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Dark Prism
USA 2015
produced by Dylan Compy Brown, Dylan Mars Greenberg, Rose Cosenza, Chris Saravia for Toastyco, Disck Pictures
directed by Dylan Mars Greenberg
starring Mac DeMarco, Sofe Cote, Sara Kaiser, Chandani Smith, Stephanie Domini, Jurgen Azazel Munster, Lucy Love, Max Husten, Lloyd Kaufman, Robert Prichard, Fritz Donnelly, Ophelia Rain, Reverend Jen, Darryl Lavare, Amanda Flowers, Matt Katz-Bohen, Laurel Katz-Bohen, Briar Montana, Dylan Mars Greenberg, Louisa Ashleigh, Jason Izen, Justine Lavare, Jane Lavare, Allysa Oliver, Kate Freitag, Summer Greenberg, Martha Bloom, Catrina Kokkoris, Alex Lora, Mickala McFarlane, Vivi Charlap, Aaden Grushkin, Austin Henry, Nicolai Gorden, Neva Gentlman, Gibson Merrick, Jess Oui, John P. Brennan, Nekoda Bear, Brendan Elefante, Dan Correll, Zeev Banks, Cassidy Graves, Briana Douglas, Leor Freedman, Blessing C.S., Rose Cosenza, Chris Saravia, Savvy Jaye, Duchess Wendi, Olivia Coffrey, Samantha Ivy, Cassidy Barr, Piera Yerkes, Erin Fitzpatrick, Louis Molina, Christopher Carew, Jinyen Carew, Nyra Nology, Colin Ambulance, Nick Medina, Ibrahim Nassir, Freddy Borges, Jennifer Berton
written by Dylan Mars Greenberg, Pailer Ezra, Stephanie Domini, Emma Kop, music by Michael Eliran, Matt Katz-Bohen, Laurel Katz-Bohen, Matt Ellin feat. Victoria Park, Dylan Mars Greenberg, Sara Kaiser, Declan Christenberry, Kevin MacLeod
Jesus Christ, Moses
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Three stories that are at best loosely connected: Margaret (Sofe
Cote), a girl with supernatural powers who has enslaved her own father
(Robert Prichard) by mere willpower, somehow falls for nerdy Caleb (Max
Husten), a boy she had sworn herself she'd never date ... but then she
does, and kills him in the process. But nobody could have expected in the
slightest the chaos that ensues ... May West (Sara Kaiser) is the
biggest star of the 1940s when her competition for that crown, Marli
Deetrich (Dylan Greenberg), hires her for her directorial debut, the first
totally immersive movie, in which May is to play the Virgin Mary - but
soon she has to realize she isn't in a movie at all, but Marli wants to
pluck her and Jesus Christ (Chandani Smith) out of history. The two escape
through an increasingly labyrinthine and nonsensical complex and
eventually May seems to actually become Virgin Mary. Mary (Stephanie
Domini) and the President (Jurgen Azazel Munster) are on the run from some
sort of electrical storm that might have been caused by Margaret from
story one and end up in a bizarre run down TV studio run by weird Barnaby
(Fritz Donnelly), and there might be no escape from there - unless
something really bizarre happens ... Ok, words do little
justice to the madness that is Dark Prism, in trying to sum the
movie up I've probably not even hit the tip of the iceberg - but that's
ok, Dark Prism isn't as much a narrative movie as it is a trip into
batshit craziness, spun together in a dreamlike narrative that twists and
turns in all directions, no matter whether it makes perfect sense or not.
But what makes the film really enjoyable is that no matter how
non-sensical it is, it's totally entertaining, it's just cock-full of fun
and often refreshingly silly ideas, and the directorial effort really
keeps up with the madness of the story and adds a deliciously weird
imagery to the mix to ultimately amount to ... pure madness, in the best
possible way! This just has to be seen to be believed!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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