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German Nieves |
Jack Sabback |
Jerry Mraz |
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Jimmy McDonald |
Joe Tookmanian |
Jordan Trahan |
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Joseph Delgado |
Kevin Tierney |
Leo Gutman |
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Nestor Judkins |
Pedro Garboza |
Rob Campbell |
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Seb Labbe |
Taji Ameen |
Paul Seaholm |
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Dan Pensyl |
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We got the opportunity to ask Jeremy a few questions about the film.
How long have you been skating and making films?
I've been skating since I could stand and I've making home movies since I was 14 or so.
How did you come up with the name Poisonous Products?
It's the name of a song in the film and I thought it was a fitting title.
♫ KRS-One - Poisonous Products from the 1992 album "Sex and Violence"
How long has the video been in production for?
1 year.
What other films inspired Poisonous Products?
Mixtape, Peep This, Static 2 and any non-HD New York footage.
Are there any other videographers / artists involved in the film?
Josh, Garshell, Tombo and Joe have always held it down with contributing good looking footage. Major thanks for supporting anything I put out. My brother Josh helped out with the soundtrack a great deal and Ying shot the cover photo. Josh Bertrand of Static fame is handling all of the titles for this one down south, pretty hyped on that.
The concept for this video is based around the soundtrack, right? Can you tell us more about that?
It's too early to talk about the soundtrack but I will say that it's all vinyl. No MP3s or compressed tracks in this one. Straight from the crate.
Does anyone have parts in the video?
Not quite sure how to answer that. Depends what you consider a part. There's shared parts. Joseph Delgado skates to his own song but even that "part" goes by pretty quick.
How does this video compare to "Lo-Def" and "Elephant Direct"?
Lo-Def took a year to create and had a bunch of parts, Elephant Direct took over two years to produce. I'll never do another full length video, they're the hardest to make. This one was filmed within the last year. It doesn't really have anything that resembles parts in it, it's really a mix of skateboarders rather than part part part part.
Why should skateboarders support independent skateboarding films?
If someone put together all of the web clips that have come out in the last few years you could have enough content to start a TV network. Quality over quantity. Independent videos are almost always near perfect because an independent filmmaker will be judged on his video for the rest of his life. I guess one could say the same thing about a company, except independent filmmakers take much greater risks cause if they don't sell videos they're not destroying a brand.
What are your favorite things about skating and filming in NYC?
I used to come down here most summers growing up to visit my family. I have a lot of childhood memories around the city. It's comforting to be here all the time and not just visiting. Skating in NY is great, but filming is pretty tough mentally and obviously physically. I've never gone through so many lenses and cameras in such a short period of time.
You are accepting donations for the premiere in the form of cash or non-perishable food items, what's up with that?
There's no cover charge (cause otherwise no one would show up) but it would be nice to get a few bucks to help pay for the theatre and everything that goes along with the event. Not sure what's up with the non-perishable food item thing, I think that's a Color move.
What's the next project?
I'd like to finish filming for a couple of videos. The VX 5Boro video should be coming out before Christmas.
Color magazine is backing this film, who else would you like to thank for helping make this possible?
Josh Bertrand, Josh Stewart and Josh Elkin. It wouldn't have been possible without their support.
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