Experiencing Interruptions?

Shirt Vile

A group of curly haired strangers help Katelyn recreate her past life as a Kurt Vile t-shirt

  • Katelyn Douglass
    Director
    Terrible Accident at the Bread Factory, How We Wake Up
  • Drew Angle
    Director
    Terrible Accident at the Bread Factory, How We Wake Up
  • Katelyn Douglass
    Writer
    Terrible Accident at the Bread Factory, How We Wake Up
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Music, Women
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 46 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • NoBudge
    Online
    United States
    March 15, 2019
    Online
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Katelyn Douglass, Drew Angle

Originally from Florida, Katelyn is a founding member of the Chicago based collective, Hot Kitchen (hotkitchencollective.com) and Co-Creator of Your Uncle Richard (yourunclerichard.com).

Drew Angle is a filmmaker living and working in Chicago (www.drewangle.com). Most recently, he was the editor for the new feature documentary following the cult Chicago music label, Wax Trax! Records.

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Director Statement

K: I really did start Googling Kurt Vile tour dates, like weekly, mostly because I’m a fan and had an urge to see them live. But also it felt like a slight compulsion. They weren’t coming to Chicago so I contemplated just buying a shirt as some sort of conciliation.

Then I found myself trying to track down the perfect shirt…that’s when the thought came to me - maybe I crave this shirt because I was one. People talk about their spirit animals - I’d say my spirit animal could definitely be an old t-shirt.

D: We started filming on a trip we were taking to Asheville just exploring different images and how they could fit with Katelyns writing. When we got back we edited what we had and started talking about shooting more with a narrowed focus. We got an amazing group together and with that new footage took another pass at the edit. When we felt like we were in a good place we reached out to Kurt’s team and they let us take a photo.