ALAN VEGA, JUST A MILLION DREAMS
France, USA | 2013 | 16 min | col. | English
Around fifteen minutes from the life of Alan Vega are enough for Marie Losier to convey the ‘otherness’ of this artist. Resistant to standardisation and deeply marked by a life lived under the sign of excess, it seems as if the former Suicide singer communicated from an alien location on the dark side of the Moon, the same where Sun Ra, Captain Beefheart, and other dropouts must have drawn inspiration from. Vega is shown with his wife and children, spending Christmas with them, amidst an Iggy Pop poster and an Elvis-shaped tree decoration. The distancing effect achieved by representing Vega in a domestic setting is reminiscent of the reality show The Osbournes, but stripped from the mercenary, television-savvy factor. The documentary is immersed in the immortal notes of Suicide‘s first, unforgettable album, which still feels like an alien and iconoclastic object to conformists half a century on. Guess what Vega answered when asked, “Beatles or Rolling Stones?” (E.S.)
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: 06 Nov 2025
- Time: 12:45
Location
- Cinema La Compagnia - Via Camillo Cavour, 50/R, 50121 Florence
Organizer
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Marie Losier
Marie Losier was born in France in 1972. She is a filmmaker and curator and has exhibited her films and videos in museums, galleries, biennials, and festivals. Losier studied literature at the University of Nanterre and fine arts at Hunter College, City University of New York. She has made numerous film portraits of avant-garde filmmakers, musicians, and composers, including The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye, Cassandro The Exotico!, Felix in Wonderland, and Peaches Goes Bananas. In 2025, she presented Barking in the Dark, about the cult San Francisco band The Residents, at the Rotterdam Film Festival.
