This is a film almost impossible to summarize without making it sound drab. My best attempt would be "An old Aleister Crowley (Jeff Kristian) reminisces about the times he (as a youngster played by Brandon Edwards) with his boyfriend Herbert Pollitt (Danny Beaton) and regrets the relationship has ended all these years ago." Now of course, this is what the film's about, but it doesn't do the movie the first bit of justice, as it brinds across its story in associative, abstract and at times even surreal way, using Christian as well as occult symbolism, motives from vintage and horror movies and even dance sequences. The result feels at the same time like a throwback and remarkably fresh - a throwback as in style and structure it's not at all unlike yesteryear's art films, only emphasized by Jeff Kristian's 1970s style rock soundtrack, and fresh because the film doesn't follow conventions but makes its own, is full of bold visual choices and has an artfulness to it rarely seen in today's cinema anymore. That all said, the film might not be for everybody as it's far off the beaten track, but those looking for something different will find it here in spades and are sure to enjoy it, too.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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