I remembered this fondly from my high school days, but more remarkable now for the fact that the lead character, a high school cheerleader, was actually not in her mid-twenties when they filmed it. The effects range from hokey to ewwwwwww!!, and the cold war government conspiracy angle still plays pretty well.
All in all, a decent flick, and Frank Darabont co-wrote it, in an out-of-character turn away from Stephen King prison movies. Three stars.
DVDs and For Sale have been updated, and I’m off to New Jersey. Have a great weekend!
I’ve been borrowing this Season 1 set from a friend of mine, and I have to say, it’s quite addictive. Thanks, Kelli!
BTW, the Alias DVD image brought to you by the excellent wp-amazon!
As MacMinute reported earlier today:
K2 Films has released its science-fiction action film, “Radius,” as a two-disk, US$19.95 DVD. Despite being shot on 35mm film, in such locations such as California’s Death Valley, and featuring over 150 visual effects shots, “Radius” was made by a first-time director on a budget of under $60,000. The low budget was achieved through classic guerrilla filmmaking frugality, but also by extensive use of the Mac, director Helmut Kobler told MacMinute. Editing, music, sound and visual effects were all done on Macs using off-the-shelf software. Also, the director says he managed the whole production from a PowerBook G4, working mostly from various Starbucks cafes around Los Angeles.
Very inspiring! 😀
[Sadly, this comic of Spider-Man pitching Fla-Vor-Ice is long since offline. —Ed. 2015-08-22]
Cool little folded box and double-CD sleeve. No reason.
The group I was with for last year’s 48 Hour Film Project, The Fuzz (who created the Washington DC winning entry, "Weather Man"), was this year followed by an NPR reporter. The 14 minute segment (twice as long as the finished film!) which resulted aired on NPR Weekend Edition earlier today, and is now archived on NPR’s website:
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1964406
Enjoy!
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