FANTASTIC FEST presents MIRAGEMAN!

We're on Day Five of FANTASTIC FEST now, and that means we've begun encore screenings of a bunch of the movies. If you don't have a badge but are still interested in seeing the best movies of the year before they come out for a full theatrical run, keep checking our main website for recommendations on what to check out. First off? MIRAGEMAN.

There's always a certain amount of buzz for the Ain't It Cool News Secret Screenings at these festivals, as that's how Mel Gibson showed up with APOCALYPTO last year, and it was really amazing to see SOUTHLAND TALES and meet Richard Kelly this year. But after checking out MIRAGEMAN Friday night, I don't care what the remaining Secret Screenings are this year. Even if Harry has somehow managed to get his hands on experimental genetically modifying technology and created a one man conglomeration of Steven Spielberg, George Romero, Lucio Fulci, Quentin Tarantino, and Sergio Leone into a new sentient being known only as THE DIRECTOR, who has secretly made a movie called INDIANA STAR WARS ZOMBIE, it won't matter. MIRAGEMAN will still be the film I remember from this festival. Take that, THE DIRECTOR! We've got an encore showing this Wednesday night at 9:35pm at the Alamo South Lamar, and you should really, really see it. Do it!

To warm you up, check out the vlog entry posted below, where Marc Savlov and I talked to Ernesto Díaz Espinoza and Marko Zaror, the director and star of MIRAGEMAN, on Friday night in front of the dancing fire machine. I hadn't seen the movie at this point, but Savlov had seen it and loved it, so I invited him to come on camera to help get this conversation about cinematic influences and high kicks going.



As usual, thanks to Super!Alright! for helping on the filming on this one, and be sure to check out the Dell Lounge later on for a more complete version of this interview along with dozens of other Fantastic Fest recaps.