"Where "Under a Shipwrecked Moon" triumphs is in Alli's extraordinary dream and hallucination sequences. Even by the high standards created by the filmmaker in his stunning recent films including the recent "Tragos" (2000) and "Hysteria" (2002), "Under a Shipwrecked Moon" takes the imagination into new and daring realms that few artists could ever aspire to conceive. Mixing the shaman traditions of Finland's folklore and heritage with psychedelic washes of color and daring theatrical experiments and capping the visuals with a haunting score created and performed by his real-life collaborator Sylvi Alli (whose beautiful screen presence is used to its fullest as the shaman), the film's landscape of mists, monsters and mysteries is so artistically overwhelming that it makes "The Cremaster Cycle" look like "The Lizzie McGuire Movie." Phil Hall, filmthreat.com (entire review at: http://www.verticalpool.com/moonmedia.html )

Synopsis/Credits

The power of a long-buried family secret is unleashed when the rituals of a self-made shamanic punk rocker accidentally catapult him into the dreams of his comatose Finnish grandfather. Meanwhile, back in the real world, the family gathers around the elder's bedside with their own stories and grievances in this surrealistic fable of true love, giant hedgehogs and the mystical depths of family bonds.

Starring GABRIEL CARTER, RICHARD C. GOODMAN, FELECIA FAULKNER, LEA BENDER, SYLVI ALLI. Soundtrack by SYLVI ALLI with music also by DIATONIS, BIRDSAW, THE CLARENDON HILLS, MARK GROWDEN, ANDY NATHAN. Edited by ANTERO ALLI and CHRIS ODELL. Written, directed & photographed by ANTERO ALLI. Produced by VERTICAL POOL PRODUCTIONS.

Links

Antero Alli, filmography
www.verticalpool.com/filmography.html

"Under a Shipwrecked Moon" homepage
www.verticalpool.com/moon.html

Press Kit; hi-rez jpgs, "Moon" links
www.verticalpool.com/presskit.html

On the Making of "Shipwrecked Moon"
www.verticalpool.com/moonmaking.html

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