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David Russo The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle

Discipline
Film/Video
Medium
Interdisciplinary
Subject

Body

Gender
State
Washington
Year
2008
Status
Completed

Description

The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle is a film that combines self-referential documentary and animation with humorous, poetic narrative. Intended as a response to the filmmaker’s failed narrative feature project about a group of male janitors who become pregnant and then miscarry, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle uses male miscarriage as a surreal, playful metaphor for unrealized ambitions, and as a commentary on gender roles. Russo made this film first as a stand-alone work, later integrating it into a revitalized version of his feature. The New York Times writes, “Looking as if it were devised on acid and executed on mushrooms, this imaginative debut feature from the Seattle artist and filmmaker David Russo finds meaning in cleaning and life in dead ends.”

David Russo

David Russo’s films include I Am Not Van Gogh, which was broadcast on Canal Plus in Europe and distributed theatrically in France. He has also contrib…
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Project Updates

2010: The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle is available for online streaming through Netflix
2010: The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle releases on DVD
2010: The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle wins Best Film at the Fresh Film Festival in Prague
2010: The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle has Creative Capital premiere at Laemmle’s Sunset 5 in Los Angeles, CA
2010: The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle has its NY theatrical premier at Tribeca Cinemas and premieres on Tribeca Film-On-Demand
2010: The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle receives distribution from Tribeca Film
2009: Russo wins Best Director for The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal