“I had this dream...it seemed like I was watching a movie but also participating in that same movie.” Right from the start, Matheus Marchetti’s Phantom Summer is explicit about the direction it intends to take. Scenes are bathed in red or green light. The camera moves in a languid, dreamy way, lingering on specific objects such as a curious fan-shaped mirror. Two young men, each sporting a mop of curly hair and a low quality moustache, meet in a large, abandoned house. One of them is crashing there; the other wants to use it as a place to meet up with friends. He is quickly made welcome. In due course these two will fall in love, but the circumstances will be far from straightforward.
In a scene which might be real of might be a dream, children conduct a strange ritual. Are they making a horror film, or is this something more.
In a scene which might be real of might be a dream, children conduct a strange ritual. Are they making a horror film, or is this something more.
- 5/1/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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