Premier of new short video by Dada-loco Productions, “Dal Lazlo’s Crimeland”. Completed July 2012. 11 minutes 37 seconds.

Dal Lazlo is an incredibly prolific and well-known regional artist who has produced thousands of pen-and-ink drawings, etchings and paintings over four decades. His commercial work appears on CD covers, billboards, Madison Isthmus, T shirts, logos and posters (an early 70s Dada-loco poster by Dal Lazlo is in the collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society). Dal has also made a couple dozen films and videos with filmmaker Chuck Johannsen and members of the Dada-loco film crew.

Originally envisioned as a showcase for recent (2011) Dal Lazlo paintings, this project morphed into a manifesto on art and society (inspired, of course, by “The Surrealist Manifesto” of Andre Breton), with commentary by Jacques Saint-Cyr and the perennial “expert”, Dr. Bob Oestreicher.

The evening of videos will include the completed “Cerulean Blue” (31 min.), starring bluesman Paul Filipowicz in an acting role. This film was shown as a work-in-progress at Cafe Carpe 18 months ago. Here it is, done.

The rest of the programming includes a re-edit of a short “talking blues” video with Paul Filipowicz, plus assorted videos from the Dada-loco archives. The audience will get to choose which videos to watch.

Come early to eat and drink. It’s a fine get-together with old friends and film freaks. Filmmakers and actors will be present.