Bellflower
Best friends since childhood, Road Warrior-obsessed pals Woodrow (Glodell) and Aiden (Tyler Dawson) form a two-man gang dubbed "Mother Medusa" and devote all of their spare time to building flame throwers in anticipation of the impending apocalypse. Their ultimate goal: build a post-holocaust supercar that will inspire awe in the masses, and immediately establish them as the leaders of the primitive new society. But when Woodrow falls in love with Milly (Jessie Wiseman) following a chance meeting, the inseparable buddies begin to grow apart, and Aiden develops a crush on Milly's best friend Courtney (Rebekah Brandes). Later, Woodrow and Milly's whirlwind romance comes to a sudden end, leading to a tragic accident that leaves Woodrow badly injured. Meanwhile, as Woodrow recovers, Aiden begins work on the Mother Medusa mobile. Unfortunately all is not well with Woodrow, and with his heart broken and his brain potentially damaged, the situation soon erupts in a spectacular explosion of shocking violence. more..
Director: Evan Glodell
Starring: Evan Glodell, Jessie Wiseman, Tyler Dawson, Rebekah Brandes, Vincent Grashaw
With American independent filmmaking all too often a ready punching bag in today's cinéaste culture, this frequently dazzling, eccentric portrait of mutually assured destruction is that most delirious of combos: charmingly funny and emotionally terrifying.
Here's a movie that starts in your face and, amazingly, keeps coming at you. That's a good thing.
Bellflower is stylishly watchable - even when it's preposterous.
There's more here than initially meets and sometimes assaults the eye, including the hyperbolic dudeness of it all.
A daring feature debut by Evan Glodell, Bellflower looks like it was shot with the digital equivalent of a Brownie box camera, and generates an almost palpable aura of anxiety.
Best Cinematography
Chlotrudis Awards (2012)
Special Jury Prize
Fantasporto (2012)
Evan Glodell
Gotham Awards (2011)
Best Cinematography
Independent Spirit Awards (2012)
Joel Hodge
Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema (2011)