Just received an email from artist David Choe about Harry Kim’s documentary on him. It’s about to hit the festivals after almost a decade in the making. If you know anything about David Choe (from his art or from VBS.TV)… then you know this is going to be one very interesting hour and a half of your life. The World Premiere will be taking place at the LA Film Fest on June 21st.

Here’s a sneak peek at what David calls his “bullshit life” (which I’ll have to disagree with):

 
Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe
Documentary Competition
(USA, 2008, 92 mins)
World Premiere
Directed By: Harry Kim

Los Angeles artist David Choe’s kaleidoscopic work can be playful, confrontational and sexually frank. His personal life is no less complicated, as revealed by close friend Harry Kim, who documented Choe’s life and crimes from 2000 to 2007. From the manic highs of commercial success and dinosaur hunting in the Congo to the self-destructive lows of Japanese jail sentences and bouts of self-doubt and depression, what begins as a gleeful portrait of a bad-boy artist slowly becomes a poignant celebration of one man’s journey, both artistically and spiritually, toward his own uncertain salvation.

Saturday, June 21st 9:45pm (World Premiere)
Majestic Crest Theatre $12.00

Sunday, June 22nd 4:00pm
Mann Festival Theatre $12.00

Thursday, June 26th 4:30pm
Mann Festival Theatre $12.00

Buy tickets: http://www.lafilmfest.com/tixSYS/2008/filmguide/eventnote.php?notepg=1&EventNumber=6845

Dirty Hands Website: http://www.dirtyhandsmovie.com
David Choe’s Art: http://www.davidchoe.com
David Choe’s Blog: http://davechoe.blogspot.com

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