SINEMA SALIBA proudly presents:
Matthew Saliba's
FRANKENSTEIN UNLIMITED
A Frankenthology of Quebec Short Films including:
"Flesh for Kung Fu" (starring KILL BILL's Gordon Liu)
by King-Wei Chu
"Victor"
by Matthew Forbes
Victor Trailer - Frankenstein Unlimited from Matthew Forbes on Vimeo .
"Mr. Fluffenstein"
by Martin Gauthier
Mr. Fluffenstein Teaser 1 from Martin Gauthier on Vimeo .
"Occam's Razor"
by Peter James
"Reflection"
by Maude Michaud
Reflection - trailer 1 from Maude Michaud on Vimeo .
"Dark Lotus"
by Matthew Saliba
Matthew Saliba's FRANKENSTEIN UNLIMITED is a feature-length anthology film composed of six independently produced shorts (one of which stars KILL BILL's Gordon Liu!) by young Quebec filmmakers, all using the themes of the original Frankenstein novel as inspiration.
Launched by Montreal filmmaker Matthew Saliba in the Fall of 2007, FRANKENSTEIN UNLIMITED was conceived with the following ideas in mind:
1. Creating a collaborative of talented filmmakers who would pool together their resources to make a truly independent feature-length film WITHOUT the financial assistance of Government grants.
2. Challenging the status-quo of Quebec "D.I.Y." cinema by proving to the world that there's more than just zombies, gore and bad comedy going on in La Belle Province.
3. Creating dynamic, innovative and mind-blowing shorts that take the themes and mythos of Mary Shelley's creation in bold new directions including a kung-fu epic starring the one and only Gordon Liu, a poetic epilogue to the original novel, an absurd comedy about a robotic cat, an intense psychological cat-and-mouse game in the vein of THE USUAL SUSPECTS, a surreal drama channeling the spirit of David Lynch and David Cronenberg and a sado-surreal film noir "photomontage" shot in sumptuous black-and-white and tinted blue to create a 1920s silent film aesthetic.
It's been over one year since FU was initially launched, and we're very happy to report, the filmmakers involved have delievered on all three points and we're close to unleashing our monster upon audiences around the world!
Matthew Saliba's FRANKENSTEIN UNLIMITED will be holding its WORLD PREMIERE on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 (09/09/09) at Montreal's legendary repertory cinema, CINEMA DU PARC (3575, av. du Parc)!!!
In the meantime, please consider this place to be your one-stop shop, for everything FRANKENSTEIN UNLIMITED.