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Learn more- In the desolate city of Chronopolis, which has become the world's first studio city in which all citizens are actors, there is a war. A group of bohemian terrorists are intercepting the cyborg clones used to deliver scripts, and reprogramming them to disrupt the production of the hit Tv cop show, Skull Squad. The star detectives, Jackson and O'Neal, are plagued by constant scriptic disruptions and become the targets of the hard-assed ex-star cop. Sgt. Sal Seto. Meanwhile, children's star, FunFur Underpants, has been receiving dream state messages from magnetic beings living in the electronic ether. He is determined to bring his message to the children. In one day, these two plots merge in disaster.
That's the plot within the plot. But really, all of this might be a creation of the Fugists, a revolutionary breed of filmmaker determined to bring the oppressive studio system to a halt. Driven by the Fugist Manifesto of June 29, 1994, and inspired by JLG, they are free of such machinations as industry standards and continuity.
Found footage from public safety movies such as "Your Clothing can Burn!" is used to comment on the happenings from yet another layer in the film.
Also features a musical number, kung-fu, and several cars which died.
Shot over four years entirely guerilla style in the petroleum city of Edmonton, Alberta, - including Sgt. Sal Seto's death march through the city hall fountains - Chronotope was the first such feature to come out of FAVA, the film and video arts coop in the city, a terrific place. It was edited on an ancient ACE-25 3/4" linear A/B roll system which is not the best way to edit a non-linear feature.
It was voted as one of the ten best films of the year by SEE Magazine.
The trailer for Chronotope played at the 1996 Vancouver International Film Festival.
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