Jason KingTrailer of the Day: Bellflower
June 15th 2011 21:19
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A Mad Max Love Story?
Category: Trailers
Woodrow and Aiden spend all of their free time building Mad Max inspired flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in preparation for a global apocalypse in which their imaginary gang "Mother Medusa" can emerge on top. But when Woodrow meets a charismatic young woman and falls hard in love, he and Aiden quickly integrate into a new group of friends, setting off on a journey of betrayal, love, hate, infidelity, and extreme violence more devastating and fiery than any of their apocalyptic fantasies.
What a different looking and clever film. Borderline psychotic insanity Mad Max love story? These guys are kind of nuts
Check out this trivia on the film:
* The 'Medusa' car shot flames 40 feet into the air and on a key scene accidentally scorched the power lines above and the car itself caught fire.
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* No functionality of the Medusa car was faked during filming. The real life the car is equipped with two flamethrowers, smoke screen, a bleach drift-kit, adjustable rear suspension, and 3 surveillance cameras; all controlled from the dashboard. It also has a roll cage and stow-able, fold-down back seat.
* Director Evan Glodell built his first flamethrower at the age of 12. It was prone to malfunction and only had a 6 foot range. (Like I said - nuts)
* Evan Glodell and Tyler Dawson, now old friends, originally met in 2003 after Evan saw him in a small play and cast him as the role of Aiden. The early version of the film was to be shot on a camcorder, mostly inside Evan's small apartment. Five years later, after an attempt to make Bellflower and working on many other projects (and at one point becoming roommates), they finally returned to the original purpose of their meeting when the current version of Bellflower went into production in 2008.
* Evan Glodell and Jessie Wiseman actually had to eat several live crickets during a scene where their characters meet while competing in a cricket eating contest. (Again - nuts)
Bellflower has been doing the festival circuit prior to its August 5th release and the good news is all the reviews are raving about it. Can't wait - I just hope Sydney gets more than a limited release in some back alley tiny cinema.
What a different looking and clever film. Borderline psychotic insanity Mad Max love story? These guys are kind of nuts
Check out this trivia on the film:* The 'Medusa' car shot flames 40 feet into the air and on a key scene accidentally scorched the power lines above and the car itself caught fire.
Share this
* No functionality of the Medusa car was faked during filming. The real life the car is equipped with two flamethrowers, smoke screen, a bleach drift-kit, adjustable rear suspension, and 3 surveillance cameras; all controlled from the dashboard. It also has a roll cage and stow-able, fold-down back seat.
* Director Evan Glodell built his first flamethrower at the age of 12. It was prone to malfunction and only had a 6 foot range. (Like I said - nuts)
* Evan Glodell and Tyler Dawson, now old friends, originally met in 2003 after Evan saw him in a small play and cast him as the role of Aiden. The early version of the film was to be shot on a camcorder, mostly inside Evan's small apartment. Five years later, after an attempt to make Bellflower and working on many other projects (and at one point becoming roommates), they finally returned to the original purpose of their meeting when the current version of Bellflower went into production in 2008.
* Evan Glodell and Jessie Wiseman actually had to eat several live crickets during a scene where their characters meet while competing in a cricket eating contest. (Again - nuts)
Bellflower has been doing the festival circuit prior to its August 5th release and the good news is all the reviews are raving about it. Can't wait - I just hope Sydney gets more than a limited release in some back alley tiny cinema.
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