Seraphim Cloud and his life size doppelgänger enter the netherworld of Calico Ghost Town deep within the Mojave Desert.
Cinematography
Kodak decay as aesthetic—grain swallowing the desert whole.
Practical Effects
Life-size doppelgänger puppet: deeply wrong, deeply impressive.
Sound
Desert wind scored like a consciousness leaving its body.
Director
Eric Leiser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Calico Ghost Town is a real restored mining town in Buena Park, not the Mojave— Leiser's 'Mojave' is pure fabrication.
Leiser's entire filmography exists in this liminal zone between puppet animation and spiritual crisis; this is him at his most accessible, which isn't saying much.
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