The Complete History of Seattle
The Complete History of Seattle
is the story of
Raft of Dead Monkeys
A FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY COMING THIS SPRING 2016VIEW The Complete History of Seattle TRAILER:https://vimeo.com/96870267
A Full Link to The Complete History of Seattle movie (for Press Only):https://vimeo.com/148921377password: raft
Selected promotional videosThe actual “complete history of Seattle” in a nutshell:https://vimeo.com/156121789Singer/bassist of Raft of Dead Monkeys’ Jeff Bettger’s assessment of the band’s Seattle rise and fall:https://vimeo.com/156122007
“In 1999, two Seattle-based rock bands broke up. Their members were frustrated and disillusioned with the creative limitations and ethical complications that came from mixing art, commerce, and sincere religious devotion. The members of these two bands decided to undertake an experiment together. They would start a new band—one that was angry, sarcastic, vulgar, and aggressively antisocial. They would perform in Neo-Fascist uniforms. Their wives and girlfriends would dress up as battered domestic abuse victims while carrying giant pictures of AK-47s. They would feature go-go dancers and male strippers on stage and a performance artist who gorges himself on bananas until puking them into a fishbowl. And their published manifesto would declare that this was ‘the music that would usher in the apocalypse—RECONSTRUCTION! AMEN!’ They called themselves Raft of Dead Monkeys.”
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF SEATTLE is an experimental take on the tired rockumentary genre. In it, the Raft of Dead Monkeys story is mixed with personal and surreal digressions that explore the larger social/artistic/religious implications of the band within its specific historical context of the City of Seattle at the turn of the millennium — including the part they played in the founding of Mars Hill Church, one of the biggest and most controversial mega-churches in America.For more information from filmmaker Nick Toti about the official and unreleased works of Raft of Dead Monkeys, including the introductory DBM EP (1999), Joey The Pigfucker (2000), and Thoroughlev (2001), history and assessment can be found here, at Nick’s blog:http://www.interestingproductions.org/blog/2016/2/20/raft-of-dead-monkeys-an-introduction
Filmmaker’s BIO:Nick Toti grew up in an evangelical Christian enclave in St. Charles, Missouri. From there he pursued an academic career studying 20th Century avant-garde art movements, redneck horror movies, and the music of Prince. In 2010 he moved to Austin, Texas where he directed the movies GAGA, ME, HER BOYFRIEND, AND THE RIVER; 3 + 3 + 3 - 2 (A DOG’S LIFE); WHEN YOU CALL ME THAT, SMILE.; and THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF SEATTLE. As a producer, his credits include IT FELT GOOD TO HAVE THIS PAIN, YOU ARE YOUR BODY / YOU ARE NOT YOUR BODY, and the web-series MASTER CLASS. He currently lives in Los Angeles.Interesting Productions is a non-profit production/distribution company that was founded by Nick Toti and Matt Latham: “We make movies and give them away for free.” Nick wrote an article for the popular blog Indiewire about founding a nonprofit production company: http://www.indiewire.com/article/why-nonprofits-are-the-future-of-indie-film-20141112http://www.interestingproductions.org
is the story of
Raft of Dead Monkeys
A FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY COMING THIS SPRING 2016VIEW The Complete History of Seattle TRAILER:https://vimeo.com/96870267
A Full Link to The Complete History of Seattle movie (for Press Only):https://vimeo.com/148921377password: raft
Selected promotional videosThe actual “complete history of Seattle” in a nutshell:https://vimeo.com/156121789Singer/bassist of Raft of Dead Monkeys’ Jeff Bettger’s assessment of the band’s Seattle rise and fall:https://vimeo.com/156122007
“In 1999, two Seattle-based rock bands broke up. Their members were frustrated and disillusioned with the creative limitations and ethical complications that came from mixing art, commerce, and sincere religious devotion. The members of these two bands decided to undertake an experiment together. They would start a new band—one that was angry, sarcastic, vulgar, and aggressively antisocial. They would perform in Neo-Fascist uniforms. Their wives and girlfriends would dress up as battered domestic abuse victims while carrying giant pictures of AK-47s. They would feature go-go dancers and male strippers on stage and a performance artist who gorges himself on bananas until puking them into a fishbowl. And their published manifesto would declare that this was ‘the music that would usher in the apocalypse—RECONSTRUCTION! AMEN!’ They called themselves Raft of Dead Monkeys.”
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF SEATTLE is an experimental take on the tired rockumentary genre. In it, the Raft of Dead Monkeys story is mixed with personal and surreal digressions that explore the larger social/artistic/religious implications of the band within its specific historical context of the City of Seattle at the turn of the millennium — including the part they played in the founding of Mars Hill Church, one of the biggest and most controversial mega-churches in America.For more information from filmmaker Nick Toti about the official and unreleased works of Raft of Dead Monkeys, including the introductory DBM EP (1999), Joey The Pigfucker (2000), and Thoroughlev (2001), history and assessment can be found here, at Nick’s blog:http://www.interestingproductions.org/blog/2016/2/20/raft-of-dead-monkeys-an-introduction
Filmmaker’s BIO:Nick Toti grew up in an evangelical Christian enclave in St. Charles, Missouri. From there he pursued an academic career studying 20th Century avant-garde art movements, redneck horror movies, and the music of Prince. In 2010 he moved to Austin, Texas where he directed the movies GAGA, ME, HER BOYFRIEND, AND THE RIVER; 3 + 3 + 3 - 2 (A DOG’S LIFE); WHEN YOU CALL ME THAT, SMILE.; and THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF SEATTLE. As a producer, his credits include IT FELT GOOD TO HAVE THIS PAIN, YOU ARE YOUR BODY / YOU ARE NOT YOUR BODY, and the web-series MASTER CLASS. He currently lives in Los Angeles.Interesting Productions is a non-profit production/distribution company that was founded by Nick Toti and Matt Latham: “We make movies and give them away for free.” Nick wrote an article for the popular blog Indiewire about founding a nonprofit production company: http://www.indiewire.com/article/why-nonprofits-are-the-future-of-indie-film-20141112http://www.interestingproductions.org
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