“The Sentimental Engine Slayer” is a film by the Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez Lopez that looks like it was filmed in my hometown of El Paso. The first couple of seconds of the trailer has what looks like a couple telling each other that they love each other, but the rest is a chaotic blur. The film will premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival in February 2010. More info here and check out the trailer below! The poster has John Frusciante as executive producer and this new endeavour of Omar’s leads me to believe that dude isn’t happy if he isn’t working.
Here’s what IMDB has to say about the movie:
The Sentimental Engine Slayer tells the compelling, confounding tale of the overdue coming of age of a twenty-something misfit named Barlam. Barlam’s awkward transition from boy to man is as much the story of struggling to find one’s essence in a world of stereotypes as it is an indictment of the distorted reality of family life in the disengaged 21st century. A bottom-rung grocery bagger whose neo-incestuous relationship with his addict sister, Natalia, causes him no small amount of grief and disillusionment, Barlam seeks solace in the convoluted wisdom of what few male peers are available, namely his androgynous, alcoholic boss, Oscar, and the sister’s simple-minded boyfriend, Zack. Seeking an explanation as to the strange circumstances of his apparent lack of family structure, as well as the respect from others fundamentally absent in his mundane model-building existence, Barlam is soon led astray amid a seedy underworld of prostitutes, hustlers and addicts. The labyrinthine plot soon begs questioning as to where reality ends and fantasy begins, Barlam shifting effortlessly between hapless punching bag, assertive surrogate father figure, and rage-prone psychopath. Written by Sonny Kay