Great piece, Sean! Totally agree - the only thing that really faltered for me was that we didn't see Clark's mental unravelling. It was way too abrupt. Good thing the two leads are so great. I honestly think Backrooms and the whole 'liminal space' movement on YouTube (which one miiiiiiiight accuse Parsons of gathering under his own banner here - there's a whiff of Jared Pike's The Poolrooms and James Leyland Kirby's (aka The Caretaker's) 'Burning Memory' track) taps into a such a wealth of modern anxiety the same way Romero's concept of the zombie apocalypse did.
Oh most definitely - I think it is tapping into a whole host of modern anxieties in ways that I'm not sure even Parsons and similar creators are always aware of.
I think this accurately pinpoints the film's strengths and weaknesses. I wonder if what exactly happened to Clark and Kat during that period off-screen will be tackled in a sequel or web series. Like, maybe the movie is deliberately leaving these questions open to fill the gaps later.
Great piece, Sean! Totally agree - the only thing that really faltered for me was that we didn't see Clark's mental unravelling. It was way too abrupt. Good thing the two leads are so great. I honestly think Backrooms and the whole 'liminal space' movement on YouTube (which one miiiiiiiight accuse Parsons of gathering under his own banner here - there's a whiff of Jared Pike's The Poolrooms and James Leyland Kirby's (aka The Caretaker's) 'Burning Memory' track) taps into a such a wealth of modern anxiety the same way Romero's concept of the zombie apocalypse did.
Oh most definitely - I think it is tapping into a whole host of modern anxieties in ways that I'm not sure even Parsons and similar creators are always aware of.
There's a significant shift with this movie in terms of ownership/copyright, having now gone from communal creative movement to studio property.
I think this accurately pinpoints the film's strengths and weaknesses. I wonder if what exactly happened to Clark and Kat during that period off-screen will be tackled in a sequel or web series. Like, maybe the movie is deliberately leaving these questions open to fill the gaps later.