A documentary about scrap metal sculptures and a man made castle of rocks. Knee jerk reaction: Can you make one about dust mites too? Knee jerk reaction is wrong.
Scrap is like that outcast kid at school that you stereotypically write off only to discover, given the opportunity, has some superbly hidden talent, three onion peels down.
Showcasing Bishop's Castle, a man made monument tucked in to the Colorado mountains, the film architects a surprising amount of character development masoned between the literal construction of the stone Castle, and the exploration of the key players. Tough to distinguish which is more eccentric and intriguing; the sci-fi like-personalities or the actual man made, steel structures spawned thereof.
First sign of awesomeness? The soundtrack.
Second sign of awesomeness? Dr. Evermore and his time machine.
This is not an animated film, so use your deduction to conclude that, yes, Dr. Evermore is one of the featured personalities whom contributes to this Hephaestus-inspired film. Akin to the hero's journey peppering most commercial films, Bishop Sr., the main character, is an 'ordinary person doing extraordinary things'. Sort of. He does not pay his taxes, he finances his castle on donations only and lost his infant son to intimate circumstances annihilatingly tragic.... To some psychoanalytic degree the loss of Bishop's son, & the toll it takes on the family, are metaphorically parallel to the infinitely unfinished castle the film focuses upon.
Worth watching this unlikely marriage of art and commerce.
Scrap is like that outcast kid at school that you stereotypically write off only to discover, given the opportunity, has some superbly hidden talent, three onion peels down.
Showcasing Bishop's Castle, a man made monument tucked in to the Colorado mountains, the film architects a surprising amount of character development masoned between the literal construction of the stone Castle, and the exploration of the key players. Tough to distinguish which is more eccentric and intriguing; the sci-fi like-personalities or the actual man made, steel structures spawned thereof.
First sign of awesomeness? The soundtrack.
Second sign of awesomeness? Dr. Evermore and his time machine.
This is not an animated film, so use your deduction to conclude that, yes, Dr. Evermore is one of the featured personalities whom contributes to this Hephaestus-inspired film. Akin to the hero's journey peppering most commercial films, Bishop Sr., the main character, is an 'ordinary person doing extraordinary things'. Sort of. He does not pay his taxes, he finances his castle on donations only and lost his infant son to intimate circumstances annihilatingly tragic.... To some psychoanalytic degree the loss of Bishop's son, & the toll it takes on the family, are metaphorically parallel to the infinitely unfinished castle the film focuses upon.
Worth watching this unlikely marriage of art and commerce.