Interzone

We are in 1945. The place is the small office of a little-known video company called Red Galaxy. The camera swoops through the open window and we see the cadaveric writer Phineas Crane in front of his typewriter. He is writing a review for a film called Interzone: "... an insignificant pretentious nonsense ... it takes itself too seriously ... it does not lead to anything ...". "It looks like it's done for me," Hugo says, waving the red box of the videotape in front of his girlfriend Maureen Ross. He smiles with a stupid, smug face, with tight lips. Hugo loves to consider himself an expert. He collects film-slippings as others collect old 1930s posters, "because they are so divine, dear". In short, Hugo is a jerk. Press the "play" button. Click. "Lord Scratch, the rude gentleman, lit a sig ..." Suddenly a thin beam of red light come out from the screen and focuses on Hugo's face ... looking for ... trying something that is not there. The balls of his eyes start to bubble and crackle ... his flesh crawls under the bed ... Splut. Silence. Hugo's head splits. Eight words of fire were deeply impressed on his forehead: EVERYTHING YOU HAVE READ IS A LIE.
From the beginning Interzone was shrouded in mystery. The screenplay comes from an ancient Mayan parchment, found with the triptych from an old junk dealer behind King's Road. However, after only a few days, both the parchment and the triptych were stolen. Andy Hibbert managed to collect the brief notes he had made by writing what would become the screenplay for Interzone. The difficulty, of course, was that no-one knew the ending. Fortunately, a priest was arrested a few days after the shooting began at Heathrow, in possession of the triptych. The Reverend Morris Arden declared that he had purchased the priceless painting by an old gentleman who reminded him of Boris Karloff. There was no sign of the parchment though (Phil Day).

Director: Phil Day.
Screenplay: Andy Hibbert.
Fotografia (16mm colore): Matthew Marcshner.
Music: Mike Jones.
Art director: Andy Hibbert.
Editor: Phil Day.
Cast: Clive Corner (Doc Arden), Robert Henderson (Phineas Crane), Barry Stearn (Lord Scratch), Laura Pallas (l'infermiera Ross).
Production company: Phil Day, Geoff Alexander.