Tropical Vulture
Tropical Vulture is a cross-generational project which highlights the artistic influences between George Kuchar, a Bay Area legend of independent filmmaking, and Mexican artist Miguel Calderón. Tropical Vulture is an experimental narrative video, co-directed by both artists, and blends Hollywood glamour and drama with an all-too-real life approach, which creates and inspires a counterpoint of unattainable desire against unbearable actuality. The video, shot on location in Acapulco, utilizes a “lo-fi” aesthetic and playful use of nonprofessional actors. Tropical Vulture is entrenched in corruption, tourism, and post-colonialism and it uses a loose narrative to create a portrait of a relationship between student and teacher.
- Runtime
- 13m
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Comedy
- Director
- Miguel Calderon, George Kuchar
Casting
- George Kuchar — Dean
- Cecilia Pelosi — Cecilia
- Mauricio Calderon — Mauricio
- Elizabeth Gonzalez Hardman — Ellie
- Sarah Fanelli — Sarah
- Zamora — Cop
- Cadete — Cop II
- Sacale — Boat Driver
- Palomino — Father in Law
- Alfredo — Coconut Guy
- Aldegundo Esteuez — Island Guy
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