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I Can See You


"Graham Reznick arrives with a bang...I Can See You heralds a splendid new filmmaker with one eye on genre mechanics, one eye on avant-garde conceits and a third eye for transcendental weirdness."
- Nathan Lee, New York Times

"this surprising horror debut hits us where it hurts by turning vision itself into a mind-frying source of anxiety...climaxes in a freakout that wipes all your troubles away."
- Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice

"Critic's Choice!"
- V.A. Musetto, New York Post

Three aspiring ad-men take a weekend in the wilderness, brainstorming for their first assignment: to overhaul the image of a once-household cleaning product, Claractix. While in the woods, a girlfriend’s mysterious disappearance sparks a harrowing descent into unreality. Personalities contort into extremes and visits are made by a specter from Claractix campaigns of the past as the film careens towards to its startling climax.

I Can See You is the feature film debut of writer/director Graham Reznick (sound designer on The Roost and Trigger Man), co-produced by ScareFlix veteran Peter Phok. The film stars real-life members of Waverly Films (Ben Dickinson, Duncan Skiles and Chris Ford), a Brooklyn based production company specializing in commercials and music video work. Summer Day, the free spirited temptress destined to drive them apart, is played by Heather Robb (Trigger Man, I Sell the Dead). Long-lost ClarActix pitchman Mickey Hauser is played by producer Larry Fessenden, who describes the movie as "1960’s psychedelia by way of David Lynch with dashes of Philip K. Dick and Cronenberg."
(dir. Graham Reznick, 100 minutes, 2008)

Preceded by
The Viewer, a new Anaglyphic 3D short film by Graham Reznick: THE VIEWER is a telepathic interrogation experienced from the perspective of a suspected murderer.  Telepathic Viewing doesn't come without a price, however;  as the suspect resists the mind-reader's tactics, the "viewing" intensity is increased... dissolving the fragile boundaries between memory, identity and reality.
 
Ran April 29 to May 10 at the Kraine Theatre
85 East Fourth Street, Manhattan
preceded by "The Viewer," a world premiere 3D short (glasses provided)

Upcoming screenings:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, September 2, 2009
International Film Series, Boulder, October 30, 2009

Kino International has bought rights to I Can See You and The Viewer!  That means our immediate DVD release has been postponed, pending more screenings and other good stuff.  Join our email list to hear about new shows and the DVD release.




  
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