:::SYNOPSIS::::::::::::::::::::::::
This film is the director’s reaction to the loss of a great friend of both the director and talent to heroin. The score is comprised entirely of source material from live Caniis Crux performances. This film inspired by and dedicated to Michael D. Petee.

:::FORMAT/SPECIFICS::::::::::::::::::::::::
A Top Quality Rock & Roll production produced and directed by Mike Dereniewski. Score by Frankie & The S.E.M.M. - all audio source material taken from live Caniis Crux performances.
16mm Black & White. 5:10 minutes. 24 fps. Optical Soundtrack. Completed October 2000, Detroit, Michigan.

:::CAST:::::::::::::
L. Xandria Magdalene

:::CREW::::::::::::::::::::::::
Mike Dereniewski
Kittensmack
Sara Kaye
L. Magdalene
Kid D...
Brian Pawlik
Matt Larson
Sarah Trimble

:::MAKING THE FILM::::::::::::::::::::::::
I joined the now defunct Detroit Filmmakers Coalition just to be able to shoot this on actual 16mm film.

:::ABOUT THE DIRECTOR::::::::::::::::::::::::
I have been a Producer/Director for over 20 years at a video production house in Detroit, Michigan.
For the past 27(!) years, I’ve been a college DJ at WHFR 89.3FM in Dearborn where I host the “Skrockin’ Yer Butow...” program.

:::SCREENINGS::::::::::::::::::::::::
March 2011, Detroit Independent Film Festival, Detroit, MI
May 2010 - Purgatory, Detroit, MI
May 4, 2006 - Cinéma Abattoir, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
October 15, 2005 - Z Film Festival 5 (The Death of Z Film Fest), Chicago, Illinois
December 6, 2002 - Nihilist Film Festival, Midnight Special Bookstore, Santa Monica, California
November, 2003 - Como Hacer Cine, Madrid, Spain
July 2, 2002 - OPID BIO, Reykjavik, Iceland
November 13, 2001 - Euroshorts Short Film Festival, Warszawa, Poland
March 25, 2001 - The 4th annual East Lansing Film Festival, Michigan's Own Competition
February 24, 2001 - the 3rd annual boston underground film festival
January 20, 2001 - DFC's Student Showcase, 1515 Braodway, Detroit Rock City
December 2000 - the underground film revolution, Boston, Massachusetts
July 2000 - IO Coffee House, Detroit, Michigan

 

1. :::REVIEWS::::::::::::::::::::::::
   TLLBITW is this guy's fave film. CHECK IT.
   
   
2. The Loneliest Little Boy in the World, dir. Mike Dereniewski. This is another brief little film, this time a woman — a priestess, perhaps? — worships a giant pig’s head stuck on a post. She derives ecstasy during her ritual and her intense passion causes the pig’s head to burst into flames. Like Extase de chair brisee, there’s an unsettling abstract soundtrack made up of Satanic backwards chanting and various distorted grunts and yells. The message: Those that worship you the most will eventually just burn you out. –badlit.com

:::ORDER::::::::::::::::::::::::
16mm prints ($150) are available.EMAIL me.