Venice audiences stayed up late doing drugs and playing video games with Harmony Korine.
Midnight premiere of Korine’s latest work, baby invasionbringing a complete experience of Korine’s first video game/movie mashup to the festival Fast Break DR1FTwhich attacked Venice last year. They seemed to love it.
The 80-minute experimental film was shot without a script but features layers of CGI and gamer-inspired visual effects, as well as a powerful score from British EDM producer Burial, which had the Sala Grande audience cheering throughout , Korine claimed during a press conference before the film’s release that he only met through communication on Discord and Sony PlayStation.
In that sense, the plot involves an immersive video game called Baby Invasion that became a real-life phenomenon, a darknet group called Duck Mobb, and Many break-ins. In our review, hollywood reporterJordan Mintzer called the film “both mind-bending and mind-numbing,” noting that “viewers may either not be interested or not listen.”
At least the crowds in Venice seemed excited. After the credits rolled, they stood and applauded. Korine ditched the devil mask he wore when participating in AGGRO DR1FT and put on a green striped sports jacket. When the applause started, he took off the jacket and walked forward to greet the crowd and encourage them to continue applauding. The premiere was also attended by his friend, French director Gaspar Noé, who directed baby invasion Described as “mysterious”.
It is not clear how baby invasion Will be released after the festival premiere. Fast Break DR1FT Colin skipped the traditional theater route, choosing to perform in various strip clubs. The director said he has not yet decided how to launch baby invasionexcept to say that the version shown in Venice is just the “base layer” of what the project will become.
