Darkon (film)
| Darkon | |
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 Promotional poster for Darkon | |
| Directed by | Luke Meyer Andrew Neel |
| Produced by | Tom Davis Ethan Palmer Christopher Kikis Thoma Kikis Nicholas Levis Domenic Romano (associate producer) Cherise Wolas Alan Zelenetz |
| Starring | Skip Lipman Daniel McCarthur Rebecca Thurmond Kenyon Wells Andrew Mattingly |
| Cinematography | Karl F. Schroder Hillary Spera |
| Edited by | Brad Turner |
| Music by | Jonah Rapino |
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| Distributed by | IFC (TV) AOL (Streaming) |
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Running time | 89 Minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Darkon is a 2006 American documentary film that follows the real-life adventures of the Darkon Wargaming Club in Baltimore, Maryland, a group of fantasy live-action role-playing (LARP) gamers. The film was directed by Andrew Neel and Luke Meyer, who engaged in a collaborative process with the role-players of the Darkon Wargaming Club as they made the documentary.[1] Meyer and Neel began filming for the documentary in 2003.
Darkon premiered and won the Best Documentary Audience Award at the 2006 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas.[2] Darkon was an official selection playing at Hot Docs, Maryland Film Festival, Silverdocs, LA Film Festival, Britdoc, Melbourne International Film Festival and the Camden International Film Festival.[citation needed]
The film was produced by Ovie Entertainment and SeeThink Films.[citation needed]
The documentary served as inspiration for the 2008 comedy film Role Models.[3] John Hodgman was also hired to write a scripted film adaptation of Darkon.[4] However, plans fell through, but an excerpt of the unproduced screenplay was read on his podcast Judge John Hodgman.[4]
Reception
[edit]Darkon was well received by critics. The film was a New York Times Critic's Pick[5] and has an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on the reviews of 19 critics.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Robert Greene (September 30, 2019). "How the Decade's Best Documentaries Chart Radical Changes in Filmmaking". hyperallergic.com.
- ^ Levy, Emanuel (June 26, 2006). "Darkon (2006): Audience Award Winner at SXSW Film Fest". EmanuelLevy.com. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Christopher Monfette (March 4, 2009). "Dr. Kuni Speaks". IGN.
- ^ a b Julia Smith (August 14, 2013). "Judge John Hodgman Episode 122: Reckless Endungeonment". Maximum Fun. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ^ "'Weekend Warriors' Darkon Movie Review". The New York Times. September 14, 2007.
- ^ "Darkon". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Darkon at AllMovie
- Darkon at IMDb
- The Darkon Wargaming Club, official site of the role-playing club on which the film is based
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