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February 17, 2011 7:02 PM   Subscribe

I Am Here is an ultra-low budget sci-fi/religious film directed by real estate agent Neil Breen. It's already drawing comparisons to cult classic The Room and has the same no-money style as Birdemic and the films of Damon Packard. Is I Am Here set to follow Larry Clark's God Told Me To in the pantheon of alien-Jesus films?
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn (19 comments total) 28 users marked this as a favorite
 
This made me shout "Best of the web!" completely unsarcastically!

This needs to be riffed and become a subculture.
posted by mccarty.tim at 7:08 PM on February 17, 2011


Room-watching parties are fun, but I always thought it lacked the cheesy special effects of the old bad movies. Hopefully this will live up to the trailer
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 7:13 PM on February 17, 2011 [1 favorite]


BTW, I bet a billion fictional dollars this will be better than I Am Number Four in every way.
posted by mccarty.tim at 7:17 PM on February 17, 2011


BTW, I bet a billion fictional dollars this will be better than I Am Number Four in every way.

Now that's a bet I'm willing to take!
posted by humannaire at 7:19 PM on February 17, 2011


Larry Cohen, not Larry Clark
posted by mannequito at 7:20 PM on February 17, 2011


"Larry Cohen, not Larry Clark
posted by mannequito at 7:20 PM on February 17 [+] [!] "

damn. Can't believe i messed that up! I guess... God told me to
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 7:21 PM on February 17, 2011


It's no After Last Season.
posted by d1rge at 7:42 PM on February 17, 2011 [1 favorite]


Glad to see Garry Shandling working again!
posted by Xoebe at 7:43 PM on February 17, 2011 [9 favorites]


Awesome movie, great job!
posted by hellojed at 8:03 PM on February 17, 2011 [1 favorite]


damn. Can't believe i messed that up! I guess... God told me to

heh, well played.

I only noticed because I'm a fan of Larry Clark, and got all excited that he had directed an alien-jesus flick that somehow passed me by. I don't know who Larry Cohen is but the movie sounds somewhat interesting -anyone seen it? Opinions?
posted by mannequito at 8:19 PM on February 17, 2011


I'm just here to say that I'm so excited to see Damon Packard's name in Metafilter! (passes mic)
posted by Kloryne at 8:22 PM on February 17, 2011 [1 favorite]


I only noticed because I'm a fan of Larry Clark, and got all excited that he had directed an alien-jesus flick that somehow passed me by.

If it makes you feel any better, Larry Clark did direct Teenage Caveman.

Oh, also, this movie looks completely amazing and bananas.
posted by Sticherbeast at 8:27 PM on February 17, 2011


"I'm just here to say that I'm so excited to see Damon Packard's name in Metafilter! (passes mic)
posted by Kloryne at 8:22 PM on February 17 [1 favorite -] Favorite added! [!] "

He edited a film I was in (hope this doesn't break any rules). I'll post it on Projects when it's finished.

"I only noticed because I'm a fan of Larry Clark, and got all excited that he had directed an alien-jesus flick that somehow passed me by. I don't know who Larry Cohen is but the movie sounds somewhat interesting -anyone seen it? Opinions?
posted by mannequito at 8:19 PM on February 17 [+] [!] "

Half of it is genuinely good horror, including some amazing shots in the middle of a New York parade with Andy Kaufman. Half of it is just pure WTF weirdness. So see it
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 8:47 PM on February 17, 2011


The guy is playing the Jesus role here is reminding me of a parallel-universe 'good guy' version of every Henry Silva villain from the 70's and 80's.
posted by chambers at 9:05 PM on February 17, 2011 [1 favorite]


We got a pony and we taught him to eat mud. Baby, baby he drink more blood.

I'm not sure it's a good thing,
When I hear
Angels call my name,
...
I'm pretty sure, I found something better than lying in your arms now baby.
I'm pretty sure, you aint my drag queen dope dealer.
posted by I love you more when I eat paint chips at 9:45 PM on February 17, 2011


I like how everything has blood on it. A hypodermic (somehow), eyeballs, circuit boards. I'm imagining the director: "Just put a bunch of blood on everything--that's how Serious this movie is."
posted by DU at 5:05 AM on February 18, 2011 [1 favorite]


No love here for Gravity: The Shadow of Joseph by Richard Gazowsky ("Star Wars meets The Ten Commandments")? Admittedly it never got made, but the backstory and attempts to film it are portrayed in the excellent documentary Audience of One.
posted by Infinite Jest at 6:04 AM on February 18, 2011


I love how in the title, there are four periods. Ellipses are usually rendered with just three. But that fourth period ... so visionary.
posted by jbickers at 9:01 AM on February 18, 2011


I wonder if this could be thought of as a futuristic sequel to Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter.
posted by FatherDagon at 9:08 AM on February 18, 2011


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