A self-awareness trip told with a wink, ..
..tiptoeing between beatnik-philosophy
and shower-gel commercial."
HAVE A BUNCH OF AUSTRIANS JUST CREATED THE BEST SOUL SURF DOCUMENTARY OF 2006?
(Carve-Magazine, April 2006)
This Hunter Thompson-esque trip from California to Costa Rica features five landlocked Austrians on a surf pilgrimage. Part comedy, part philosophical diversion, the film investigates the myth of the surfer dude...
QUOTES
"A deft and hilarious odyssey through the backcountry of surfing's soul""Gonzo filmmaking at its best! Leave it to five landlocked Austrians to discover the true heart of west cost soul"
"A revelation! Zen and Zero rekindles the pure joy of a surfing road trip with no rules or limits."
"This is the movie Bruce Brown would have made if hefollowed Hunter Thompson and Jack Kerouac down to Costa Rica with nothing in his boardbag but Super 8 film and Cuervo!"
"The hippest surf film ever! Hilarious, heartfelt, and, at times, supremely heroic."
Zen and Zero
Michael Ginthor : writer, directorPhilipp Manderla: producer, writer
David Auerbach: camera
Edwin Steinitz: editor
Jakob Polacsek : co-producer, photographer
Herwig Maurer : composer
Allan Weisbecker : legend