The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo is attending Fantasia this year. Here’s his thoughts on Kenichi Ugana’s I Fell In Love With A Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn! “A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of underground horror filmmaking, Kenichi Ugana’s I Fell In Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn once again finds the heart underneath the blood and viscera. This is kind of Ugana’s thing, and he’s out here doing what so few horror directors do, which is finding the love–of movies, of music, of art in general–in all his work even when it’s soaked in gore, steeped in grossness or, in the case of last year’s terrific ode to punk, The Gesuidouz, saturated with weirdo monsters. No matter how deep Ugana buries his adoration for a particular flavour of art, it can’t help but shine through and that is something I’ll always be rooting for.”
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