'Strawberry Mansion' is a Darkly Twisted Celebration of Imagination [Review]
Strawberry Mansion houses a safe space for weirdo indie filmmakers who just want to give the finger to capitalism.
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Strawberry Mansion houses a safe space for weirdo indie filmmakers who just want to give the finger to capitalism.
I first saw Strawberry Mansion during the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. While viewing the very independent, very homegrown feature from co-writers and co-directors Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney, I longed for a serenely cool theater filled with other (probably very stoned) moviegoers. The film is gentle and kooky, set in a dystopic future that aesthetically borrows from the '80s. Demons, Nick Cave-like creatures, VHS tapes, buckets of fried chicken, and fedora hats populate it. It's...
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