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Mandy
Why this pick
Cosmatos expands the same hypnotic, analog-nightmare sensibility into a more emotional, operatic revenge fever dream, with saturated color, oppressive sound, and a deliberate descent into madness.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the 1960s, Dr. Arboria founded the Arboria Institute, a New Age research facility dedicated to finding a reconciliation between science and spirituality, allowing humans to move into a new age of perpetual happiness. In the 1980s, Arboria's work has been taken over by his protégé, Dr. Barry Nyle. Outwardly a charming, handsome scientist, Nyle is a psychopath who has been keeping Elena, a young girl, captive in a prison that doubles as a hospital beneath the Institute. Elena demonstrates psychic capabilities, which Nyle can suppress, using a glowing, prismatic device.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Michael Rogers
Barry Nyle
Marilyn Norry
Rosemary Nyle
Eva Bourne
Elena
Rondel Reynoldson
Margo
Gerry South
Skinny Hesher
Scott Hylands
Mercurio Arboria
Chris Gauthier
Fat Hesher