On the night, Josh brought the director of Pervirella, Alex Chandon, with him and the pair showed a selection of clips and shorter works. First though was a ten minute show-real of Pervirella to see how they worked together.

     Alex, who worked on Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in the Art Department, showed us his short movies Film Extreme and The Night Pastor. These no/low budget gore-fests showed his excellent techniques and dark humour.

     Josh showed us an episode of Spiv and Spam, his stop-motion adult cartoon. He is currently working on a children's cartoon called Zombie Zoo. Both of the guests have also produced pop videos and each showed us an example. Josh's was for a Spanish band, the track reached number 2 in that nations chart.

     Between these and afterwards the pair told tales, (Jonathan Ross' buying loads of beer, who did give Emily Bouffante a love bite? and lost American tourists) and gave tips about how to become a film maker. These included the sorts of equipment to start on and how to create special effects. Apparently, most of the effects in Pervirella were used in films in the 1930's. They much preferred cheap effects that lasted on screen rather than expensive shots of only a couple of frames. And where did they get some props? from the bins at Shepperton Studios after being thrown out after being used in adverts, apparently.

     In all, this was a successful night, not least because it attracted a larger audience than some events at the local Film Society who run the Festival. I hope the Club will do more Underground Cinema events, especially if there is another Film Festival next year.

Written by Suzie Kuba.