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Like many artists of the 1920s, the protagonist of this story, a
painter (Jared Bankens) has a certain, not exactly healthy, predilection
for opium, and it pretty much comes with the substance abuse that he
starts to see things - he's even aware of that. Things get out of bounds
though when certain things occur that can't just be explained away by
drugs alone and start to have a deeper impact on his life. This leads to
our painter eventually hire a medium (Katie Bankens) and a scryer (Kirsten
Bazet) to help him make sense of it all - but the sense they are making of
it is more disturbing than anything that has happened before ... Call
of the Void is anything but your run-of-the-mill movie, and if your
taste in films require a straightforward and easy to digest narrative
where everything's explained away and that features plenty of spectacle
along the way, then you'll be disappointed as this movie is a rather
labyrinthine mood piece that leaves a lot open to interpretation - and in
the case of this movie, that's a very rewarding experience, thanks to a
cleverly written script and a directorial effort that makes a lot out of
its limited locations and cast, and that develops its own impressive
imagery to perfectly serve the story - and while it may not be a film for
everybody, it's a fascinating trip for those inclined for sure.
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