1991: Over a six month period,in a basement of a Sunset District-San Francisco house, a group of faeries ilmed ALIENS CUT MY HAIR! I was lucky enough to count these people as friends, but even luckier to play their director.
The movie was first tackled by our fallen sister, Portia Manson (akaGene Barnes), one of the most genius artists I have ever met. Knowing that time was short because of the onslaught of AIDS, Portia handed me the high seat and went onto create the legendary hippy-porn zine “HippyDick” followed up by amovie under the same title. Since we both had attended and collaborated as filmmakers at The Evergreen State College,I gladly accepted theprivileged role.
With all my sisters ready to massacre our parts, we embarked on a journey that was much more than I imagined. Throughout all of the turmoil,catastrophes and drama (written in the script or not), the movie represents more than a story about a group of faeries breaking apart narrativepabulum. It was about a certain time in history that a group of greatfriends got together and created a moment for ourselves.
Ten years later when I decided to re-invent this groovy drek, I knew thatI had to include the story about what the movie meant to me and my nowdistant friends. A few of us passed away, others moved on, some of uscontinued the given road. It was going to be difficult to find everyone,but I was going to find them... no matter what it took.
So, I decided to find the circle of friends that made this movie possible.I found Gentry (Capt.Priapus), Lucy (Nurse Lucille), Racine (Minion),Rai (Splooge), Cherrod (Luv Zombie) and Flynn (L’wana). All scatteredacross the U.S.! When I found each person, I was delighted that all wereeager about the companion documentary project. Their video interviewswere amazing and difficult. Our sisters Stephen Maxxxine’s and PortiaManson’s stories were told by the rest of us still living here. We talkedabout the time, the situation, the hatred of Bush 1, AIDS, each other, everything! It was great. I was so excited that we could do thisagain...one last time.
This 2-disc movie includes the feature movie about a group of space-faring-faeries discovering that their world is more than they imagined. Italso includes the documentary about a group of faeries sharing their stories about living together and making this time capsule. Plus, a fewdeleted scenes that were originally filmed by Portia Manson.
Living in the now, when sometimes it feels like a time back then, I amhappy to offer this movie to my friends and community.
ALIENS CUT MY HAIR! is available at
www.alienscutmyhair.com ,
Facets Multimedia Distributors
and TLA Video.
