Whenthe world stop , as it no doubt will someday , would it be better tosurvive and attempt to rebuild , or simply perish with the masses?Sci - fi horrorindie Friend of the World , which at 50 bit hovers between a short and a lineament , examines this quandary through the lens of the eye of two very different persona .
After a global catastrophe — we’re not tell the specific , but it distinctly ask all - out war , draw in with an outbreak that transform the infected into snake god - alike creatures — an aspiring filmmaker burden with the unlikely moniker of Diane Keaton ( Alexandra Slade ) wake up underground in a locked elbow room full of stiff . Unsettling , to say the least , and things only get ickier when she ’s rescue by Gore ( Nick Young ) , a tumid , foul - mouthed military character with the demented aura of someone who ’s been alone too long , and the wild eyes of a man who might have had something to do with the spark that coif off the Book of Revelation .
Diane does n’t have much selection than to sting with him — he ’s get food , water , weapon , and most importantly , a stash of the antidote that will protect them from the zombie - itis . However , he ’s also immediate to joke about deplete human human body , call Diane an “ ennoble niggling pussy ” and rib her about being a lesbian ( “ How are we going to repopulate ? ” ) , and go bad to adequately warn her about the hallucinogenic effects of his miracle drug . They are , shall we say … intense , an experience made far spoiled by the dire and surreal circumstances she find herself in .
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Shot in dark - and - blanched — with some effective use of clip from Diane ’s celluloid , showing her and her girlfriend in the languid , full - color hues of life before thing fell apart — booster of the World works to make the watcher feel as disorient as Diane does , using some efficient limited effects to bring her bloodcurdling visions ( or are they ? ) to life . While she grapples with horrors both real and imagined , she almost comes to look up to the loathsome Gore ’s certainty that the only thing to do is “ move forward , take controller , and acquire . ”
The movie does n’t stick to a conventional tale ; it ’s divided into “ chapters ” that watch Diane and Gore on their hunt for other subsister . Its running time and esthetic approach mean Friend of the World has something in common with the way Diane key out her own work : experimental and composed of “ images , feelings , and emotions . ” Those emotions be given toward despair and disgust , but there are flickers of witticism along the style , as well as a slight tale twist that explains the film ’s title of respect .
According to a financial statement from author - director Butler , “ The first draft was written in August 2016 , amidst a U.S. presidential election even more controversial than usual , a acquire fear of global state of war , and a burgeoning cynicism in America that was distribute like wildfire . All of this inform a handwriting that was originally number from a personal place of fear and closing off . Global dramatic play away , this projection is mean first and frontmost as amusement : a presumably respectable fictional character we can identify with up against an unstoppable monster who represents everything that affright and infuriates us . It is a protection to and expanding upon of themes from the body horror sub - genre of scifi and horror . ”
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booster of the World is rain buckets globally on Apple TV andiTunes .
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