IFC’s Pushing Twilight is about “a group of disenchanted twenty-somethings” who gather in odd meetings and are given missions designed as an “outlet for their unfulfilled urges.”
They’re instructed to complete tasks like playing high-stakes blackjack with an intense Australian doing a Robert Redford impersonation, stripping for a superficial rich guy or killing a cat, cooking it and feeding it to a Times food critic – that kind of thing. A group shock therapy session in with what feels like a late night Skinemax movie without the skin.
The entire seven-episode series is up now on IFC.com. It’s worth checking out.
The series originated from a contest sponsored by Red Bull and IFC’s Media Labs (“an independent film studio focusing on web and on-air content development and financing“), that called upon amateur filmmakers to take the concept of “after hours” and run with it. Director Steve Sprinkles and screenwriter Stu Chait won the contest and have definitely done the concept justice (though no reports if they’ve actually grown wings). The dark episodes clock in around six minutes and, despite their length, have a good sense of timing that makes you want to keep watching.
There’s also at least one genuinely tense scene in each installment, which is no easy task when you’re making a web show.
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