Steven Soderbergh in the hybrid film based on "The Vandal" Helmer Eddie Alcazar

Steven Soderbergh in the hybrid film based on "The Vandal" Helmer Eddie Alcazar

Academy Award-winning director / producer Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Contagion) will executive produce a new feature film entitled Star, collaborating once again with Eddie Alcazar (WallPerfectCouso) - director of the short film of the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes The Vandal (the vandal). Like the short film, the feature will be created with Alcazar's “Meta-Scope” technique, a surreal blend of stop-motion, live action and pixilation reminiscent of the works of Jan Svankmajer.

Set in a world not unlike mid-XNUMXth century America, The Vandal centers on Harold, whose tormented search for peace from a traumatic loss results in an unexpectedly destructive awakening after undergoing a lobotomy. When the procedure "turns his mind upside down" and his great love is suddenly gone, Harold's desperate search intensifies.

The 16mm black and white short film is produced by Darren Aronofsky (Black swan, Requiem for a dream) and stars Bill Duke (Mandy, Predator) as Harold, Baadja-Lyne Odums, Abbey Lee and Maurice Compte, with a score by Oscar-nominated director and composer Kris Bowers (A concert is a conversation, Space Jam: a new legacy). CAA is representing sales.

[Source: Variety]

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