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NORBERT PFAFFENBICHLER'S 2551 TRILOGY (2021-2025)
An epic post-apocalyptic mix of sci-fi / horror / monster action, avant-garde cinema, political nightmare and silent cinema techniques
2551.01 – THE KID (2021, 65 min.) During a violent uprising, the Apeman (Stefan Erber) grabs The Kid (David Ionescu) in a burlap sack mask with two crude eyeholes clutching a deformed mummy-doll, and runs off with him. So begins the epic odyssey of the resilient Apeman and the vulnerable Child struggling to stay together in an underground world where the mutant dregs of civilization barely eke out an existence.
2551.02 – THE ORGY OF THE DAMNED (2023, 83 min.) Separated from The Kid at the end of Part 01, the Apeman loses his bearings and descends into a dungeon labyrinth of surreal sexual depravity, searching for a female wrestler in a luchadora mask (Veronika Herber). Meanwhile, The Kid (Juri Föger) is brutally indoctrinated into the ways of oppression by the police state.
2551.03 – THE END (2025, 82 min.) Years have gone by, but the Apeman continues his search for the now-grown Kid, who has become an Inspector (Ben Schiola) for the police state. Meanwhile, the carnival-masked Dictator (Stephane Marin) lords over goblin markets selling crucified monkeys and alchemists hawking living homunculi in jars. Part 03 is the most David Lynch-like of the Trilogy: after entering an anti-matter dimension, the Apeman emerges as the Apewoman (Manuela Deac), to wreak terrible vengeance on the tools of the oppressive state.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Four new video interviews with Norbert Pfaffenbichler and lead actor Stefan Erber, cinematographer Martin Putz, stop-motion VFX artist Paul Lechmann & others.
- Seven experimental short films by Norbert Pfaffenbichler from 1998 - 2019
- Three new visual essays by Danish filmmaker Reinert Kiil, journalist and physical media expert Ryan Verrill and film professor Dr. Will Dodson of Someone’s Favorite Prod., and experimental filmmaker and film scholar Stephen Broomer.
- New audio commentaries by writer & film scholar Shelagh Rowan-Legg, film archivist Eva Létourneau, artist, curator & writer Anne Golden, and podcaster Mike White (The Projection Booth).
- Blu-ray authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion.
- New art by Beth Morris.
