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Blackout

Larry Fessenden · 103 min

“An apt time for the budget to shrink further, I tell the story of a town divided by racism and a corrupt patriarch to update the werewolf movie. In 2001, NYTimes film critic Dave Kehr described my work ‘as if Cassavetes had been working for Universal in the early 30s.’ I have indeed always had a foot in both the low key traditions of 90s indie cinema exemplified by collaborators such as Kelly Reichardt, Jim Jarmusch and Steve Buscemi but also a deep love of the demands and imagery of the horror genre.” – Larry Fessenden, director