Short film: King Dong, the moron movies of Len Cella
By Kentucker Audley August 21st, 2013
A short documentary about some of the weirdest short films of the 70’s and 80’s, self-proclaimed “moron movies” by one-time cult filmmaker Len Cella. Cella was featured regularly on Johnny Carson and Dick Clark’s TV’s Bloopers, but largely unknown otherwise. His films would make more sense produced now in our culture of web video as predominant entertainment. Cella’s films themselves make up a large chunk of King Dong, and they’re clever and charming despite being fundamentally moronic. Stay tuned till the end for Cella’s rendition of Leonard Cohen’s Hallujah, complete with running commentary. Watch King Dong (dir: Simon Mercer) on YouTube.
King Dong from Simon Mercer on Vimeo.
