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Desert Cathedral

  • 20142014
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Desert Cathedral (2014)
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A broken real estate developer mysteriously disappears into the Southwest in 1992, leaving behind a series of VHS tapes to his employer and family.A broken real estate developer mysteriously disappears into the Southwest in 1992, leaving behind a series of VHS tapes to his employer and family.A broken real estate developer mysteriously disappears into the Southwest in 1992, leaving behind a series of VHS tapes to his employer and family.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
97
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  • Director
    • Travis Gutiérrez Senger
  • Writer
    • Travis Gutiérrez Senger
  • Stars
    • Lee Tergesen
    • Chaske Spencer
    • Petra Wright
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  • Director
    • Travis Gutiérrez Senger
  • Writer
    • Travis Gutiérrez Senger
  • Stars
    • Lee Tergesen
    • Chaske Spencer
    • Petra Wright
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    8/10
    "Desert Cathedral": Avant-Garde filmmaking at it's most fascinating.
    The freshly wide-released and most unconventionally presented docudrama "Desert Cathedral" seemed to offer some of my very favorite facets of film. These are in no particular order of preference: suspense, drama, a darkish theme, an enigmatic and sparingly speaking main character and the vast wide open spaces of the American west. Having seen this remarkable movie now I am here tell ya that's a "Bingo" on all counts.

    I am a longtime continuous resident of the Puget Sound region and still was not familiar with the actual Seattle area events upon which "Desert Cathedral" is based. Veteran actor Lee Tergesen is simply superb as Peter Collins, a realtor who blows his big chance at grabbing the brass ring when a dream housing development project goes belly up. Unable to absorb such unexpected failure Collins becomes completely unhinged. We then watch as a man plunges headlong into the abyss of an unnerving nervous breakdown. Collins drives south and away from his job, home and family, eventually winding up in the middle of nowhere, USA. His frame of mind is fragile, his mission macabre. Collins also makes an audio and video journal of his bizarre odyssey, primarily as a means of apologizing to his wife and young daughter for the pain he knew he was inflicting upon them. These recordings are expertly interwoven into the film together with the dramatic performance footage in a stunningly seamless editing triumph on behalf of Oriana Soddu and Marc Vives. And every bit of what we see on this ominous journey is relentlessly riveting.

    I had a chance to visit by phone with first-time feature film Director Travis Gutiérrez Senger, who also wrote and helped to produce "Desert Cathedral". I will be posting excerpts from our interview later this week. Senger shared with me that his follow-up to "Desert Cathedral" is already in the works. This time the environment explored will be the much more limited setting of a drug rehab clinic in what Senger describes as a "hallucinatory dark comedy/drama". That may sound like somewhat of a big bite to chew. However if this impressive debut is any sort of indication at all, it's a relatively decent bet that this talented and provocative young filmmaker is more than capable of sinking his teeth into the challenge.
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      • September 27, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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      • English
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      • Seattle, Washington, USA
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      • Lincoln Leopard Films
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      1 hour 25 minutes
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