Jon Moritsugu is an American cult/underground filmmaker. He started filmmaking in high school in the early 1980s and then attended Brown University, where he studied semiotics and critical theory. His senior thesis film, Der Elvis, was called by critic J. Hoberman one of the top 50 films of the eighties. Moritsugu's films are defined by their lo-fi aesthetic, and were initially shot on 16mm film stock to give them a gritty, visceral quality. The movies themselves are often absurdist comedies tha...
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