The Blazing World

2021 1h 39m EN

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★4.3TMDB · 22

HorrorFantasyAdventureDrama

Synopsis

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Ever since Margaret was six years old, she has been haunted by the memory of watching her sister drown during an explosive fight between her parents. As a young woman, she slides further into her twisted inner life, ultimately finding herself on the brink of suicide. Through an epic journey down the smokiest and scariest corridors of her imagination, she tries to exorcise the demons pushing her closer and closer to the edge.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Carlson Young
Margaret Winter
Udo Kier
Lained
Dermot Mulroney
Tom Winter
Vinessa Shaw
Alice Winter
John Karna
Blake
Soko
Margot
Bailey Alexander Lewis
Coffee Shop Guy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Carlson Young
Writers: Carlson Young, Pierce Brown
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Carlson Young, shot by Shane F. Kelly. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Isom Innis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor James K. Crouch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Carlson Young and Udo Kier and Dermot Mulroney carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt11378876 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 22 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Carlson Young directs. Shane F. Kelly behind the camera. Isom Innis scores. James K. Crouch cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 5 years ago.
2Directed by Carlson Young, shot by Shane F. Kelly. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Isom Innis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor James K. Crouch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Carlson Young and Udo Kier and Dermot Mulroney carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt11378876 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 22 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Shane F. Kelly
Original score: Isom Innis
Editing: James K. Crouch
Production design: Rodney Becker
Costume design: Juliana Hoffpauir
Makeup / hair: Jacenda Burkett
VFX supervisor: Alex Toader
Sound: Ben Zarai
Runtime: 99 min · 1h 39m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Blazing World (2021)

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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots2021-03-09
★ 7/10
If David Lynch, Lewis Carroll, and Nicolas Winding Refn all got together to take a little trip with the help of LSD, the end result might be the avant-garde fantasy horror film “The Blazing World.” This experimental, psychological, and hyper-stylized film sends out warning flares that it’s the work of a mostly inexperienced filmmaker (Carlson Young), but her ambitious vision is one that could grow into something really special. Margaret (Young) has been haunted by a childhood memory of watching her identical twin sister drown in the backyard pool while her unhappy parents (Vinessa Shaw, Dermot Mulroney) were fighting inside the house. She has never recovered from the trauma or the guilt of that day and as an adult, becomes obsessed with studying and exploring otherworldly ideas like multiple planes of existence that may imprison humans in a world between life and death. Ready to commit suicide, Margaret finds her way down the rabbit hole and embarks on a nightmarish journey into the heart of her psyche, where she confronts the demons from her past. This is a work for the hardcore art house crowd. It’s more about seeing and feeling, not disciplined interpretation. Don’t try to make sense of most of the story. In other words, just sit back and go with it. It’s a bizarre film, but Young’s directorial style instantly hooked me. I especially admire her fearlessness when it comes to expressing a personal, creative vision. The film is a dreamscape of the macabre that is ambitious in its abstract conveyance of ideas. “The Blazing World,” in all of its darkly beautiful glory, is a challenging experimental work that could easily find a home in a modern art museum.

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