Dent Head Gone
2020 · 10m · USA
Directed by Rafael Lorié, Valerie Brooks
Genres: adventure, dark comedy, experimental
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, surreal
Dent — a would-be python hunter — drags his estranged mother to a drive-thru zoo, then wanders past the fence into the territory of a legendary Everglades cryptid. The plot, like the swamp, refuses to behave.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Florida cryptid lore plus estranged-mom road trip plus visible duct tape on the FX rig — the unholy trinity. Nobody asked for this and that's why we need it.
Florida cryptid yarn shot like Korine forgot to come back for the second day — homemade VFX, drive-thru zoo, an estranged mother. The anything-goes plotting is the texture, not a bug.
A Florida swamp cryptid yarn with lo-fi homemade VFX and a python-hunter dragging his estranged mother to a drive-thru zoo — anything-goes plotting only works if the plotting earns it, but the texture sounds vivid.
Reviews
Freaky homemade adventure tale characterized by anything goes plotting and unique lo-fi visual effects.