The Hole Story New York Premiere
A feature-length comedy by Alex Karpovsky PRESS RELEASE
Thursday, June 15th, 2006
8:30 - Live Music by Cakes of Light (click for details)
9:00 - Showtime
TRT: 1:26:05
On the lawn at Open Road Park | DIRECTIONS
E. 12th Street between 1st Avenue & Avenue A
The Hole Story
Winter. Brainerd, Minnesota. Despite arctic temperatures sheathing hundreds of surrounding lakes in three feet of solid ice, a massive stretch of water opens up on the surface of North Long Lake. With repeated scientific investigations yielding no answers, the 'Black Hole' captures the heart of the nearby community while attracting national, even international attention.
Convinced this charming story would be perfect for the small town mystery show he's been fervently pitching to cable executives for years, Alex decides to cash in his savings from editing karaoke videos, hire a small crew, and make the pilot episode himself. Upon arrival however, this black hole mystery reveals itself to be much disturbing and personal than expected, slowly engulfing Alex in an existential search that consumes not only his cherished pilot, but with it the very underpinnings of his sanity.
Witnessing a humanity and desperation that can only reveal itself through the cracks of a fractured dream, the crew's cameraman veers his focus away from the pilot to the tragedy of our unraveling hero. Interweaving real footage intended for the pilot along with private phone calls and journal recordings, The Hole Story is a troubling yet hilarious journey into the burden of dreams and the making of American legends.
Press forThe Hole Story:
"I fell in love with it and have not been able to get it out of my headé.It was one of my
favorite unreleased films of last year and one of the saddest and funniest debuts I've ever
seen... I hope it gets a theatrical distributor so that audiences have a chance to discover
Karpovsky, a distinctive comic voice and significant American filmmaker."
—Matt Zoller Seitz, The New York Press
"Take note of an important, talented, and original filmmaker in our midst. After weary years
as a Boston-based editor of corporate and karaoke videos, Karpovsky achieved this feature,
and what a feature! It's a kind of "mockumentary," but so much more, as there's little
"mock" in this fictionalized non-fiction work and lots of drive and spiritual-existential
ambitioné The Hole Story can be hilariously funny, but it also dares ask, and seriously, why
the hell are we on this earth? Karpovsky's movie needs a distributor. It needs to be shown
theatrically."
—Gerald Peary, The Boston Phoenix
The feature film will be preceded by two shorts:
Mommas Boy (John Bryant | Austin, Texas | 11:00) www.JohnBryantProductions.com
Brothers do battle over the Thanksgiving dinner table as Rooftop alum John Bryant (Oh My God, 2005) returns with his second hilariously violent comedy in two years.
If There Were No Lutheransô Would There Still Be Green Jell-o? (Gayle Knutson | St. Croix, Minnesota | 10:00)
No matter how many church signs youve driven past, youve never seen one like this—Rev. Steve Molin, the ™Church Sign GuyÓ from Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Stillwater, Minnesota, has been lighting up the town for years with his humorous and thought-provoking church signs. The title of this book and DVD is just one of the messages that lead nearly 9,000 cars past his church each day in a small Minnesota town.
THE MUSIC:
Formed in 2004 as a panacea for self-righteous forces of oppression, globalization and cancerous bureaucracy, Cakes of Light plays songs about riding bikes, getting loaded, and playing pinball as well as the non-violent overthrow of the aforementioned alien shadow government. The lyrics of Jay Dunbar (Blastocyst) and voice of Rachel Cox (Oakley Hall) mix with flecks of noise and percussion by Trevor Healy (Paper Legs) to make long-lasting minty flavor. They currently have a four-song CD out on Heat Retention Records with a full-length coming this summer.
