{"id":5485,"date":"2014-04-03T23:12:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T05:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=5485"},"modified":"2025-01-09T22:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T04:58:55","slug":"april-everything-is-terrible-doggie-woggiez-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2014\/04\/03\/april-everything-is-terrible-doggie-woggiez-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"April 10 &#8211; Everything is Terrible! Doggie Woggiez and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thursday, April 10<\/strong>\u00a0| <i>Commodore Gilgamesh and Ghoul Skool<\/i><em>\u00a0in person!<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5484\" style=\"width: 647px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2014\/04\/everything-is-terrible-siskel21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"    wp-image-5484 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2014\/04\/everything-is-terrible-siskel21-1.jpg\" alt=\"Courtesy of EIT!\" width=\"647\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2014\/04\/everything-is-terrible-siskel21-1.jpg 647w, https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2014\/04\/everything-is-terrible-siskel21-1-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of EIT!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf everything is terrible, then nothing is\u201d is the motto of this filmmaking collective, whose pseudonym-loving members make rapid-fire mash-ups from VHS tapes found in thrift stores\u2014forgotten children\u2019s shows, religious sermons, no-budget monster movies\u2014to explore the weirdest corners of the American psyche. Leaving little time for reflection, only total submission, its cinema is a kind of psychedelic food poisoning, equally abrasive and hilarious and, in the end, oddly affectionate toward its varied subjects.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/watch.everythingisterrible.com\/\">Everything is Terrible!<\/a>presents several shorts and its feature-length masterwork\u00a0<em>Doggie Woggiez! Poochie Woochiez!<\/em>\u00a0(2012)\u2014a remake of Alejandro Jodorowsky\u2019s\u00a0<em>Holy Mountain<\/em>with a cast of cinematic canines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>2012-14, USA, Digital Video, 80 minutes + discussion<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2006, Everything is Terrible! (EIT!) is an anonymous video collective dedicated to unearthing the best and worst ever committed to VHS. EIT! mines thrift stores and bargain bins for old VHS tapes and gives them new life in video compilations, live shows, and the group\u2019s website. EIT!\u2019s work has been hailed by\u00a0<em>Wired, Time, The Onion, Chicago Tribune, NPR\u2019s All Things Considered, BoingBoing, Buzzfeed, Videogum, Paste,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Jezebel<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, April 10\u00a0| Commodore Gilgamesh and Ghoul Skool\u00a0in person! \u201cIf everything is terrible, then nothing is\u201d is the motto of this filmmaking collective, whose pseudonym-loving members make rapid-fire mash-ups from VHS tapes found in thrift stores\u2014forgotten children\u2019s shows, religious sermons, no-budget monster movies\u2014to explore the weirdest corners of the American psyche. Leaving little time for [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2014\/04\/03\/april-everything-is-terrible-doggie-woggiez-and-more\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from April 10 &#8211; Everything is Terrible! 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