{"product_id":"mock-up-on-mu","title":"Mock Up on MU","description":"\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDVD Interzone NTSC \u0026nbsp;Region 0\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal format \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003evideo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYear \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage(s) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist(s) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraig Baldwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunning time \u003cstrong\u003e110\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e min\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFilms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMOCK UP ON MU \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1996) 110'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eLAST COPY. OUT OF PRINT\u003cbr\u003eA radical hybrid of espionage, science fiction, western, and even horror, Craig Baldwin’s feature-length “collage-narrative” \u003cem\u003eMock Up On Mu\u003c\/em\u003e is founded on (mostly) authentic histories culled from post-WWII Californian countercultures: rocketry pioneers, alternative religions, and the Beat lifestyle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from popular serials, industrial film outtakes, and B (or even Z) movie sequences alternate with newly shot live action footage, propelling a playful and allegorical journey through the occult—now legendary—matrix formed by Jack Parsons (founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Crowley acolyte), L. Ron Hubbard (sci-fi author turned guru), and Marjorie Cameron (bohemian artist and “mother of the New Age movement”). Their intertwined destinies unfold into a speculative farce on the militarization of space and the corporate takeover of spiritual fulfillment and leisure. Selected press quotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“...an allegorical cyclone of images and ideas haunted by sardonic humor and gnostic longing” —Erik Davis, Techgnosis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“...this new work hits your synapses like a cluster bomb, assailing your quivering gray matter with a fusillade of cinematic fragments (mostly recycled, some newly shot), diatribes and meditations of every stripe” —Manohla Dargis, New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“...\u003cem\u003eMock Up on Mu\u003c\/em\u003e is a modern American myth fashioned from all kinds of cultural detritus” —Jim Hoberman, Village Voice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“...Nuclear waste, orbiting space weapons, cocktail lounge seductions—all of it anarchically shuffled with images and sounds from sources ranging from \u003cem\u003eThe Brain That Wouldn’t Die\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eCapricorn One\u003c\/em\u003e” —Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“...Culling from such disparate genres as beefy spaghetti westerns, sordid Las Vegas potboilers, and cheapo papier-mâché sci-fi extravaganzas, the borrowed materials comprise an alternate US history: a Hubbard-Martin plot to colonize space (and harness energy technologies for militarization) runs up against resistance from Parsons and Cameron, who invoke occult magic to fight power” —Michael Joshua Rowin, L Mag\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“...an often hilarious, sometimes impenetrable, always original film at the cross-section of pop phantasmagoria and critiques of capitalism” —New York Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“No one dissects the entrails of our schizoid culture with as much glee and enthusiasm as Baldwin; \u003cem\u003eMock Up on Mu\u003c\/em\u003e will leave its viewers dazzled and slightly disoriented, blinking in the harsh light of a subtly altered world.” —Peter Culley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“With \u003cem\u003eMock Up on Mu\u003c\/em\u003e, Baldwin may have discovered a new method of cinematic storytelling. Don’t expect Hollywood to embrace it anytime soon.” —David Bordwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExtras:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Director’s Commentary\u003cbr\u003e• Behind-the-scenes clip by Damon Packard\u003cbr\u003e• *Mu* Trailer by Lars Auvinen\u003cbr\u003e• Upcoming Other Cinema DVD releases\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Other Cinema","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58408505344331,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/3034\/9643\/files\/mucover.jpg?v=1788870752","url":"https:\/\/re-voir.com\/en\/products\/mock-up-on-mu","provider":"Re:Voir","version":"1.0","type":"link"}