Videodrome :: Psychedelic Glue Sniffing Hillbillies

Four years before Harmony Korine’s seminal hilljack masterpiece “Gummo” would shock audiences across the world and rewrite the rules of independent cinema forever, an amateur auteur by the name of Craig Smith was exploring a very similar corner of the zeitgeist with his thirty-minute short film “Psychedelic Glue Sniffin’ Hillbillies.”

Here Comes A Regular :: An Interview with Bill and Turner Ross about their new film, “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets”

Over the last decade, brothers Bill and Turner Ross have quietly built one of the most singular and idiosyncratic careers in contemporary, non-fiction cinema.

We recently connected with the Ross brothers to talk about their unconventional approach to crafting this film, their comfort navigating the thin, blurred line between documentary and the traditional feature and what they’ve got spinning on the stereo during lockdown.

“Our films follow a consistent ethos: Don’t talk about it, be about it.”