Shooting at the Speed of Thought
In Peter Traver’s Rolling Stone review of the Katt Shea film POISON IVY, he writes: “why settle for the usual walk around the exploitation block when Shea offers a wild ride with the top down into uncharted territory?”. This comment could easily be applied to all of the genre movies that the filmmaker helmed during the 80s and 90s. A pioneering female director who started out working on low budget productions for the king of the B’s Roger Corman, Katt Shea made films in this male-dominated world with taut screenplays (which she often co-wrote), snappy dialogue, innovative visuals, thoughtful characterisations and great performances. With the Museum of Modern Art and the British Film Institute hosting retrospectives of her work, Shea has been recognised as a notable filmmaker and Triskel Arts Centre is delighted to present a selection of her films, some of them never before seen on a cinema screen in Ireland.
Katt Shea kindly took some time to talk to Triskel’s Head of Cinema Chris O’Neill about her career and work. This interview will be appearing online soon (watch this space).
