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Part condemnation of a failing global economic system and part meditation on the deteriorating human condition, /dvac/particles.999/ddlrr is a bold, harrowing vision from 18-year-old Kazakhstani director Gtron Sistem. This online-only English-language docudrama follows child prodigy Alexei, a Czech biological weapons scientist cut loose after the fall of the Soviet government. Cursed with intimate knowledge of covert projects, Alexei is rife with anxieties that blossom into paranoid schizophrenia, and then ultimately, self-mutilation.
Available only as streaming video, the constantly mutating resolution and ominous electronic score mimic Alexei's decaying mind. The film's weighty subject matter and impassioned tone are sometimes hard to take. Those who find the 93-minute stream too oppressive may opt for the shorter 10-minute installments at Undergroundfilm.com.
/dvac/particles.999/ddlrr: free. Viewable online at: www.webactive.com/events/particles.html and www.undergroundfilm.com.
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