Prototype

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Prototype

Released Aug 31, 2018

1h 3m

Documentary

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As a major storm strikes Texas in 1900, a mysterious televisual device is built and tested.

Glenn Kenny

New York Times

It's a puzzle of strange pleasures, a nerve-racking way of recalibrating how to look at the screen and the world outside the screen.

Aug 30, 2018

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Charles Bramesco

AV Club

On a soul-deep scale, Williams has tapped into a conflict-the human race's apparent insistence on exterminating itself-and channeled it into material cinematic terms that continuously challenge themselves.

Rated: A-

Aug 30, 2018

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Jake Wilson

Sydney Morning Herald

3D, once a novelty, has become a boring and overused gimmick: this is a rare chance to appreciate it anew.

Aug 14, 2018

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

It’s pretty continuously stunning, minus whatever push/pull I felt as a viewer, and the outstandingly layered soundtrack performs a slow upwards and downwards rumble to provide a sort of emotional/narrative spine.

Jan 11, 2023

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Benjamin Sutton

Hyperallergic

The stereoscope pictures are incredibly sharp, the 3D granting the post-apocalyptic landscapes a frightening immediacy.

Feb 8, 2020

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

An electrifying, uncompromising redefinition of what it means to be a film.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 3, 2019

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Jeff L

Did not see it. Clicked on wrong movies, but no option to delete.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/24/23

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Audience Member

Did not enjoy this at all.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Blake Williams

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Marco Gualtieri

Producer

Bharath Gudivada

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Blake Williams

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Synopsis

As a major storm strikes Texas in 1900, a mysterious televisual device is built and tested.

Director: Blake Williams
Producer: Marco Gualtieri, Bharath Gudivada
Screenwriter: Blake Williams
Distributor: Grasshopper Film
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 31, 2018, Limited
Runtime: 1h 3m