“Space is a Lonely Town”

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Space travel has become a dirty way of life dominated by derelicts, grease monkeys, and hard-boiled interplanetary traders such as Samuel Curtis. Written, directed and starring Cory McAbee of the legendary cult band The Billy Nayer Show, this sci-fi, musical-western uses flinty black and white photography, rugged Lo-Fi sets and the spirit of the final frontier. We follow Curtis on his Homeric journey to provide the all-female planet of Venus with a suitable male, while pursued by an enigmatic killer, Professor Hess. The film features music by The Billy Nayer Show and some of the most original rock n' roll scenes ever committed to film.

 

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“Words may not do this film justice”

 

—Film Threat

 

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“Nothing short of phenomenal!”

 

—New York Times

 

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“A tale that evokes Brecht, Beckett, and Ed Wood”

 

—New York Times

 

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“Part western, part musical, part Kubrick, part Godard, very strange and very free”

 

—Newsday

 

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“Has all the makings of a cult classic”

 

—Details

 

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“Arguably one of the most original American films of the past twenty years”

 

—Boxoffice Magazine

 

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“Inventive! Plays like a dreamy fusion of David Lynch's Eraserhead and Sam Shepard's The Tooth of Crime.”

 

—Chicago Tribune

 

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“The film is filled with psychotic Astaire-style musical sequences, Three Stooges-esque humor, slimy nightmare imagery, and hilarious Flash Gordon-inspired space scenes.”

 

—The New Yorker

 

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“Something virtually unique in American independent film”

 

—Filmmaker Magazine

 

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“Imagine a long Laurel & Hardy skit directed by Salvador Dali”

 

—Entertainment Weekly

 

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“Homegrown American surrealism.”

 

—LA Weekly

 

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“A true independent”

 

—Los Angeles Times

 

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“Brings forth new ideas to the world of film”

 

—eFilmCritic

 

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“An astonishing joy ride through the outer reaches of the id”

 

—Washington Post

 

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“A beautifully crafted black and white fairy tale with a decidedly John Ford feel.”

 

—IFC Rant

 

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“Do I go as far as to call this brilliant? Yes, I think I do”

 

—Digitally Obsessed

 

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“The only thing you can truly be sure of by the end of Cory McAbee's retro-chic futuristic space western-film noir-rock opera is that knowledge is worthless.”

 

—San Francisco Bay Guardian

 

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“May be the most wonderfully strange film experience you have this year”

 

—Elle Magazine

 

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“Both irreverent and emotive; at once laugh-out-loud funny and also quietly disturbing”

 

—Sci-Fi London

 

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“An unforgettable, irresistible stylistic hybrid that's part space opera, part western, part noir thriller and all hyperintelligent comedy”

 

—Orlando Weekly

 

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“Surreal, gritty and nutso all at once.”

 

—Hollywood Reporter

 

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“It is a film in equal measure funny, strange, dark and beautiful.”

 

—Leeds Guide (UK)

 

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“The whole movie, including the music, is infused with an odd mix of working-class sensibilities and intellectual irony.”

 

—Movie Habit

 

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“One of the most novel, outrageous and magnificent movies ever made”

 

—DVD Talk

 

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“...juvenilia elevated to critical theory and high art, heady and delirious with passion and the freedom to stretch”

 

—Film Freak Central

 

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“A cross between Eraserhead and Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang”

 

—Movie Magazine International

 

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“extraordinary in its humility, exuberance, and eccentricity... it is also a graceful and entertaining film”

 

—CinEncanto

 

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“...as reminiscent of Fritz Lang silents as of Flash Gordon serials”

 

—San Francisco Chronicle

 

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“...hugely imaginative, genuinely weird”

 

—San Francisco Examiner

 

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“Not to be missed, The American Astronaut is like eating a Rice Krispies treat laced with a hallucinogenic”

 

—Sundance Film Festival

 

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“...arch and serenely ridiculous”

 

—Village Voice

 

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“Equal parts Douglas Adams and Ansel Adams”

 

—TV Guide

 

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“It's quite unlike anything else”

 

—New York Post

[A l t e r E g o 9]

I want to see this.

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Here's where you can watch the movie: http://www.tv-links.co.uk/show.do/4/2822

Edited May 31, 2007 by DrWho42

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If you enjoyed/loved this film, feel more than free to help support the next Cory McAbee film, Werewolf Hunters of the Midwest.

 

Purchase something from the BNS Store: http://www.billynayer.com/store/ (cheapest stuff can be previewed and bought here: http://www.billynayer.com/store/dd.shtml ).