Super 8 transfered to HD · COL · 70′ · 2017
A false diary on a man’s journey that, more than just disappear, he aims to be nothing, to become nothing.
“How To Become Nothing” brings together the musician Paulo Furtado / The Legendary Tigerman, the photographer Rita Lino and the filmmaker Pedro Maia on a road trip through the Californian desert. A road-movie in a format of a false diary shoot in Super 8, with texts from Paulo Furtado, music from The Legendary Tigerman and photography by Rita Lino. The joining of three visions on a man’s voyage that, more than just disappear, he aims to be nothing, to become nothing.
“How To Become Nothing” was being presented as a live-cinema show with live editing and live soundtrack by Paulo Furtado. “Fade Into Nothing” is the film screening version without the live element that was presented at film festivals.
a project by Paulo Furtado, Pedro Maia, Rita Lino – with Paulo Furtado as MISFIT and Mayumi Pereira, Rita Lino butoh dancer Magali Chastain with Abigail Toll, Alexandra Gruebler, Anastasia Kondratieva, Josiane Mutombo, Juliane Elting, Pauline Drewfs, Philipa Anica and Waka Flocka script by Paulo Furtado, Pedro Maia, Rita Lino directed by Pedro Maia diary written and recorded by Paulo Furtado art-direction by Rita Lino photography by Rita Lino camera by Pedro Maia, Rita Lino original soundtrack by The Legendary Tigerman available on Discos Tigre masks by Riot Films editing by Pedro Maia live cinema by Pedro Maia live soundtrack by The Legendary Tigerman color correction by Carlos Amaral sound design by Pedro Marinho sound mixing by Vasco Carvalho visual effects by PPedro Maia graphic design by Sara Westermann film stock Kodak Vision3 50D / 200T laboratory Andec Filmtechnik Berlin film scanning Korn Manufaktur Berlin sound studio Olho de Vidro sound mixing studio Escola Das Artes – Universidade Católica Portuguesa image post-production Bando à Parte producers Paulo Ventura, Rodrigo Areias production managers Ricardo Coelho, Melani Afonso production secretary Carlos André production Bando À Parte co-production Metropolitana, Discos Tigre – thanks to Cristina Pereira Kodak Portugal, Curtas Vila Do Conde, Iris Cayatte, Jorge Quintela, Kid Richards, Kim Anh, Luís Araújo, Regis Laugier, Reiner Meyer, Susana Abreu.
Shot at Los Angeles, Desert Christ Park, Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree, Johnson Valley, Victorville, Usa, Ridgecrest, Death Valley, Amargosa Valley, Zabriskie Point, Badwater Basin and Berlin 2016-2017
Also as a bonus – Acid Visual Album – 38 minutes visual remix from “How To Become Nothing” presented as Visual Album featuring the songs from The Legendary Tigerman album “Misfit” (“Misfit” is also the name of the main caracter of the film played by Paulo Furtado / The Legendary Tigerman) – more info at Vice Magazine (PT)
Festival Selection
14th Indie Lisboa International Film Festival 2017 PT
41st São Paulo International Film Festival 2017 BR
Live Cinema performances
16.12.2017 – Macau CN
15.12.2017 – Shenzhen CN
10.11.2017 – London UK
29.10.2017 – Valladolid SP
31.05.2017 – Paris FR
20.05.2017 – Seixal PT
19.05.2017 – Lisboa PT
06.05.2017 – Porto PT
04.05.2017 – Viana do Castelo PT
21.04.2017 – Guimarães PT
18.04.2017 – Coimbra PT
14.04.2017 – Fundão PT
01.04.2017 – Torres Novas PT
11.03.2017 – Faro PT
09.03.2017 – Ovar PT
04.02.2017 – Braga PT
28.01.2017 – Leiria PT
08.09.2016 – Santiago Compostela SP
15.07.2016 – Vila do Conde PT
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